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BUSINESS INFORMATION
HOURS OF BUSINESS
William McAusland works 9am-5pm Pacific Time, Monday to Friday;
or via email 24 hours a day, year round.
COMMUNICATIONS
Mainly phone and email are used to handle communication with
clients, and if a traditional (non-digital) image is needed at
the client's end, such as for photography or to hang in their
offices, courier services for delivery of finished images can
be arranged. Normally first contact with a client is made via
phone, with the rest of the job being conducted via email. This
arrangement keeps the phone bills low and allows transmission
of accurate gray scale or colour proofs.
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.
If the client wishes the image to be photographed and the final
press-ready file (300dpi tiff) to be emailed to him or her, the
artist can have the artwork digitally photographed by a professional
for a cost of $50.
DEPOSIT
A 50% deposit is required 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 original 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."
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