FASHION ILLUSTRATION

    Fashion illustration is a picture of a model being depicted using a clothing design; this illustration contains images of the front view and the back view. This illustration typically illustrate clothing on a figure with exaggreted 9-head or 10-head proportions. The fabric on the model will be depicted according to its original shape; thick-thin, patterned-unmothed; and the surface structure of the fabric.

DIGITAL DRAWING COMMISSION

    When I received my first digital commisssion, to be honest I was shocked because someone came to me and asked for help by facebook messenger to design a fashion illustration with narrow deadline. This is my first experience in digital commission, so I came with many shortcomings in terms & condition of my services. I realized that after discussing with fellow artists, so this is the cause of this blog entry with the aim of exchanging information, both in terms of the commissioner and from the party looking for an artist to create an image commission.

   So, initially an acquaintance on facebook messenger looking for people who can make some examples of fashion illustration, so she contacted me at first place by providing examples of design. At that time I mentioned the price of my services around 90 thousand Rupiah per one design (front-back with full body image type). Unfortunatelly, because of the limited budget by the commissioner so she asked me to help find another artist & because my fellow artist I know has a higher price so it won't fit the budget. I finally received this commission with second condition, where I was paid 80 thousand Rupiah per one illustration design (front-back with full body image type).

    I know I'm very stupid, she's looking for me first but why should I also bother looking for artists with prices according to her budget. Forgive my boredom, but because she's someone I know and I think I can still work on it by a deadline of about 14-15 days so I took this commission even at a fairly cheap price. I feel quite good with fashion illustration because my basic is fashion design. So, this is not too difficult especially with the condition of the image that only flat color without rendering, so it's not a big deal for me.

    I managed to complete all the commissions and unfortunately haven't been able to upload the work because the person who commissioned me hasn't gone through the exam, so I followed the rules she made. I was promised several times, such as in December 2020 and February 2021 (where they had finished the exam). 

    In March I finally asked again about that certainty, and unfortunately I should not upload on social media because the lecturer recognizes the rights of his student's work and they should not admit that it is theirs. I was quite surprised because this never happened to me in college, where lecturers took some work to be re-researched (?) and used as material for his work, so that students could not upload the exam work.

COMMISSION : THE PROBLEM

After a discussion with my fellow artist, I finally found out what I made:

• The first one : This fashion illustration that I made is included in the commercial work, "why?" because it will be used on many media, videos, book covers (included in exam assignments), merchandise and so on. The point is not only to be used as a wallpaper that is enjoyed by yourself but as a part that : "this is a work can represent the identity of the commissioner". Therefore it belongs to the commercial work.
• The second is term & condition when receiving an image commission. I felt the sample design given to me was quite easy, so I agreed with the price reduction proposed by the commissioner, but when starting the work, it turns out that the image given is quite difficult regarding painting on the skin (body painting) with details quite complicated and contain animals in accessories carried by the model. 

CONCLUSION : NEED TO RENEW TERMS & CONDITIONS SERVICE