So much fun! Turn your character into a cephalopod… Just $30 for an original gouache 5×7″ painting! E-mail me if interested.
Category Archives: Commission
Musical Cephalopod
Coulton Squid by Meg Lyman
5×7″ gouache on paper
At a recent convention, I was commissioned to create a Jonathan Coulton squid by a fan of his. He’s a cool musician guy who writes fun songs… and some are about cephalopods. How cool is that?
This is one of those commissions I really enjoyed. I love when people ask for cephalopod-related things, because it indicates that I am becoming known for them, but also because I love painting them.
For those artists out there who take commissions, what are your favorite subjects?
Commissions
The Hairdresser by Meg Lyman
8×10 colored pencil commission – SOLD
Commissions. The double-edged sword. They are often an essential part an artist’s living, but they can be so draining creatively. When someone wants me to do custom artwork for them, I am thrilled and terrified at the same time.
I am beginning to set myself up with a style – the more work I do for myself, the larger my portfolio, and the more likely I am to get commissions that I will like. However, there are always commissions that just suck it out of me. If I accept a commission about which I am less than enthusiastic, can I use it to practice a new technique or style? I’m at risk of providing the customer with a product unlike any of my others… and they hired me after seeing my existing work. If an experiment goes wrong, I’ll have to start over.
Luckily, this hairdressing cephalopod commission was right up my alley.
For the artists out there, where do you draw the line when accepting commissions? Do they have to interest you, or do they simply have to pay the bills? For the potential commissioners out there, how much leeway would you give your artist in terms of style?
Pucktopus
Pucktopus by Meg Lyman
SOLD – traded with an artist friend
Did you know the fans throw octopus on the ice at Detroit Red Wing Games? Did you also know that I won a game of Trivial Pursuit with that particular tidbit?
Unraveling
Unraveling by Meg Lyman
8×10″ gouache and ink on Canson
Commission: SOLD
I’m not sure what happens when it runs out of yarn. A disembodied but cuddly yarn-squid head? A rip in the space-time continuum?
Actually, I don’t want to know.
A commission for a “yarn skein” squid, all nestled into a basket and knitting itself a new arm.