I was looking at the paintings of an awesome artist that paints only characters and I was like: "If I was that good, I'd paint like 30 characters in one painting instead of always doing just one in every painting."
And then I thought... "I'm not that good but I am that determined!"
So I came up with an idea.

ONE HUGE PAINTING OF A TROPICAL PARTY WITH ALL OF YOU GUYS!!!

This is something that I've never even attempted to do for obvious "This will take a month to paint" reasons but if you've seen my gallery, there are a couple of painting that show that I am willing to take that challenge and succeed!
So what I need now is a basic survey to determine if I can get around 30 people or more to join in a shared commission with the minimum participation fee of >>>50$<<< and an option to pay extra as a sign of support and to get access to the creative process and a WIP spot in the composition.

The painting would be in an extra wide format, featuring water, the beach, beach tree house, a boat, a friendly sea monster, a balloon ride...
Swimming, surfing, building a sand castle, making some BBQ, beach ball games, you name it...

Honestly I couldn't be more excited about this idea but I can't make this party alone.

And of course you realize that if we do put this together, we're doing this for Christmas too...

UPDATE:

Here are the steps for you to get in on the action:

1. Use the transfer (not payment) option to send the fee of 50$ to my paypal (toni.maletin@gmail.com)
2 Use the same email address (toni.maletin@gmail.com) to send me an email with the following information:
-SUMMER BEACH PARTY YEAH as the subject (VERY IMPORTANT)
-Screenshot of the transfer sent.
-Character reference sheet and/or any other references
-If you've been my client previously you automatically get to decide the position and activity of your character in the painting (with that description just add the title of the artwork that I've done for you)
-If you want to decide the position and activity of the character as a first time client, include a minimum of 10$ tip to the original fee and provide the information for your idea.
-Every participant has the right to veto. Simply write something that you don't want to see your character doing (for example veto swimming if you hate swimming)
-give me up to 10 keywords or your character to help me get the right idea.
-preferred contact information (where I can get in touch with you)

Organizing and sorting this information will take a few days and as soon as I set up the first work in progress image, I will share it in a journal right here on FA.
If you are receiving this message but you no longer wish to participate, that is totally ok, and getting back in later could be possible so stay in touch.

Thank you very much!
~Toni