It's 106 miles to Chicago...

I'm happy to announce that my commissions are once again open and available! I offer a variety of artwork commissions, from sketches to full illustrations - you can see some examples of my work below.

All listed prices are starting prices based on a single character, and will vary depending on the complexity and number of characters, the level of detail desired, and any additional elements!

Illustration Rates:

Sketch: $150 - Sketch of character/scene

Ink Black/White: $200 - Includes black and white inked linework of character

Inked Black/White + grayscale tone: $250 - Same as above, plus shading in black and white

Flat Color: $250 - Same as Inked Black/White, with added flat colors

Full Color: $325 - Includes full color and shading treatment of the character. (Price varies depending on style/level of detail desired!)

And if you're interested in motion... I also offer traditional 2D animation!

As with the illustrations, all listed prices are starting prices, and will vary depending on the complexity and number of characters, the level of detail desired, and any additional elements!

Animation Rates:

Rough Animation: $200 per second - "Sketch" animation

Clean Animation: $300 per second - Black and white inked linework of animation

Cleaned & Colored Animation: $380 per second - Full linework and flat color treatment of animation

Shading: Additional $50 per second on any of the above options

For additional examples of my work, please feel free to check my "#myart" tag on this blog, @keyblack, and on my website, keyblack.net.

did some screencap redraws of best boy from the OG RW

New vid up on my YouTube channel:

I got to go on Japanese TV!!

this entire section of Chapter 2 of Much Ado is everything and I am begging you guys to please read it

Thank you guys so much! This praise goes to @kaleidraws as well - we've been working together like an old-fashioned studio, and between her writing and comic/illustration skills and my animator brain it's been a total blast.

I'm enjoying drawing those intimate closeups in particular; ironically those are the kinds of shots I'm actually most afraid of drawing, but they always turn out to be the best ones. That's the beauty of working in a true creative collaboration - I'm getting to develop my skills (and bravery LMAO) by learning from and working with someone who does the stuff I don't (e.g. writing and directing), and whose taste and skills complement and improve mine - and we're being way more productive than I'd ever be on my own.

The result is of course that we get views of Raiden's eyes from less than an inch away from his face. :>

Kalei: Draw the details Hailey! my cowardly ass: NNNNOOOOOOOOOOOO oh that's quite nice

At his fighting peak, when naught but the compression of bone and sinew and the flex of muscle should have occupied his thoughts, Raiden suddenly felt as if he were no longer standing within the Wu Shi Academy tournament ring. Without warning, the storm warrior followed the completely illogical impulse to its conclusion, and disappeared from the kombat ring...

Much Ado: Chapter 1 (by @whysosincere)

absolutely losing it at the characterizations of Raiden and Fujin in @whysosincere's new fic Much Ado

@kaleidraws: obviously it's not a one for one, but can you see it

me: (drawing through tears of stifled laughter on an airplane) uh-huh