Are Comic Art Porn Commissions A Big Thing? 0

[DeadpoolJr.]

Is this really a secret? I thought it was well-known that porn or at least "sexy" commission work was how a lot of artists made money. Even this tweet about furries is a well-known internet meme since people know they'll spend a lot of money on what are while fetish drawings, are still simple for an artist to draw. It might be because this forum only has experience with mostly comic published artists but with the rise of the internet you now have a way for many people of different skill levels to advertise their work with a subset of them being almost exclusively NSFW artists or at least open to it. Especially for digital artists which seems to be becoming the new thing. Artstation, Deviant Art, Pixiv (Japanese), Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter and then just exclusively NSFW sites is where you can find a lot artists advertising their services some more famous and better in skill than others and almost  always stating if they do NSFW commissions and if so what they are and aren't willing to draw. I can find artists who have done professional work for game studios and movie franchises on these sites who are willing to take commission work for example. It might cost a lot, but just being able to get them is still amazing. Comic companies are starting to do this too for things like covers. I remember looking for an artist to do a commission that wasn't comic related and actually had a hard time finding artists that didn't do furry or NSFW art when I used the commission open hashtag on Twitter. Lastly you have those artists who are famous or at least have a big following for their NSFW work which can make them thousands through patreon and being able to charge a huge amount for their commission slots.
 

[Terry E. Gibbs]

Nicola Scott can confirm this, but at a panel at the Melbourne Con a few years ago this question was raised and they basically all nodded their heads. One guy admitted he had just finished a $$ sizeable commission for Aunt May in the shower.The others just nodded. (having not read any ASM since issue 50 -I would have been happy to die of a stroke right then). Another talked about Black Canary "washing her motor bike", and they were all "A " list modern artists.

If this is what is openly admitted to, I am guessing there will be a dark side.

[Blastaar]

[Rick2you2]

I don’t understand why an artist would consider his reputation damaged by drawing comic porn, unless it’s bad art. Looking at some of the stuff on Comic Art Tracker there seems to be a lot of lousy pornography type drawings. Maybe it’s hard to draw for some reason.

 I would much rather have something like Mad Dog giving a Wolf Whistle to a poodle walking by. 

[glendgold]

Only 43 minutes left on the Grimace/Bear artwork!

 

[delekkerste]

25 minutes ago, glendgold said:

Only 43 minutes left on the Grimace/Bear artwork!

Yes, eBay has made sure I didn't forget.   

 

[ESeffinga]

Sure, but I bet your internet ads have all gotten a lot more interesting!

[Bronty]

16 hours ago, DeadpoolJr. said:

Is this really a secret? I thought it was well-known that porn or at least "sexy" commission work was how a lot of artists made money. Even this tweet about furries is a well-known internet meme since people know they'll spend a lot of money on what are while fetish drawings, are still simple for an artist to draw. It might be because this forum only has experience with mostly comic published artists but with the rise of the internet you now have a way for many people of different skill levels to advertise their work with a subset of them being almost exclusively NSFW artists or at least open to it. Especially for digital artists which seems to be becoming the new thing. Artstation, Deviant Art, Pixiv (Japanese), Instagram, Tumblr, Twitter and then just exclusively NSFW sites is where you can find a lot artists advertising their services some more famous and better in skill than others and almost  always stating if they do NSFW commissions and if so what they are and aren't willing to draw. I can find artists who have done professional work for game studios and movie franchises on these sites who are willing to take commission work for example. It might cost a lot, but just being able to get them is still amazing. Comic companies are starting to do this too for things like covers. I remember looking for an artist to do a commission that wasn't comic related and actually had a hard time finding artists that didn't do furry or NSFW art when I used the commission open hashtag on Twitter. Lastly you have those artists who are famous or at least have a big following for their NSFW work which can make them thousands through patreon and being able to charge a huge amount for their commission slots.
 

Had no idea tbh that there was a higher end aspect to it.   We’ve all been sent a link to those terrible eBay drawings at one point or another (Princess Peach with huge Bewbs, Samus Aran with huge bewbs, Power Girl with huge bewbs... wait that last one is redundant  ).

[FlyingDonut]

In a world where THIS series exists, the fact that people are paying a lot for comic fetish porn surprises you why?

BTW there are very very few comics that are genuinely embarrassing to be seen with by muggles. These three are close to the top of that list.

[comix4fun]

The Mike Choi comment in the first post about what he was asked to draw is the most disturbing thing in this whole thread when you consider everything known about those two characters. 

Just disturbing that someone wanted that image in tangible form badly enough to 1) make their desire known to another human being, 2) offer that kind of money for it and 3) have that idea in the first place. 

[vodou]

45 minutes ago, comix4fun said:

Just disturbing that someone

Not in the slighest , we do all know that comics are fiction (I hope ) at least they're not out there seeking same IRL.

