How is it done you ask? When you supply me with a photograph, or digital file (*good quality), The main subject (your pet or family member image) is removed (erased or masked out) from the supplied background photograph or image. There are other necessary normal color corrections, editing, and adjustments done during this first stage initial process. These steps described are considered part of the quoted price and the normal graphic design service fees.

I then use my resources, photography from our own personal libraries, original digital artwork, or create digital designs, and backgrounds from scratch. I can paint digitally, getting art techniques and effects like watercolor, acrylics, and many more classical media textures. Like a giant puzzle with the images laid out in front of me, or I see the completed artwork in my minds eye, I piece all the images together. There are layers upon layers involved with images being manipulated, opacities being lowered, special effects added, the list goes on. The software I generally work with is Photoshop, some Illustrator, Bryce 4D, and other plugin programs. If there is a theme involved or requested, then I will use props that I have available on disk (original photographs or digital images) or go out in the field and photograph the necessary custom images needed for a project. Customers can also supply there own prop images/photographs, to use for their commissioned artwork. All digital images or photographs supplied to us from customers must legally be their rightful property and ownership.

We have so many stock images and completed artwork available to pick from all our artists. Choosing a simple painterly background, clouds, sunsets, landscape scenery, props, is not a problem when it comes to getting started with a commissioned project. We also have a catalog portfolio of color schemes, frames, digital mattes and backgrounds to select from when we visit your home for a personal art presentation meeting. If you are located close enough to us, (*optional services) we can go on site or remote location, or you can come to the portrait studio and we will have a custom photo shoot done for your project.

STANDARD COMMISSION PRICES and SIZES

Standard commissioned print sizes for photographic computer enhanced artwork images are: 17" x 17" and 16" x 20".

Prices for commissioned 17" x 17" and 16" x 20" sizes start at: *$150

This price is for portraiture type style only, based upon a single photograph or image supplied by client. (This price is not for multiple photographic collage type projects.)

Choose from the majority of completed artwork found in the art galleries. We can use them (in most cases) as the background for your commissioned project. This will help lower the starting (*$150 fee) price for your commissioned project.

A *$135 price is offered and reserved for special organizations, groups, and memberships only. This is an introductory special price only.

Artwork is matted and mounted on archival foam core, and is ready to frame.

Smaller sized prints from: 8" x 10", 11" x 14", and 12" x 12" are considered reproductions only. These smaller sizes are not available as commissioned photographic digital art projects. The smaller sized prints can become available as reproductions after the initial commissioned project is completed. Reproduction prints will be discounted to clients with their commissioned projects.

For the more elaborate custom (multiple images, and design work) "Animal Adventure" theme art, the costs for a commissioned project are based on a per project basis. Details of each project will have to be discussed with the client at the time of contact with us. Costs are determined by how many images, files, photographs, printing materials choice, details, and final output print sizes.

PHOTOGRAPHS and IMAGES SUPPLIED by CLIENT

We accept good quality photographs, via e-mail attachments on the Internet (high resolution digital files / 300 DPI) or CD's (Mac or PC format), or mailing them through the U.S. Postal Service. At the time of receiving your digital files, photographic images, and or reproduced prints, I will advise you if the quality is good enough to proceed with any projects that would be commissioned. We reserve the right to turn away any photographs, digital files, or art images sent to us if they do not meet our quality standards, or are of poor quality.

Photographic restorations can be done, but there will be additional costs incurred separate and above from any regular commissioned priced project originally quoted, if images sent to us by the client are of poor quality. Photographic restorations and graphic design service fees are at an hourly rate of: $45.

If images, artwork, or photographs are sent to us through the mail, and client does not wish to pay for photographic / artwork restorations (due to poor quality) for their commissioned project, then client is responsible for all return shipping and handling charges of said sent images. There is always a little amount of normal restorations, color corrections required on any image or file sent to me. That is part of the normal quoted commissions price, I do not charge extra for normal corrections made on a project.

Please do not send original artwork or photographs that are of high value to you. We will not be held responsible for any shipping problems or losses due to matters beyond our control. Shipping insurance is recommended for any personal items (photographs, artwork, or images) mailed to us via the postal service. You can get reprint copies of your photographs (the bigger the photograph sent to me the better), have your original artwork scanned into digital files onto a CD (Mac or PC format / Tiff files / 300 DPI), or send printed art reproductions through the mail.

The client must legally be the owner of any images sent to us, and there will be an agreement sent by mail or the Internet, to the client stating that the client is the rightful owner of any images sent to us, as well as other important commission information that is necessary to read and understand before any commission work can begin. This agreement must be signed and mailed via postal service or by Internet E-mail confirmed communications should work be agreed on between both parties to go forward on a clients commissioned project.

Posters and prints available at larger sizes, and there are many different printing paper options to choose from. Paper choices include: Watercolor, Premium Photographic Glossy, Matte, and more. For other optional larger (custom) poster sizes, pricing fees, and paper media choice information, contact artist Marc Kitaen. marceagle@aol.com

GRAPHIC DESIGN SERVICES offered by Marc Kitaen include:

CD graphic artwork designs, greeting cards, postcards, logos, zed cards, business cards, brochures, self promotional posters and fliers, tee shirt art work, magazine ads, book covers, and more.

GRAPHIC DESIGNS and COMMISSIONED SPECIALTY PROJECTS

Graphic designs and specialty projects are made on a commission basis, per project, requested from clients. If you supply us with a good photograph of a family member or pet, you can have a custom designed portrait, fantasy theme, promotional poster, postcard, greeting cards made for, holidays, birthdays, announcements, photo business cards, advertising flier, or for numerous other project and occasions. See the Graphic Design Gallery pages 1 & 2 on the web site for more information and ideas.

Also most artwork seen on this web site is available for purchase. If it is not listed or products are not yet available on this web site, we are working to have it done soon. There are a few images also on this web site that are for display only and not for sale.

COMMISSIONED ARTWORK for ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR PAINTINGS
ELLARY BRANDEN / FINE ARTIST

Honor the ones you love with lasting memories in art...

Ellary Branden does extraordinary custom animal and people portraits in her original watercolor and acrylic paintings. Capturing the life force and soul of her clients and their beloved pets. Ellary creates her commissioned portraits from photographs supplied by her clients. The above basic quality photographic standards are not as critically enforced with her custom artwork. Yet we still must reserve the right to turn away images that are not usable. She uses your supplied images/photographs as reference for a clients painting project. As before stated, the bigger the image/photographs supplied to us the better outcome for your project.

ORIGINAL WATERCOLOR COMMISSION SIZES and PRICES

(*Reproduction prints: 11" x 14" and 16" x 20" are the only sizes available from the web site. All of Ellarys artwork images seen in the art gallery pages are available for print reproductions, and some large format poster availability. Prices for prints are posted with Ellarys artwork)

For more information concerning prints and posters, contact Marc Kitaen. marceagle@aol.com