Commissions (2014-2015)

Starting on 1 July 2014, Chris began taking commissions for his artwork. He offered a B&W 8.5 X 11 for $50, a colored 8.5 X 11 for $100, and a colored drawing in a frame for $200. Though several B&Ws and coloreds were purchased, needless to say nobody was willing to pay the extra $100 for a frame.

Untitled, dated 7/10/2014

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Untitled, dated 7/6/2014

For this work, the recipient asked Chris to draw a scene from her comic, "Rosechu's Story." Her response to Chris's effort: "I'm pretty happy with basically everything except for the fact that he forgot that the pokeball is supposed to be opened, which I specifically requested."

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Untitled, dated 7/6/2014

The buyer sent the following request to Chris:

Hey Chris, For my commission I would like a collage of my favorite wrestler, Rob Van Dam, drawn in your signature style with a special Sonichu spin to the designs on RVD's clothes. I would like one part of the picture to be RVD making this pose http://i.imgur.com/aZVfrfo.jpg, another part to be RVD holding this briefcase http://i.imgur.com/xCSHEr0.jpg and the last part to be Chibi RVD http://i.imgur.com/3YtG5hX.jpg, all with that Sonichu spin. I am sure you can make this all come together!

This was followed up by correspondence:

Your number has been registered, and I will keep you updated. Rest assured, I promise not to share your number with anyone. Thank you. I have your suggest images, plus an idea in my mind and a magazine and newspaper for background portions.

Great, I trust your creativity to fill in any blanks!

I have completed the piece. The story I came up for it is chibi Ron is the son; he gets picked on at school. "Wah! Wah! The kids bullyme! I want to go to a theme park and laugh at the freak clowns there. Wah! Wah!" Papa Rob and his honey are being abused like as they were "Mr. Money in the Bank"; what trouble for the parents. It will be complimentary laminated to keep the portions secure on the pieces on the back card stock paper. I will ship it to you tomorrow.

The result is one of the most surreal and autistic works Chris has ever produced. What it means is anyone's guess; his description offers little help. Chris made sure to scribble over the offensive torsos of the wrestlers and Chibi with black marker. The drawing came covered with hair of unknown origin.

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  lots of hair

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Untitled, Dated 7/13/2014

The recipient explained, "I asked for Sonichu and Chris to be fighting Clyde, Asperchu, Pickel suit, and Brown shirted imposter, with Meg, MLW, and Snyder watching. Chris isn't good at following instructions."

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  The envelope it came in

Three Untitled Drawings, Dated 7/21/2014

The buyer made the following request:

For this commission, I would really like to see Rosechu (with her lightning sword) and Ultra Sonichu in a friendly pokemon battle. The battle has been going on for a while, and they've been really going at it and giving it their all, and the arena has been torn up quite a bit with rubble lying around and scorch marks on the ground. I want it to look as though Ultra Sonichu might have the upper hand, but Rosechu is trying to find a way to turn the tables on him. Incidentally, who do you think would win in a fight between Ultra Sonichu and Rosechu? Sonichu is pretty powerful, but I think Rosechu might be resourceful enough to win. I'd be interested to hear your take.

The following correspondence ensued.

Send me your payment, I will debate that statistically in my mind and you will find out in the piece.

I'm sorry, but I'm not sure what "you will find out in the piece" means? Are you going to include a separate note saying who would win? Or are you planning to show which one wins in the piece itself? Glad the payment and the email got to you alright. Thanks again. ^__^

In the piece itself.

Oh, so that means you're going to change the picture to show one of them winning instead?

No, it will be a subtle hint. I will tell you directly after I have thought about it.

Chris sent three illustrations. They arrived with a handwritten explanation of the art:

Hey [omitted], I have given the matter a Lot of thought, and I ended up drawing a three-piece set for you (a bonus, considering lack of background for Classic Pokemon Battle Style). I felt it a mismatch to pit Super Vs. Regular initially, so I took creative license to make Super and Ultimate Fury into Mega Evolutions for the turn-based gaming format. Also, taking a tip from ScrewAttack's Vegeta Vs. Shadow & Mario Vs. Sonic "Death Battle" episodes (on YouTube) to figure which Mega Evo. Form would last longer, and who could stand battling the other longer... Chaos Object Energy doesn't last as long as a woman's scorn, and considerably finds the end result in reasonable theory. But I would not see death to either anyway, because the Primes, Sonichu & Rosechu, are Not only Sweethearts and Married with Children, the couple are Best Friends with each other. You care, feel, understand and have true compassion for the other;... I would not want to hurt them in the least. Do you understand? Have a good day. Christian W. Chandler

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  The included handwritten note

The recipient asked for a picture of "Colossal-chan and Mitch Sonichu staring down with CWC as the referee and CWC shaking hands with Clyde Cash."

The "Art"

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  Aren't Sonichus and Rosechus supposed to be way shorter than humans?

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  "This is a match-up? What the hell? This is like Godzilla vs Sinbad the comic."

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  "Peace, okay? I'm willing to tolerate."

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  The TRUE and HONEST Chris defeats Ian!

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  What is this? I dont even