I have found FIVE (
) ARTISTS 
on DeviantArt 
but I can only pay to commission one 
THE ARTIST WITH THE MOST VOTES WILL MAKE THE NEXT HIGH-EFFORT MARSEY CAT GIRL ILLUSTRATION 
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ARTIST 1: KAPO12
Pros
- Korean
- Fledgling artist, so not only would she be eager, but we could help jumpstart her career
- Limited posts show decent but consistent art quality
Cons
- Hasn't actually stated whether she'd accept commissions or not
- Fledgling artist, so she might lack the skill to do Marsey OC
- Only 3 posts
ARTIST 2: Yunann
Pros
- Good at drawing developed adolescents - perfect for Marsey
- Large portfolio
- Only 500 watchers so she's up and coming
Cons
- Westerner
- Art seems to vary in quality
ARTIST 3: Eloru
Pros
- Large portfolio
- Consistent quality
- Exceptional in details and embellishment
Cons
- Westerner
- All of this chick's faces have the same overly neotenous features that look more childlike than adolescent
ARTIST 4: NNEMUINEKO
Pros
- She from Thailand!
- Consistent quality
- Alternate art style from others - soft like Marsey's heart
Cons
- They/Them pronouns probably a ladyboy
(wait is this a con?) - Seems keen on using chromatic aberration
- Art is good but not great, nothing that eyecatching
ARTIST 5: ShimayaEiko
Pros
- Massive portfolio, Marsey would be in safe and experienced hands
- Consistent quality
- Art quality is exceptional across the board, is capable of doing multiple styles
- Latvian
Cons
- 5 thousand watchers holy shit
- Probably has a ton of other commissions already in queue
- Was once a brony
TIME TO VOTE - I HAVE $300 USD TO SPEND AND NOT A DOLLAR MORE
UPDATE: Artist 1 flaked, Artist 2 responded and is underway!
One month ago I wanted to commission an artist to draw Marsey the Cat. Initially, I sought to enlist our very own talented @Dramarama, however due to concerns over maintaining privacy in exchanging real money (not dramacoin), I had to look elsewhere. Unfortunately I wasn't able to go with the first choice artist voted upon by you guys because they never even replied to my emails. However, the artist that did answer the call - Yunann on DeviantArt - did such a wonderful job that I think we were blessed to have ended up with her.
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What did you pay for this?
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175 euros. I paid in May with USD, but it roughly converts to just under 200 USD
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I'm pretty mad that they still watermark stuff that you pay this much money for.
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Most of the time it's so that other people can't take the original file and pass it as their own, even profiting off it somehow. Personally I usually give my clients a non-watermarked version as well but I understand why some artists don't, for their own sake and also for the sake of their clients in some cases
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If you look at Yunnan's TOS she charges 3.5x for allowing merch without visible credits. So nobody go and try and sell things with this, we would need like 600 bucks first. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1v9goRD4jOOHPDA71eHF1GBiLgqV1HWrDvCNOielbrAE/edit#heading=h.hngdm77tkz2i
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