[Rick2you2]

2 hours ago, FlyingDonut said:

In a world where THIS series exists, the fact that people are paying a lot for comic fetish porn surprises you why?

BTW there are very very few comics that are genuinely embarrassing to be seen with by muggles. These three are close to the top of that list.

 Seems pretty clean-shaven to me.

[Bronty]

Lol

that comic doesn’t bother me either but again it’s a couple bucks.   I don’t mind the subject matter so much for an adult but spending real money (I’m assuming these people aren’t fabulously wealthy) on it... I can’t wrap my head around

[Blastaar]

Never read Grimm Fairy Tales,  Notti & Nyce, or Lady Death. but see the covers everywhere...are these actual comics with a story or just soft core pron?

[delekkerste]

4 hours ago, comix4fun said:

The Mike Choi comment in the first post about what he was asked to draw is the most disturbing thing in this whole thread when you consider everything known about those two characters. 

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but, I'd really like to know the entire circumstances surrounding this (alleged, it must be said) indecent proposal.  Because there is no way that I would believe for a second that someone would table a serious $50K initial offer for someone whose work sells for a tiny fraction of that amount.  Even if someone is insane enough to pay $50K for this, surely no one is insane enough to think that they couldn't convince the guy to do it for less, at least initially.

So, as such, IF such an incident actually did happen, and this isn't just a ploy to get laughs (or to get people thinking that his work is worth a lot more than people think), what was the initial offer, and how did it (allegedly) escalate to $50K? And was the guy (still) serious at that level?  So much of this premise strains credulity that I'd bet a fiver that the real story is not nearly as interesting as it's being made out to be.  

[comix4fun]

12 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

Not to be a Debbie Downer, but, I'd really like to know the entire circumstances surrounding this (alleged, it must be said) indecent proposal.  Because there is no way that I would believe for a second that someone would table a serious $50K initial offer for someone whose work sells for a tiny fraction of that amount.  Even if someone is insane enough to pay $50K for this, surely no one is insane enough to think that they couldn't convince the guy to do it for less, at least initially.

So, as such, IF such an incident actually did happen, and this isn't just a ploy to get laughs (or to get people thinking that his work is worth a lot more than people think), what was the initial offer, and how did it (allegedly) escalate to $50K? And was the guy (still) serious at that level?  So much of this premise strains credulity that I'd bet a fiver that the real story is not nearly as interesting as it's being made out to be.  

It wasn't so much the money, although that was an eye popper of a number, it was the subject matter that stunned me. Because whether it be fact or fiction, real life people or fictional characters, there are documented bounds to not only good taste, but the law, which seem to be crossed in the proposal of that subject matter. Kids in sexual situations, even fictional ones, crosses that line for me as I am sure it does for you. 

Regardless of those that would dismiss, or diminish, or degrade someone being offended or disturbed by the prospect of a commissioned piece of art featuring biological relatives engaged in sexual congress where one is 14 years old (as X-23 was in her first and all early appearances a decade+ ago when this commission idea was floated) and the other middle-aged direct relative I'm comfortable in being nauseated by both the idea itself and with the person putting forward that idea. 

Which brings me back to thinking of just what the kind of person that not only thinks that idea up but decides it's a socially and artistically acceptable idea to share with any other human. 

[delekkerste]

8 minutes ago, comix4fun said:

It wasn't so much the money, although that was an eye popper of a number, it was the subject matter that stunned me. Because whether it be fact or fiction, real life people or fictional characters, there are documented bounds to not only good taste, but the law, which seem to be crossed in the proposal of that subject matter. Kids in sexual situations, even fictional ones, crosses that line for me as I am sure it does for you. 

Regardless of those that would dismiss, or diminish, or degrade someone being offended or disturbed by the prospect of a commissioned piece of art featuring biological relatives engaged in sexual congress where one is 14 years old (as X-23 was in her first and all early appearances a decade+ ago when this commission idea was floated) and the other middle-aged direct relative I'm comfortable in being nauseated by both the idea itself and with the person putting forward that idea. 

Which brings me back to thinking of just what the kind of person that not only thinks that idea up but decides it's a socially and artistically acceptable idea to share with any other human. 

It's so out of bounds that it leads me to not accept this story at face value. 

Edited December 3, 2019 by delekkerste

[malvin]

33 minutes ago, delekkerste said:

It's so out of bounds that it leads me to not accept this story at face value. 

Yeah 50k was insane and made no sense. As you pointed out, it's orders of magnitude his normal art prices. 

Malvin 

[comix4fun]

1 hour ago, delekkerste said:

It's so out of bounds that it leads me to not accept this story at face value. 

That's true. I've heard so many stories from artists though, about commissioned ideas that were so prurient or offensive that no amount of money would make them do it. 

Lots of them are out of bounds but this one was even beyond the worst of the stories I've heard before. 

[TeddieMercede]

Yuck.