Has anyone had bike drawings commissoned?

[rowdy]

Hi all

I am curious as to how much people generally charge for personalised bike drawings/paintings, if anyone on here has had any done.

Cheers
rowdy

PM missyorkiechris

Shes an excellent drawer and does pictures. See link below.
Animal pictures, but no harm in asking.

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.p...ght=pet-lovers

[rowdy]

Cheers, yeah seen MYC's drawings they are feckin wicked. I've always thought her avatar was a photo but it is a pencil drawing, amazing.
I don't want one done, I do them and just wondered what the going rate is, as my missus keeps pestering me to get and do something about it.

[Spiderman]

well show us an example of your work Rowdy and we can all say how much we'd be willing to pay for something like that and perhaps it gives you some ideas that way?

[rowdy]

Ok spidey, but you'll have to excuse the sh*t photo as I've only got an old camera.
I'd be the first to pick holes in my work but the photo is slightly distorted and hasn't picked the colour up perfectly, but I'd welcome any critisism, give me something to work at. Heres one of my bike.

[Spiderman]

well i'm no art critic so it looks good to me, far, far FAR better than anything i could do. I'm always jealous of people who have the skill to draw well.

Only thing i would say is the front wheel and forks look a bit "twisted" and the mudguard looks at the wrong angle. But its a tiny thing that just looks odd to my eye, so it could just be me mate.

[rowdy]

That is the bit that the camera distorted, funnily enough, so doesn't look as bad to be honest. Infact the first photo I took of the drawing made it look well out of proportion. Not overly happy with the rear wheel though, but you get the jist.

Edit; here is the first photo, to give you some idea how a camera can play tricks.



Tis the hardest part though, getting the wheels to look like they are going the same direction as the rest of the bike.

I'm a professional artist and I charge for the time it takes by the hour -bearing in mind the rule of thumb that approximately only 1/3 of your time is spent painting - the rest is admin/marketing/picking up materials etc (but that can vary alot) .... my smallest portraits (10 x 12") start at £200

Hiya Rowdy. Great drawing Is it with colouring pencils and pencil or ink (looks like the former)?

I have had one crack at drawing a motorbike but I didn't dare colour it in after that, so it looks like a technical drawing more than anything else and I think you kinda need colour for it to be personalized!

Obviously my sketching subjects are completely different from yours (being that they breathe and have fur ) but the way I currently charge is just a set price based on the average time it takes for me to complete a drawing at roughly a tenner an hour. However, I think I may be rethinking this through as my current commission is taking way longer than the average drawing, white fur is so time consuming! Anyway I digress.

Have you actually timed how long it takes you to complete a drawing? And out of interest, do you take measurements throughout, to get everything just right or is it all freehand? I used a compass for the wheels which is probably cheating...

[rowdy]

Thanks for that AL but don't think I could dare charge that for my bike sketches.
Would you mind if I sent you a pm with some of my other work though, so you could give me some idea as what I could do with those. They are watercolour landscape, so don't want to bore people on here with them lol.