freelance stuff and contracts you should sign while taking freelance

This is one of the freelance I worked on now im allowed to show it. Its for Cryptozoic entertainment. I have done couple other work for them but they aren't out yet. Hopefully I can upload them soon. So since we are here showing our freelance stuff, I wanted to mention about contract work. This isn't something recent but from 2013. It is the time, when I was partly looking for freelance. I came across this company called sky soul. The guy I talked to his name was Justin and he seemed pretty nice. They gave me a contract for 5 pieces which means I get paid after completing all 5 pieces (please don't ever sign contract like these). Firstly, it was pretty low paid and their demands for that rate were pretty high. Even though the example he showed me weren't that good. There was a lot of fixing they asked for which is fine I guess, comes with the work turf. After completing the first piece I started with the 2nd and completed that one too. During this time I was also working at Kabam and I told this guy that I am. After he received the file for 2nd psd he just stopped contacting me for the third one. He never got back to me. I sent him like more than 10 emails or so I believe on his email, on the website info email and to some of his colleagues email. So I started looking for some artist who have worked for them. I contacted them to contact this guy on my behalf and tell him to get back to me. So two of the kind artist gladly did. He told them because I responded late one the 2nd piece ( which I already talked to him about and he okayed it) he doesn't want to work with me anymore. The artist told them whatever the reason was you should be professional and talk to her rather than ignoring the thing. He denied he got any emails from me and even though the artist told him he still didn't get back to me. I then decided it was futile to pursue this and that I should let this go. I talked to one of the artist who told me that they made them copy legend of cryptids stuff and change very minor things. So basically they were just making bad copies of the legend of cryptids cards. boooooooooooooooooooooooo The moral of the story always ask for separate contract per piece unless you really trust the client you are working for. Anyways here the piece, hope you enjoy.

study

Just doing some studies more to come.

a new self portrait

I painted this a while back never got to finish it so I did that today :D

heres a wip too

Kabam stuff

uploading SOME stuff from my previous work place CURSES:

DRAGON CHEST:

LUNAR DRAGON SKETCH:

LUNAR DRAGON DRAGON CHEST:

FANGTOOTH RESPIRATOR:

CINDERWOOD TEGAMUS:

CINDERWOOD: CHEST CONCEPTS

CHEST FINAL:

CINDERWOOD FRAME: CONCEPTS

FINAL:

GLOWING MANDRAKES

ARCANE EMPIRE BONUS GAME:

HERO FORCE

GOD FATHER: LOWBLOW

ANTI LOWBLOW

A Collab with Miss Yurtsev!

So earlier this year when I was taking my last live action class with Miss yurtsev, she started this in clss and send it over and then in class we did collab until Julia got busy and bailed SO I had to finish it LOL. But during this process we found out if Mushk Rizvi + Julia Yurtsev= Mulia Yurzvi was a student she would kick some ass! lol Anyways here the thing and the process along with it! I labeled them with M and J so you can see what she did and then what I did. Hopefully we'll be doing more stuff soon. :)

Graduation!

I'm Finally done from school! Four years from now I started my journey at the academy of arts. Coming from Pakistan having a language barrier, culture difference, home sickness feeling, missing my friends and coming from an engineering background, let me say IT WASN'T easy AT ALL!!! However I overcame it all slowly and steadily and worked really hard to the point I got carpal tunnel which is not good. I'd like to thank all my awesome teachers for helping me, especially Craig Nelson for bearing me while I ate his brains xD. All the awesome people I met here who were and remain my inspiration thank you Evan Davies, Richard Healy, Alfredo, Hannah Stephens and Diane Wu for looking out for me yesterday when i was in lots of pain T_T thanks guys! On that note i will post my very first drawing which i did 4.5 years from today when I was about to start (I was 17 then and I was so proud of myself lol) school so everyone can have a good laugh at me, and i thought I was good. This is fanart of ff12 btw.

Also I'm working on this personal project and THIS serves as the cover page for it. I'll upload other stuff I have maybe tomrw. There are so many things I did but unfortunatly I cant post them up because they are amazingly crappy

the work flow for this

Illumination led the way

Asusual have been super busy with everything going on, work, school and family relative. So im juggling everyting at one, its kinda fun keeping me busy. This is what I did from my narrative painting and my teacher was Craig Nelson, who is awesome. Finally did the final touches on these and here it is. :) Hope everyone is dong AWESOME!