This page explains all of the commission services that I offer. Commission examples are available at these directories:
I’m an illustrator and a writer, and the rates for each service are different. The basic rates, TOS and contact rates are posted here; further examples can be found by following the links above!
Support my travel fund! Any commission money I make is being saved to fly out to see my partner, Bay, who lives in New Zealand. Tickets from where I live (America) range from $1600-2000, so every bit helps If you want to help by purchasing a commission, you can contact me on DA, Facebook, Twitter, Bluesky and Discord; my username is the same on all of them: vanderWaardart (it’s vanderWaardart86 on Tumblr). You can also use my website’s contact form, which puts you in touch with my business e-mail.
Donate to my partner’s mutual aid; get a drawing! My partner, Bay, partially relies on mutual aid to make ends meet. Large donations to his mutual aid will also get a drawing from me: $45 USD a personalized sketch, $60 a colored sketch, $90 a rough pinup, and $110 a fully-rendered pin-up. From 12/1/2023 onward, if you have donated to Bay’s mutual aid and wish to claim a drawing from me, please send proof to one of my contact addresses; once I confirm your donation, I will add you to a queue and we can talk shop. Please note, these drawings are subject to my same terms of service and hard limits.
As a writer, I offer several different services: I edit/rewrite manuscripts, do short form erotica (500-2000 words), and guest-write blog posts.
- Editing/rewrites: I can edit your manuscript or story. This covers spelling and grammar mistakes. This service incurs a simple hourly fee: $25/hour. More substantial revisions and rewrites cost the same, but are substantial or transformative nature; they grant me joint-ownership over the new manuscript. Published rewrites include the 2016 version of my graphic novel, but also a second, upcoming book written between myself and user “02321” on Deviant Art. Both edits/rewrites were of other authors’ manuscripts.
- Short form erotica: I also do short form erotica (500-2000 words) at $1 per 20 words. This type of work is generally for fan fiction, and scripts for voice over artists to perform. For example, “Strange Bedfellows” was a paid collaboration between myself and content creator Autumn Ivy. The story was written by me, and is posted here as part of my portfolio.
- Blog posts: I have my own blog. However, I also guest-write blog posts at $1 per 10 words.
Being an academic writer (I have my MA in Gothic English literature), I keep a tight leash on my word count and hours. Depending on the size of a document, price quotes are given at the start of a project, with further estimates given as needed. I keep track of all of my hours, and these will be provided to the client on a regular basis. Communication is frequent, and generally occurs over e-mail or Discord (vanderWaardart#5394).
As an illustrator, I predominantly do pin-ups. These can be SFW or NSFW, and generally are videogame fanart (though I can draw pretty much anything outside of my hard limits; see my TOS, below).
Here are my pin-up rates and TOS:
