People sometimes ask us why someone would bother to commission art when they could just take a photo. Rather than give our own answer, we figured we would let Tom Nelson, a professional photographer who recently commissioned a cartoon portrait by our very own Torri, for his take. Along with his explanation below, you’ll find […]
My name is Taylor and I am “the intern.” I first knew about ArtCorgi from reading the San Jose Mercury news. I love all things art so I thought I’d apply to be an ArtCorgi artist myself. By the time I applied through, the site had more than enough talented artists! Freelance artists need more […]
Now that ArtCorgi is situated in 500 Startups’ office, right by the more active side of downtown Mountain View. I thought I’d share the experience of working in the heart of Silicon Valley… As an intern. Since it’s probably the tallest structure around the area, it’s not hard to see it from far. Looking […]
Though he started off by offering striking creature commissions on our site, Jimmy Yeung recently added a realistic portrait style at a very wallet-friendly price point. Here is the latest commission he has done in this style featuring Facebook’s VP of Ads and Pages (and all-around online art connoisseur), Andrew Bosworth. Though we get a […]
One of our favorite commissions to come through ArtCorgi lately is this husband and wife commission made by Carlos Rosario, depicting the couple as centaurs (in Denitsa Trandeva’s fabulous anime style). We don’t know if it’s their expressions, the cherry blossom petals fluttering in the wind, or just the fact that they’re centaurs, but this […]
As the internet is brimming with awesome fan fiction, it should come as no surprise that some of the best commissions floating around Tumblr, Twitter, deviantART, and Facebook are fan art. Fan art is the best! But here’s the thing- we don’t think that fan art needs to be limited to fictional universes. We like […]
Commissioning art online isn’t always straightforward, and on every site where people offer commissions (be it Artists&Clients or deviantART), there are slightly different processes. Here’s a refresher on how we work. We hope you find it to be helpful! :D
This week, we kicked off a fresh series of targeted ad campaigns using Facebook and AdWords to discover which sorts of online audiences will be most interested in commissioning art from you. We’re starting with ads targeted at newly-engaged women who might like to commission original art for wedding invitations, favors, gifts, and keepsakes. Next […]
Today, we’re debuting a new blog and a fresh batch of artist styles (the sample depicted above is by Studio Catawampus, aka Rebecca Flaum- you can see more on Rebecca’s official commission page). We want to extend a very warm welcome to the newest artists to have joined our network, and plan on sending out […]