A bit ago I completed the initial stage of a character portrait (done in two 
or three passes over as many days).

exhibit a:  http://empyrean.freesitespace.net/misc/2454941.jpg

The person who commissioned it asked how much I wanted.  I said 'however 
much you think it's worth', but added that I wanted to go over it once more 
and improve the linework to push the form of the figure (the effect is a bit 
flat atm on the pants and jacket, apart from the figure's left arm).

That turned out to be $80...?!

So...yeah.  I was somewhat playing around with making the image look like a 
Franklin Booth illustration, and as far as that goes it turned out well, has 
a nice effect, and is much faster than my usual shading method, but...it's 
*so* much less effort than I usually put into a drawing, and the amount paid 
for it is so large that I really feel I should put in a detailed background, 
just to justify that (especially since Booth focused as much, if not more, 
on the backgrounds over figures).

-- 
Tim Cook
http://empyrean.freesitespace.net

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