My Response to DRAWING REQUESTS

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When people ask me to draw someone...

People on here, Facebook, etc often ask me to draw a certain celebrity for them, because they really like that person. If it’s someone I have been planning and wanting to draw, but have yet to draw, I will consider it BUT ONLY IF I can find an great reference photo of that person. If I don’t like the celebrity, there is no way I’m drawing them, and it is usually for their core beliefs, although I have made exceptions in the past. If I’ve never heard of the person or do NOT feel “inspired” to draw them, I also cannot bring myself to draw them either, as I will not enjoy it, or do my best work.

Here are the reasons why...I invest between 7 and 10 hours of my life into each drawing, and it’s always my “free time”. First of all, I have NEVER run out of inspiring people I want to draw myself. In fact, at any given time, I have several dozen photos saved of the people I want to draw next. Why would I want to draw someone I don’t know, when I always have so many photos that I’m dying to draw? I don’t think folks realize that an artist needs to be inspired by their subject to do their best work, but also in order to enjoy the process. I can tell you that the act of merely drawing is not enjoyable for me. In order to get pleasure from drawing, it MUST be a fantastic reference photo FIRST, and secondly, I have to at least admire the subject. When I have BOTH a great reference photo AND an inspiring subject, I can do my best work, and it is pure bliss for me. If I have neither, it’s a painful JOB, and the whole time I’m drawing, I am wishing I could be drawing someone I really do want to draw. I’ve experienced this only a few times with commission work. In fact, now when I do commission work, I MUST find a way to be inspired, or it will be a dreadful process, even if the photo meets my requirements. See my Commission Guideline for what I mean regarding reference photos tinyurl.com/HireRick

By the time I get finished with a drawing, no matter if it’s my favorite actor, I am tired of drawing that particular drawing. You can only imagine if I was forced to draw someone I could care less about, how laborious it would be?

So, I made this document to share with people who constantly ask me to draw a certain person. Hopefully this explains it so that they understand, and don’t have hurt feelings?

~ Your Pencil Buddy ~
Rick
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Well i am hoping this is not to much, its for a video games new fan made animaton series coming out 

here is the stuff i spent like a while making

So My name is BlissFulDOOM, my friends might have sent this to you as well, BUT i am sending to you because i was hoping you can make a cover

because Never Quit Productions are making a UnderTale/Steven Universe Game

But its not going to be based on that, instead Never quit productions will be making a new SFM series based on the popular Video game, OVERWATCH

the name of the series will be called OVERWATCH Legacy

In overwatch Legacy i can give you the AU info found here


In this Au  Soldier 76 A.K.A Jack Morrison went Rogue/Crazy because he started to believe the very group he made- OVERWATCH was a global weapon

so he killed many of the original heroes from OVERWATCH

so he killed, Zara, Zenyatta, Ana, Pharah, Lucio, hanzo, bastion, Mei, Trobjon, Reinhart, and Symmetra where all murdered by Soldier 76

as well as one very important OC known as Blink A.K.A Samantha Ross

( Blink is the original Tracer in this AU )

so while the last remaining survivors

Winston, Reaper, Mercy, Genji, Road-Hog, Junk-Rat, , Mcree, Sombra, and widow maker


The other two heroes known as Tracer

( real name is Lena )

and Hana Song ( D. Va ) where born just before the fall of Overwatch


So with all of these events happening Soldier 76 lost something close to his heart in the process

his own daughter who was named Lena

( who is Tracer )

Lena was raised by Winston as a last request by Blink who was Lena's mother

Winston did as he was told and he taken Lena away from the murder named Soldier 76

so Winston raised Lena as his own daughter for 15 1/2 years

telling her lies on her own mother and father for years until one day her world is flipped upside down because Soldier 76 had found his daughter Lena Morrison who is known as

Lena Winston


so the story is....well you know, Daughter vs Father

Overwatch Vs Talon but in a differnt view


i was wandering if you can make a cover for that for my friends AU


Here is some more Info your going to need for this project so i can have this cover made



bloody-uragiri.deviantart.com/…


Papyrus in that picture should be replaced by Soldier 76 who is found here

wiki.teamliquid.net/commons/im…

with the skin that i think would be good for the AU



and Chara in that picture should be replaced by Lena ( Tracer )

Lena in this overwatch AU wears this hoodie

www.polyvore.com/cgi/img-thing…

with these pants

www.omiru.com/wp-content/uploa…


her shoes are just black sneakers


Lena her self ( Tracer ) looks like this

www.google.com/search?q=tracer…


I hope this helped what the two main charters looked like


and in the background these charters should be here


Genji, Mercy, WINSTON, mcree, Road-Hog, Junk-Rat, Reaper, sombra, Widowmaker, all in the background

Winston should be in his armor  but it should look a little worn out

Genji is a cyborg  but he should look a bit worn out, as well

Mcree is a cowboy......he looks the same as he did in overwatch

Mercy, just put her in some doctors clothes because shes a doctor....so no reason why to make her, the hero clothes she wears now

Widowmaker should be there, the only differnt she should have......is up to you :)

Junk-Rat and Road-Hog, they dont need anything changed

Reaper, should look like his self as he does in overwatch

and Sombra, i would say give her a cyan blue color to her instead of purple

This was a big note i know, and a lot of links


But i hope this all sounded okay to you :)


If this can be done, that would be very great, and thanks plus have a good day