Eric Orchard's Blog, page 42

Nora And Ollie Commission

Here's a really fun commission of Marrowbone's characters Nora and Ollie. I wish watercolour scanned better! It's much richer than this in real life.

It's been a really unproductive couple of days, I can't seem to adjust to the heat here.  In Halifax where I grew up there might be a few days a year over 30 C ( about 86 F) but in Toronto you can long stretches, weeks even, of about 40 C ( 104 F) with the humidity. Paper is curling and I keep dozing off at inappropriate times.

But work is going well, I'm getting through the commissions and enjoying them a lot and also working on a pitch. 

Merida From Brave

Here's a watercolour and ink drawing I did to help promote my sale but it seems I didn't need it as I sold out od commissions before I could properly post this. If you are interested in this drawing please let me know, like the others it's 25 plus 10 USD for shipping. 

Dinosaur Dog Walk

Henry has started insisting that this is the proper uniform for walking the dog. Who am I to disagree?

Commissions Update

I have filled up all my slots for commissions, much, much faster than I thought. Thanks so much to everyone who commissioned a picture, it's a huge help to us. I'll be doing my next commission sale before Christmas, I think. If you've commissioned a piece but haven't payed yet please do so as that's the easiest way for me to track them.

Commission Sale Day Two, Pikachu!

My commission sale continues today and to my surprise I'm getting close to the limit of what I can handle, so if you'd like a commission let me know soon. They are 25 dollars plus 10 for shipping all in USD and payed in advance. At the moment it'll take me about a week to get to new commissions.

For more information please contact me at eric.orchard@gmail.com

Commission Shop Is Open!

I'm officially open for commissions! I'm currently taking commissions for 8 by 12 inch pen and ink and watercolour originals, your choice of subject. Each one is 25 USD plus 10 USD for shipping.

I'll be taking commissions for the next 2 weeks or until I hit 30 commissions. Before the official announcement I already received 10 commissions so if you'd like one please contact me soon, they are coming in faster than I thought they would.

Please contact me at eric.orchard@gmail.com for requests.

Thank you so much for your patronage, these sales are helping me get through a period where I'm working on comics proposals that won't see any income for some time and this really helps me and my family. 

Original Art Sale Starts Tomorrow!

I wanted to let everyone know ahead of time that starting tomorrow and going for 2 weeks I will be accepting commissions for original art for only 25 dollars plus shipping a commission. Each one will be 8 by 12 inches and fully coloured in watercolour. Please feel free to contact me today about commissions at eric.orchard@gmail.com

Right now I'm working on Maddy Kettle and another comic with Thomas Sniegoski as well as Cat Island, none of which are making income right now so I could really use the help to pay the bills while I do this and you get an original piece of art in return.

Thanks so much for your continued support!

Paifu From Cowa!

Here's a little sketchbook drawing I touched up and coloured in Photoshop. It's Paifu from the wonderful all ages manga Cowa! Cowa! is by Akira Toriyama, a long time top manga maker. This book is really, really fun. You can see more of Toriyama's work here. 

Cat Island Heroes

Here are the heroes of the upcoming Saturday Morning Webtoon, Cat Island.  I'm just about to colour this so I thought I'd post the pen and ink version before I did. 

Ink Wash At The Beach

Just one of many, many people in Toronto who seem to dress in unlikely ways.