All posts tagged Commissioned Portrait Series

This is the Blackham family whose matriarch Melanie, commissioned this portrait from me. Full disclosure: Melanie is my darling little sister. She has been wanting me to do a portrait of her family for some time. She finally made it very clear that she was a serious paying client, and that I should NOT treat her as just a family member that wanted a favor done. She wanted hers to be a more cartoony style of her family in front of their house. I liked that idea, and so she sent me photos of her family and home separately. It will be displayed in her home as a 16X20 canvas print.

Thanks Mel, glad you like it, it was fun.

{Mike}

I was contacted recently by an individual named Melanie, who lives in Florida and turns out to be a really cool music blogger who co-created and writes for a blog called The Ruckus, which has been a great resource for me of lesser known music acts.  Anyway, she contacted me because she had a beloved dog named Delilah that passed away recently, and while that is obviously sad, she commissioned a portrait from me to honor her memory.

Delilah was not just ANY dog, she was also pretty darn famous, appearing on SAYMedia for Dogster, and her image also graced TypePad‘s business cards. Needless to say, I was more than honored.  Melanie chose an iconic image of her, the one that was used in the ad for Dogster, actually.

Here is the image used:

AND the portrait itself:

Thanks to Melanie, and to Delilah for being such a fine canine.

{Mike}

I was able to do portraits of an entire family for the first time not too long ago. It was a great experience.  Jane, who is great, commissioned them from me.

She chose to go with the more graphic versions I offer, where the subjects are depicted a solid white, with a contrasting solid color in the background.

You can read about them here, on her blog as well.

Thanks Jane!

This full color portrait version is of Luke, who’s father Anthon had commissioned a previous portrait of his other son Daniel.  They are meant to be displayed together, so I strove for cohesiveness here.  I am pretty sure that they were meant to be gifts for the boys for Christmas, as were done as canvas wraps.   I think they turned out well.

Thanks again Anthon.

This cute little guy is named Leo.  He is so genuinely cute I mistook him for a girl at first. I HAD to admit this to his mom when I referred to him as a she.  Good thing she wasn’t offended.  You never know with some people. Anyway, this was the first portrait that was commissioned the previously mentioned promotion we did.

If any one is still interested, we have decided to extend to promotion through to January 15. Just to reiterate, the portrait is $80.00 for a custom portrait of one individual, (or pet)

Email me at mike @ ollibird.com if you are interested.

Today I am very excited to announce a new type of portrait and pricing option, just in time for the holidays.

Those adorable children belong to Allison of Petit Elefant (and if you head over to her blog, she’ll be doing a giveaway for 3 portraits on her blog today). I’ll have limited slots available for the holiday season, so act fast if you are interested in getting a portrait of a loved one (or yourself) this year! As extra incentive, I’m offering 20% off all orders that come in by December 10 at midnight MST. Read below for all of the details.

PRICE: These portraits are priced at $100 per person. So if you want two separate portraits of two different people (or the same person), that would be $200. If you want two people in the same portrait, that would still be $200. And so on! (But remember that if you order before December 10th, you will get it for 20% off.)

WHAT’S INCLUDED: For $100, you get the full resolution file that can be printed at sizes up to 16×20 (but if you would like to go larger, just let me know and I’ll make sure that when I’m doing the portrait, I’m making it large enough for what you would like to print). You also get the rights to your portrait. So you can print as many copies as you like, totally unrestricted. You can use this in any way that you like. It is absolutely yours and you don’t need to ask us any usage permissions.

PRINTS ARE EXTRA: If you would like me to take care of the prints for you so they are mailed to your door, I am happy to do that. You simply let me know what sizes and quantities you would like, and I’ll just charge you the cost of printing and shipping, plus a $15 processing fee to cover my time.

GIFT IDEA? This is a perfect gift idea this holiday season. As shown above, you can order portraits of your children to give to your spouse, your children, your parents, aunts and uncles… the list goes on! Since you are free to print as many as you like, you can cross lots of people off your holiday shopping list with just one gift. This is also a great idea for adults. Do you know someone who uses a photo of themselves on their “about” page of their site or blog? Maybe they’d want something a little bit different from everything else that’s out there. This head shot option makes a great impression.

HOW IT WORKS: To place an order with me, just copy and paste the text below into an email to contact@ollibird.com and make sure you answer all the questions. I’ll get back to you the same day to let you know your estimated time frame and to send you payment info. There are a limited number of slots available before Christmas, so act fast!

Your name:

Subject’s name:

Print yourself, or order prints?

If printing yourself, will you want to print larger than 16×20?

If ordering prints, what sizes and quantities?

3×5

4×5

5×7

8×10

11×14

16×20

20×30

Please include the photo of the subject you would like to be used as reference. This photo should have plenty of detail in the face and be a larger file size (500 KB minimum).

Please also indicate the background color you would like to use for the portrait. Choose any color and I’ll double check with you to make sure that I’m getting the same color you have in mind.

We will not be able to book your order until we have received an answer to each of these items from you.

Upon receipt of your email, I will inform you of my estimated time frame (usually within 2-4 business days), whether I feel that the photo will work for the project, and payment instructions. Before I can begin work on the project, I’ll need a deposit of 50 percent. The balance will be due upon approval of final portrait but before delivery of prints or file.

Happy holidays, and I look forward to working with some of you on portrait projects over the next few weeks. Remember that my regular portrait options are also available, and I’m more than happy to extend the 20 percent discount to those orders before December 10, too!

This one is of a boy named Daniel, who’s father Anthon, commissioned this portrait from me.  I felt with this one, he had such a cool pose, he needed something bold, but masculine in the background. I went with broad stripes which seemed to fit.  Anthon also told me his favorite color is green, so I made sure to make it prevalent in the portrait.  Anthon has also commisioned me to do a portrait of his other son, which I will start as soon as we get a good image of him.

Thanks again Anthon!

This is a recent portrait of an adorable little girl that is the daughter of a woman named KC, who found us though Natalie Hill’s blog.  She chose from one of Alma’s patterns that is on her portfolio site and I used that as the background.  The portrait was given to her husband as a birthday gift.  I will be adding her to the gallery soon.

Thanks KC!