Thank you for considering taking a commission as part of the Ren'Py art postcard project. This is associated with my Patreon. Since I do not want to limit the availability of Ren'Py code to people that are able to pay for it, I've decided that the rewards to be a mix of virtual sponsorships and a physical collectible good, these art cards.

The way this works is that I commission artists to create artistic postcards for me. (Generally involving our mascot character, Eileen.) These are sent to patrons that support Ren'Py development at the $10 or higher level.

Short Version

I'm interested in commissioning a postcard that features Ren'Py's mascot, Eileen. I'm interested in working with you to commission somehting you'll enjoy drawing well. I pay $65 when the full art is delivered, and the art is a work-for-hire.

Technical Details

The postcard will be printed at 600 DPI. While the postcard itself will be 6 inches by 4 inches in size, it should have a 0.125 inch bleed area on each side, for a total size of 6.25 by 4.25 inches. The postcard may be in portrait or landscape format.

Working digitally, that means a 3750x2550 canvas, with 75 pixel borders on each side that should have the image, but not important parts of it.

300 DPI images are also acceptable, in which case the dimensions should be 1875x1275, with 38 pixel borders.

Content Details

I don't have a strong opinion as to what I want each card to contain. While it should be related to Ren'Py and our Eileen mascot character in some way, beyond that I'd like to commission art in the style you're best at, and containing the content you're best at.

Please forgive me if I'm not completely perfect when it comes to making artistic decisions. My general philosophy is to leave most artistic decisions to the artist - you're the expert in that area.

To give you some ideas, here's what's already been commissioned:

• Eileen as an Idol Singer, welcoming people.
• Eileen as Mage, summoning a Python from a spellbook.
• Phantom Thief Eileen.

All of the cards commissioned up to 2021 are available below.

Good ideas for content are:

• Seasonal. (Eileen setting off fireworks, walking through falling leaves, or through snow.)
• Genre-Based. (What would Eileen look like if she was staring in various genres of visual novel?)
• Crossover. (Do you have a popular visual novel? What would Eileen look like if she guest-starred?)

I do not want fanservice-based content, as this is going to a wide community of backers and creators.

About Eileen

Eileen is the Ren'Py mascot character, from the Ren'Py tutorial. The defining aspects of her look are:

• Short, pinkish-red hair.
• Blue eyes.
• A gold hairband. This can be explicitly present or suggested in some other way - for example, in one postcard it's replaced by a yellow hairbow.

Python can also be hinted at in some ways, especially by the inclusion of the friendly yellow snake from the Ren'Py logo, or the two-snakes Python logo.

Reference images are located on the right side of this page.

Payment and Credit Details

These commissions go for $65 per post card, which is about 30% of the revenue th postcards bring in. I'm happy to work with the artist to negotiate details of the composition to hit that price point.

I can pay through paypal or venmo, though other methods can be used on a case-by-case basis. I need to list the transaction as a purchase (not a gift), so that I can deduct the cost as a business expense on my taxes.

I pay promptly on full delivery of the art, but do not pay before the art has been fully delivered.

This is a work-for-hire arrangement, where once you are payed the agreed-upon amount, I own the copyright to the work. Once the postcard has been sent to Patreon backers (which may take up to a year), you can post the image as part of a portfolio of your commission work.

I credit the artist on the back of the postcard, generally using the name we talk under. If you have any specifics as to how you want to be credited, please let me know.