Vilikir

Piece: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/24916751/

Summary:
Price: worth the price and then some
Attitude of artist: professional, warm when communicating and somewhat communicative
Quality: exactly as expected, proposed and advertised. very good
Quoted Time: no quoted time, but expedient


Vilikir put up a journal entry putting their art at just under half the value in which they normal ask for (according to their entry) upon seeing the quality of their art i knew had i to jump on this deal. it required some financial finagling but i made sure this happened.

Sev is my first Sona, he is closest to my heart and by that i am fairly protective of how he is represented but at the same time i am also delight when an artist is able to be given a bit of free reign to try something new and practice stretching their creative muscles which i imagine are clipped at times with how protective people can be with their Sonas and OCs. i try not to be domineering but i am certain i came off as such during our correspondence. Vilikir took my over protectiveness with stride and maintained a communicative and professional manner.

i gave a few guidelines for Vilikir to work with, the setting, the pose, the finger heart. but i also provided older works of Sev to give them inspiration but left the rest to them. i do this because i LOVE to see how my own Sonas make an artist feel and how inspired they can be. Vilikir spoke briefly that they enjoyed working with the character but were particularly proud of the background (which they should be!) this told me though that Sev did not terribly appeal to them. other comments in the picture spoke of it looking 'strange but cute' this doesnt terribly bother me, everyone is entitled to their opinion but it makes me think 'why?'

the thing(s) that appeal to me in this picture are the obvious things like the background and the lighting. these things MAKE the picture, it gives the shading to Sev more depth and meaning. it is both magical and yet simple, it allows the viewer to feel as little or as much as they like which trying to jam it down their throat.

one thing of note i find most delightful about the piece is that the 'hand heart' Sev is doing is mildly imperfect. this makes the art even more valuable to me because it seems more real and organic. Sev tail is larger and floofier than maybe most would like but for me the tail is exactly as i imagine it. Sevs tail has always been described as being as long as he was tall and just as wide and this is captured perfectly.

the coloring is darker than i had in my mind but thanks to my desire to leave it in Vilikirs' hands the darker tones work much better than i thought, the same go for the eyes.

Sev is described to every artist as being "your best friend" he is suppose to capture the emotion of joy and delight, hes someone you WANT to be friends with because he wants so badly to be your friend in return, that level of delight is hard to capture and i think Vilikir did fairly well, i cannot offer advice on how to better capture it.

i deffenatly recommend this artist, at discount or at their normal asking price, they were swift in delivery and professional. i didnt feel as if i bonded to them as i tend to enjoy doing with my commissions. i was just another customer, this makes me feel a little bland but there is no reason why Vilikir should befriend a random commissioner, its probably just me romanticizing the fandom really.

recommendations for the artist, speaking for myself, id like to see a BIGGER signature. they put their craft into this art and deserve the recognition and so id rather see bigger...something less likly to be photoshopped off. they earned their fee and then some and i always worry about it being glossed over.

Vilikir was nice enough to email me the finished work at my asking rather than just give me a drop box link, this is something very important to me.

*as always i reserve the right to edit or delete this as i see fit

-Aphekt-