Talking Pals Commissions
Introduction
You can now commission the person who drew some of the artwork for the Talking Pals! Proceeds go to keeping this site (and PureiWeb) alive, while letting the site owner have a bit of money to also buy things, and support his family.
The site owner himself lives in an area where the jobs are either MOSTLY food related, not sensory friendly (specifically the places play loud harsh music), OR it's for a problematic fast food corporation.
For the $5 package - you will get a hand-drawn PNG image - watermarks are optional but very highly recommended. No backgrounds - these PNGs are designed for PVs in mind.
The $25 package includes up to 10-15 still images (example: can be used for a song about one of the characters growing up) and one custom PNG of the Talking Pal of your choice (can have more if the song you're making/covering has more than one character)
Prices, Add-Ons, Discounts, and How Long It Takes (all prices in USD)
Starting prices:
Custom PFP of one character: $2 - takes a few minutes*
Custom matching PFP with two characters: $4 - takes a few minutes*
PNG of one character: $5 - takes a few minutes*
A full on picture of any character with background (up to 4 characters): $10 - takes a few minutes*
An entire PV's worth of art - editing NOT included: $25 - takes a few hours to a few days (or more)*
You can, however, pay as high as you'd like if you're feeling generous.
Add-Ons
If you'd like, a small watermark (mostly "art by C3S6" and "ZZProds" hidden throughout the art - see below for an easy to understand example) can be added free of charge. You can choose from six options ranging from obnoxious to discreet, or if you're feeling adventurous, none at all. Or combine several of these methods if you really want to! Option 3 is the best choice. but if you want an embedded watermark (see options 4 through 6)
(If using in a song/cover, options 3, 4, 5, and 6 work best. They are readable enough and should look good when shown off in videos. Remember to credit!)
Discounts
First time buyers get half off their first purchase. Do not use alt accounts to take advantage of this offer multiple times.
Friends of the site owner longer than 2 months get a 2 dollar discount.
*This depends on the day, time, and how many commissions were requested.
Memes. (You can supply your own if you'd like - but the memes we have are kinda dated and/or slightly funny.
Genuine ZipZap Seal: a seal of approval featuring Zippity. Super obnoxious and flashy. Mainly used if you want your commission posted to the official ZipZap pages (which is free of charge by the way). Kinda like a stock photo watermark of some sorts to probably prevent DumbGPT and its theft-lovin' friends from taking the easy-to-replicate art style of the site owner. Does it work? I don't know. The memes might work a bit better since they are complex images. Who knows.
On The Outline: Super noticeable, easy to see. This one's required, for the most part.
Yeah I know...: the easiest to see embedded watermark. Dark shade of color on light color (and vice versa)
Noticeable: A bit harder to see, but is there. Almost similar shade of color, slightly darker on light color (and vice versa)
Discreet: The hardest to see out of the six options. The exact same hue as the background color but slightly darker and hard to see unless you look closely for it. Might blend in depending on the screen. (Sunny was able to see it on his tablet where he drew it, but is somewhat harder to see on the Puppy rig he's using to edit the site on.
Sunny won't draw the following:
Politics, hate speech, proshipping, or anything that breaks the Talking Pals' Terms of Use.
Gore is okay. NSFW is alright but not for the under-18s.
The Rules
Do not put the doodles through an artificial intelligence (AI) "art" generator. This is THEFT and breaks the Terms of Use for both the artwork you can get through this service AND the Talking Pals' voices.
Other Things
Freeform (the art software I use - comes with iOS by the way) does not have a speed-paint video making feature (yet), but to prove that the artwork was drawn by Sunny himself, he can send a short clip (filmed with a camera with extra proof) where he uses the selection tool to mess with the drawing (for example: changing the solid colors, taking the legs off of the character, etc) free of charge.
Otherwise, he can use IbisPaint (if asked - the app has a speedpaint video feature - and resolutions are consistent)