COMMISSIONS

CURRENTLY: OPEN
STATUS: WORKING

Creature designer, pixel artist, game systems designer.


Sugi-Style

Monster Design

Sugi-Style

Sprites

Sugi-Style

Misc.

A pixel-art piece, enlarged by 800%, of Tory Schulz's mascot that uses a limited palette of teal, pale denim blue, dark purple, and white.

TORY SCHULZ

2D Pixel Artist / Creature Designer / Game Designer (Systems)


SKILLS

  • Adaptable

  • Quality-focused

  • Quick turn-around times

  • Client-focused


  • ClipStudio Paint

  • Aseprite

  • Notion

  • Figma

[They/them]
Self-taught pixel artist, creature designer, and game designer from the United States. Experienced in working in long-distance, deadline-driven environments, and maintaining active and enthusiastic communication with clients that aims to always deliver a high-quality product that meets both professional and user expectations.


EXPERIENCE

MARCH 20th 2024 - MAY 23rd 2025 / BLUE GRAVITY STUDIOS / FULL TIME

  • I was hired to develop creatures and pixel art for the first version of the in-house company project, Fay Keeper. However, during the course of the project my skills were needed in other areas, as we were a small team. Other skills I had were vital in contributing to the project.

  • Designed various creatures following a creative director's instructions and restrictions. Drafted various creatures, sized them down, and made pixel art from them.

  • Helped train fellow colleagues who were unfamiliar with creature design principals the basics, and assisted with helpful feedback during the design process.

  • Designed backgrounds for the various biomes and dungeons' combat screen.

  • Designed characters for the project to help populate the world and interact with the environment.

  • Helped with and designed various environmental decorations for the overworld of the game.

  • Drafted animation roughs for the creatures to assist other artists with the animation process.

  • Proposed various designs for different systems of the game [ Notably, the battle layout, level-up system, pause menu, day/night cycle, and status condition system.]

  • Assisted in the design for the type chart with co-workers.


2019 - PRESENT / FREELANCE WORK

  • Designed various creatures and either digitally illustrated them or rendered them in pixel art for various indie projects and fan content.

  • Designed pixel art icons for indie projects and fan content.

  • Illustrated assets for streamers and content creators, from Standby Illustrations to various interactable stream assets.

BLUE GRAVITY STUDIOS WORK

//ART

//GAME DESIGN

FREELANCE ART


TERMS OF SERVICE

COMMUNICATION

PLEASE DO NOT MESSAGE ME ON INSTAGRAM OR TWITTER. PLEASE USE KO-FI OR MY EMAIL, BOTH OF WHICH ARE AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE.Please be patient for me to get back to your messages! I receive messages across multiple platforms and am usually busy IRL as well.I post my work schedule on my Trello! So you can see which days I am active. I do not work holidays. If there are any delays I will notify my customers.Please do not rush me and respect my time!

TURN-AROUND TIMES

Please assume that a commission will take one [1] month to complete.
A commission may be done more quickly or more slowly depending on edits, communication speed, etc. I am very communicative and will be updating the client at various stages of a commission.

PAYMENT OPTIONS

Payments are to be made through Kofi or PayPal.
In the case of PayPal, an invoice will be sent with the discussed payment amount.
When ordering via Ko-fi's shop, all instructions will be given to you in a message after purchase.

  • %100 Payment Upfront

  • Long-term work Payment Plans available

REFUNDS

  • NO refund after accepted sketch.

  • I reserve the right to cancel a commission at any time and issue a refund.

  • If I cannot finish your commission I will refund you.

USAGE TERMS

  • I reserve my right as the artist to distribute, reproduce and use my artwork for self-promotion or sampling purposes.

  • If you wish for the commission to remain private (i.e. not published on my social media or portfolio) it is no issue. Just please notify me of this.

  • You may use the artwork for any personal uses, (profile picture, header, displayed on your profile, etc.) but please credit me when posting.

  • Artwork you commission from me MUST have credit and/or a link back to me somewhere clear and obvious. If used in a game project, I must be credited in the credits.

  • If you need any minor modifications done, please reach out to me.

  • Unless otherwise stated, a commission will have Personal Usage Rights.

  • If you wish to have a Commercial Usage license for the art (using the art in a monetized Youtube video, making charms, plushies, etc), you MUST bring this up when commissioning the piece(s).

  • You may not, under any circumstances, use my artwork or any part of it on non-fungible tokens (NFT) or cryptomining, or AI training networks.

  • I reserve the right to use any rejected sketches in personal projects or other commissions.

Sugi-Style

I look forward to
working with you!!


MONSTER DESIGNS

Personal Usage Rights Apply.
For Commercial Usage Rights, please discuss that with me upfront.
I either design or render a creature for you!You get Two (2) re-sketches free. That means complete repose and/or new design. Beyond that it is a 20 USD charge.The order is assumed to be in Sugi-style unless otherwise discussed.You would get the final art as .pngs!

PRICING

Type of CommPriceBundles/Discounts
[1] SIMPLE DESIGN SKETCH$15 usdNone
[1] COMPLEX DESIGN SKETCH$20 usdNone
[1] SIMPLE Monster Design$30 usdDiscuss at 6+ designs
[1] COMPLEX Monster Design$40 usdDiscuss at 6+ designs
3-STAGE Monster Design$100 usdDiscuss at 3+ bundles

EXAMPLES

Simple

Complex


SPRITE ART

If no references of the Mon itself are provided, and I must design the Mon in addition to spriting it, it is an extra 20 USD Design Fee PER MON/SPRITEThe design fee applies to things such as;
Multiple images of animals, objects, aesthetics, moodboards and text descriptions.
For Sprites outside the 96x96 canvas size, I will have to quote it differently. Price will vary on larger sprites.I can do either Gen 5 or Gen 3 sprites!You would get the final art as .pngs!

PRICING

Type of CommPriceBundles/Discounts
[1] GEN 3-7 PARTY ICON$3 usdBundle pricing available at 3+ icons ordered
[1] GEN 3-7 SIMPLE BACK SPRITE$10 usdBundle pricing available at 3+ sprites ordered
[1] GEN 3-7 SIMPLE FRONT SPRITE$15 usdBundle pricing available at 3+ sprites ordered
[1] GEN 3-7 COMPLEX BACK SPRITE$15 usdBundle pricing available at 3+ sprites ordered
[1] GEN 3-7 COMPLEX FRONT SPRITE$25 usdBundle pricing available at 3+ sprites ordered
[1] SPECIAL SPRITE OUTSIDE 96 x 96px CANVASVariesInquire for more information

EXAMPLES

Simple

Complex

Icons & Items

Special


MISCELLANEOUS

There are various other things I am able to do that do not fit neatly within the other categories!If they become more popular I will dedicate seperate pages to them.

Type of CommPriceBundles/Discounts
[1] LogoVaries ~ $40 usdInquire for more information
[1] Server Icon$15 usdBundle pricing available at 3+ icons ordered
[1] Post Template BG$15 usdBundle pricing available at 3+ BGs ordered
[1] Character Gumdrop$15 usdBundle pricing available at 3+ grumdrops ordered
[1] Discord Sticker$6 usdN/a
[1] Character Bean$6 usdCap of 6 Beans
per order

EXAMPLES

Logos/Server Icons

Post Template Backgrounds

All photos I use come from free to use resource sites.

Character Gumdrops

Pixel Discord Stickers

Character Beans