HOURS OF
BUSINESS
William McAusland
works 10am-5pm Pacific Time, Monday to Friday.
COMMUNICATIONS
Mainly phone and
email are used to handle communication with clients.
Normally first contact with a client is made via phone, with the
rest of the job being conducted by email. This arrangement
keeps the phone bills low and allows transmission of accurate
gray scale or colour proofs. While my hours of business may be
from 10am until 5pm, I often do much of my actual artwork late
into the night when it is quiet, and tend to respond to any
emails at that time.
PRICE
The artist can work
within a wide range of budget sizes. Typically, the illustrator
provides a quote, but prefers to 'work to budget'. Working to a
client's art budget means the artist can tailor the sketches and
physical size of the image to meet the budget, increasing
complexity, number of figures, etc. The quoted price is not
exceeded unless unforeseen additions or late changes are
requested by the client; such as if after the sketches are
approved and painting has commenced, the client requests
additional items or figures in a painting, or if a format change
or final size change to the illustration surface area is called
for. These changes are unlikely as such details are typically
worked out long before in a pencil sketch.
The artist will happily meet
local clients, with the initial consultation being free,
likewise, as with most freelancers, there is no cost to getting
a quote. If you have a potential assignment, or are just curious
what it costs to get original art done for your next project,
just send McAusland Studios
an email with some of the image details and I'll give you a
price range. It helps if you have some sort of stick man
drawing, example of work from my existing gallery or even
another artist or photographer's collection to give me an idea
of what you're after.
McAusland studios offers high
end digital photography of colour art and the creation of a final
press-ready file (300dpi tiff) to be emailed to the client, for a cost of $50.
DEPOSIT
A 50% deposit is
required either upon being hired to produce the illustration, or after the client approves of the pencil renderings and
the okay is given for the artist to proceed with the
illustration. McAusland usually starts work at once on the final
before the deposit check arrives in the mail or via his
preferred transaction mode, Paypal. The completed image will not
be uploaded to the client's or artist's ftp site or couriered
until the deposit arrives.
FINAL
PAYMENT
The remaining fifty
percent is due 30 days after job completion; an invoice will be
sent to the client for their records. While checks are welcome,
the artist prefers payment online via Paypal.
THE
PHYSICAL WORK
William McAusland
normally works in quick drying, non-toxic, lightfast acrylic
colours as well as ink and pencil on acid free paper. Many
images are completed in digital format after being scanned or
digitally photographed by a professional photographer. The
artist prefers to send a high quality, 300 or 600dpi tiff
directly to the client's FTP site, or if the client doesn't have
an ftp site, the artist temporarily loads the image to his own
site for the client to download from a 'secret' web page. The
original art, when there is a final physical work, is usually
kept by the artist, but, if in the initial agreement the client
states that he or she will want the original illustrations, this
affects the price slightly, and the cost of mailing the art to
the client is added to the final bill.
ARTIST'S
STATEMENT
"I produce a great
variety of work, including fine art, and the samples presented
throughout this site are by no means the limit of my scope in
either subject matter or style. I welcome all questions and
feedback regarding the work seen herein, and if you have a
special project in mind and don't see a specific example of art
that pertains to your illustration needs, send me an email
anyhow and I'll be happy to discuss it with you."
About William McAusland
I
The Studio
I Testimonials
I Client List
I
Doing Business
email: artmotive@telus.net
(250) 374-2453 William
McAusland 1860 Lodgepole Drive, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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