COMMISSION INFO

Artists currently available for commissions through Howling Riot:
~TehSharkbunneh *Specialty: monster design, fantasy
~JoQuer *Specialty: logos, action
~yakumoSoul *Specialty: girls, shoujo, animals

You can request a specific artist, or let us select the most suitable artist for the job. Each artist has his or her own expertises, which you can check on their DA gallery.

What we do:
- Original characters: from examples or detailed description.
- Fan art: within the limits of good taste.
- Cosplay drawing: from cosplay photo. manga style.
- Custom art & illustrations: if for publishing/for-profit/commercial use, email us for a custom price; our standard prices do not apply in these cases.

What we don't do:
- Detailed backgrounds, as we rarely have that kind of time.
- Hentai, shounen ai or gore. Tasteful nudity is allowed.
- We reserve the right to refuse any commission request.

Standard prices (per character/animal/vehicle):
Payment in €(preferred) or US$
PayPal(preferred), or bank transfer (to Netherlands).

Cosplay drawing:
sketch from photographic reference = €5 / $7
If you want the original instead of a digital copy = €10 / $15

Pencil sketch:
simple art = €10 / $15
complex art = €15 / $20
high detail = +€5 / +$7

Pencil sketch with shading:
simple art = €15 / $20
complex art = €25 / $35
high detail = +€10 / +$15

Inked line art:
simple art = €15 / $20
complex art = €25 / $35
high detail = +€10 / +$15

Inked & flat CG colour:
simple art = €30 / $45
complex art = €40 / $60
high detail = +€15 / +$20

Inked & shaded CG colour:
simple art = €40 / $60
complex art = €50 / $75
high detail = +€15 / +$20

Character designing or monster designing (e.g. mascots):
€50 to €300 / $75 to $450, custom price according to purpose and work.
Colouring with markers:
additional fee for materials used, only specific artists.

"simple" = A normal pose with a regular camera angle at eye's height. Bust portraits usually fall in this category as well.
"complex" = A dynamic full-body pose or fighting stance with foreshortening, or a more difficult camera angle.
"high detail" = An additional fee for characters with a more than average amount of clothing folds, lots of accessories, detailed armour, mecha, fur hatching, or realistic art.
Don't worry if you're not sure under which category your commission goes; we'll let you know when you make your request and then you can choose whether or not to go through with it.

What you get:
We send you the art as a high-resolution digital version through email, fit for printing. If you wish to obtain the original or a print instead, that can be negotiated, but requires an additional fee in any case.
Work starts once payment has been received.
Unless otherwise agreed by contract, all intellectual rights to the artwork remain with its creator. The art is intended for your private use only; As by international copyright laws, you are not allowed to reproduce, edit, distribute or display the art in public (including internet) without getting permission from the creator. Display in your personal Deviantart gallery, website or profile is alright if you credit the artist. Use in Deviantart's print program is not, however, as that is a for-profit use.

What we'll need:
You describe what you'd like to be drawn, and make the necessary payment when we have an agreement. The information we'll need is:
- If you wish a specific artist or style.
- Character name, origin, and general type of personality.
- Character gender / type / species.
- Character body type.
- Clothing description.
- Hair type and shape.
- Accessories and other extra features.
- Facial expression / emotion of character(s), if specific wishes.
- Desired pose or action, and camera view if applicable. If you want to leave it all up to the artist, just say whether you want it simple or dynamic / complex. Note that this influences the price.
- Reference images if available: pictures, sketches, or existing art for reference. For fan art, preferably 4 varied images on which the character's design is well visible. Don't make us scour the internet for hours to find necessary reference material ourselves. For original characters, one picture can suffice as well.
- Use and purpose: If the art is not solely intended for your personal viewing or display on Deviantart, tell us what you intend to use the art for.
- Time frame: If you want it finished before a certain date, like a birthday, tell us so we can check our schedules.

To request a commission, just send us a note or email ^_^

This account represents several international manga artists, working together as the self-publishing manga studio Howling Riot a.k.a. a Dutch dojinshi circle. We are all working to become professional manga artists one day.

It took a couple of years of hard work, disasters and stubborn determination, but our second manga anthology is now 90% finished. Of course that last 10% is going to be the hardest part, but we're not ones to take shortcuts. What that means for the exact release date, nobody knows for sure. Will it be at Abunai in September? Will it be at F.A.C.T.S. in October? Will we survive to sell the books? We hope all of the above; we're giving it our best.

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Want to be here too? Send us a note! ^^

Happy (late) New Year to all!

Last year we had a number of releases and achievements:

~ RAWR! was our first release with a theme: dinosaurs! (and mailmen)
~ The pocket of our webcomic was finished: it includes both the ones on our website and as much new ones, for more than peek behind the scenes of Howling Riot!
~ Lined writing pads and rulers, the first in Howling Riot's school stationary.
~ A set of 5 cool bookmarks.
~ Animation pads - to help and create new animation talents.
~ Our first time at a Belgian convention.
~ Our manga and goods are for sale at Archonia (www.archonia.com)
~ None of our members did bad in school. How good is that?

For 2008 we promise you more stories, goodies, crazy ideas and surprises!

To mark the start of the new year with a blast, we now have our own game!

SLASH SLASH RIOT! is our version of the popular DDR game. Based on the cover for our first anthology, you will play as Sensei and play DDR like a real samurai.
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To play the game ->> [link]


We also have a new member:
He's our official buttkicker - keeping an eye on the public relations to the outside world and our members.
Welcome !!


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Affiliates - other doujinshi circles on DA:


Want to be here too? Send us a note! ^^

Although our artists are working on our new pocket, the second volume of our Howling Riot Anthology, we're all busy the coming month because we will be attending some conventions! Be sure to pay us a visit if you're there

First up is the Dutch 'Abunai!' - the second largest Anime convention in the Netherlands! Well have a stand in the Dealer Room where we'll sell our pockets and merchandise. Abunai is held at Vrijhof, UT, Enschede from 5 through 7 October. Abunai website -> [link]

Second, and only one week later (13 and 14 October) we'll visit the Belgian FACTS convention for the first time, along with some other Dutch circles under the organization of Mangafique (trying to promote manga with all we got ). A real venture, because this convention is still mainly SF and Fantasy, but the interest in anime and manga is growing.
FACTS website -> [link]
Mangafique website -> [link]

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Hi! This account represents several manga artists, forming an international team a.k.a. doujinshi circle:
We work together to create our own manga books, and self-publish them. We are all working to become professional manga artists.
Our group began in 2005 in the Netherlands, but we have members from other countries as well.
On this account, we'll show more work of our individual artists, and the occasional previews of our next manga-in-progress.

Be sure to check our site too, to see what we're working on right now , along with our monthly webcomic, about ourselves!
Howling Riot webcomic
Howling Riot website

If you want to buy our manga or our merchandise,
you can get them through our website's online shop:
Howling Riot online shop

If you want to comment in Nederlands, Deutsch, or Francais, we'll understand you too (and Japanese, but that'll take longer).
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