An artist shows a commissioned painting that merges two of their earlier works. The buyer wanted both characters combined, but the artist struggled to blend them without losing what made each one distinct. After multiple adjustments, they found a version that felt original enough to ship.
So here we have it, my latest commission, which I've just finished, which is very good, which I'm very happy about. And yeah, basically this was a commission where the buyers liked a couple of my paintings and We sort of— they sort of wanted a mix of two of them, which is what I— I don't normally do this, but, um, you know, we had a long chat about it and, um, I thought, yeah, give it a go. It actually took a while longer than I'd anticipated because, uh, the two paintings they liked were quite different in character. And so when I first started it, it didn't quite have its own identity, and I need all of my paintings to very much have their own, you know, quality of really what they're about. And and it was, it was, it was too derivative of two other paintings, so it did take me a little while to figure out how to do it. But now I'm very happy with the result, and yeah, so there it is, and I'm all ready to be sent off and, um, yeah, on with the next.
