This goes out to all artists who I’ve commissioned in the past - more specifically for SFW pieces. (I’m not looking for new artists or pieces at this time.)

6 June 2025 edit: I'm still waiting on Melloque to get back with me. They're the last artist I've tried to reach out to. Anyone know where they've gone?

My intention upon book 6 release and publication sometime in 2026 or 2027 is to also release an officially published art book as a companion piece to the book series - complete with additional writings, short stories, character details, world building and more not found in the books or their appendices!

It will include:
All cover arts high quality
All interior illustrations high quality
All interior maps high quality
All licensed commissions high quality

This last addition is the reason I’m doing this journal. But first let’s break it down: my price point is probably gonna be $40-60 for the art book depending on many factors. But if you take out manufacturing costs, shipping and distribution costs, vanity publishing house fees, etc. at best, I might be getting maybe $7-10 as royalties per sale and that’s being hopeful.

Then you factor in that this art book is gonna be around 450-600 pages big with just as many art pieces and you can see how easily unfeasible this is to pay full license fees for each and every piece. It’s a sunk cost endeavor and I’m kinda only doing this for the die hard fans.

So how have I been able to manage this? By negotiating with each artist. Some have freely given their blessing by mere price of commission alone and no further costs. You artists are pure saints! Love you!

Others have done a flat nominal fee for the entire lot of commissions - this can be manageable based on proposed cost. Finally, a rare few wanted to charge double or the exact cost of every commission again just to use them in the art book. Least to say, I cannot afford this and all their art will not be included or considered.

You must remember, at best, the small selection of art I’ve commissioned from each artist will be a drop in the bucket among 500+ others. I can only do/pay so much. This is, in the end, not for me but for book series fans who want this lovely art physically in their hands. It’s a passion project for them, not for me.

So for all artists I’ve commissioned who are interested in being a part of this, hit me up in notes or DMs on social platforms. Let’s talk. Remember, SFW stuff only. If I ever only got NSFW from you, it’s not gonna be possible to include.

Artists who have agreed for minimal to no cost and are now official artists for the series:
 Ruolina
 Kam1
 ZombiEze
 KateRezonate
 Hinotama
 Conquart
 el-ricado
 thepakshi
 Val-Q
 TavyaPL
 kyotokisha15
 xNirox
 K_I_D_A_Original
 Kirena-kaya
 Paper_Demon
 TashaLisets
 LazyOllie
 Iskra
 tlt_echelon
 Miosha
 Kuroame
 Trialestis
 moonabel
 coff
 pak009
 Sinealas
 teranen
 l-a-n-h-a-i
 lesspie
 nordeva
hakkids2
kammi-lu
foxovh
millkydad
hitmore
draggincat
-IGNITUS-
ariagoldberry
Naive_tabby
free-opium
wia
fight
furayob
TAGONKRAT
thedevkitten
conrie
Elkir
The_Furry_Tail_of_Your_Soul
Julius Billeter (map maker)
Sendraxmon - Twitter
Skelly-Doll - Twitter
-- And many others!