Has a private commission group produced anything great?

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Creation88
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Fri May 15, 2015 8:08 pm

From time to time, especially lately, I have seen knew art pop up on the main page that is a private commission. It seems like a lot of the PC art is "okay" but I have yet to come across one piece that was great or a must have. For those NOT in a Private Comission group is there anything youve seen you had to have? I haven't come across one piece that's a must have just mostly "that's nice but I could pass."
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Fri May 15, 2015 8:10 pm

Taylor's Lost in Translation for sure. Probably Eng's 2001 too. There's one coming out soon that will make the short list as well but I can't talk about it.

I'd also technically put Durieux's transportation series in the commission grouping too and the Zephyr print of that series is a masterpiece.
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Fri May 15, 2015 8:14 pm

Vania's The Bride is amazing. Lookin forward to DZOOlivier's True Detective too...I did quite like Weston's Good Bad and Ugly...but there has been some right dross that would never have seen the light of day if it hadn't been commissioned
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Fri May 15, 2015 8:17 pm

Same as Mondo. 5% is dogshit, 90% is meh, 5% is brilliant.
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Fri May 15, 2015 8:18 pm

Seems the Catholic Church and a bunch of royal families got some quality schit. No Stouts though.
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Fri May 15, 2015 8:21 pm

Meh.
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Fri May 15, 2015 8:32 pm

There was a Vanilla Sky print that almost happened that was quite lovely...
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That's what she said
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Fri May 15, 2015 8:32 pm

jrsheppa wrote:Same as Mondo. 5% is dogshit, 90% is meh, 5% is brilliant.
97% is dogshit, 3% is meh.
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Fri May 15, 2015 8:57 pm

All of Tomer's Kubricks, Krzysztof Domaradzki's recent works, and Eng Predator all jump readily to mind.
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Fri May 15, 2015 9:00 pm

Definitely Hanuka's Shining.
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Fri May 15, 2015 9:11 pm

Not really. To be fair, a few I've seen were okay...it's the subject matter that just didn't appeal to me. Not something that I would hang.
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Fri May 15, 2015 9:22 pm

Tomer's are the only ones that come to mind.
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Fri May 15, 2015 9:29 pm

DZO's True Detective will be in that great small percentage, im sure.
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Fri May 15, 2015 9:31 pm

jrsheppa wrote:
I'd also technically put Durieux's transportation series in the commission grouping too and the Zephyr print of that series is a masterpiece.
Its the only one to date.
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Fri May 15, 2015 9:37 pm

finneganm wrote:There was a Vanilla Sky print that almost happened that was quite lovely...
Too soon :(
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