Commissions open

David Marshall
"Mecanica vs. Aliens" is a $500 commission, $400 for Golden Age paper with three or more characters, plus $100 for the highly detailed background.
Help me spend more time drawing

I currently have time to make custom, comic book-related art for you. Sensibly priced by size, deadline, and complexity.

  • UPS shipping is $20 per shipment (save if you order more!)
  • Sizes measured in inches, prices in US dollars
  • All art is black and white on bristol paper

Price sheet

This price sheet is for standard commission requests. Pricing of non-standard ideas, like alternative paper sizes, color, story or writing, can be negotiated during our first contact.

Paper sizes for studio commissions and convention sketches
  Paper size Suggested frame
Sketchbook paper 9" x 12" 11" x 14"
Bronze Age paper 14" x 17" 16" x 20"
Golden Age paper 15" x 20" 18" x 24"

Studio Commissions

Same rules from convention sketches apply, while offering more complexity (greater sizes, multiple characters, backgrounds, lettering, and logo recreations). With commissions I can take my time and use reference.

One character
Two characters
Three or more characters
Minimal background
Detailed background
Page lettering
cover design: original art style with brand design, logo and blurbs
Studio commission prices for inked full art
  Sketchbook paper Bronze Age paper Golden Age paper
Head/bust $100 n/a n/a
Torso $150 n/a n/a
One character $200 $200 $250
Two characters $250 $250 $300
Three or more characters n/a n/a $400
Add-ons
  • $10 for minimal background
  • $30 for detailed background
  • $20 for minimal background
  • $50-$100 for detailed background
  • $50-$100 for lettering
  • $200 for cover design
  • $20 for minimal background
  • $50-$100 for detailed background
  • $50-$100 for lettering
  • $200 for cover design

Convention Sketches

Walk-in sketch commissions are cool, but my sketch list fills up FAST! Walk-in commissions will be accepted on a first-come, first-serve basis. Pre-order by email to save time. Everyone who orders and pays in advance gets a free print with any order of $100 or more. I don't take art direction of any kind.

Head/bust
Torso
One full figure
Two full figures
Prices for 9" x 12" convention sketches
  Pencil sketches Inked sketches
Head/bust $50 $80
Torso $80 $100
Single full figure $100 $150
Two full figures $150 $200
Three full figures $200 $250

David Marshall, drawing in the school they tore down to build the old school