Recently I commissioned one of my favorite artists to design and draw our new site mascot. Her name’s Kim Samson and she drew my first anniversary gift to my fiancé. It was a great picture and was for a really nice price.
Needless to say when I thought of getting a mascot drawn, Kim was the first name on my list. She’s got great prices, does a great job, and is willing to draw naked things. The perfect artist for a commission that read something to the effect of, “I need you to draw an anthropomorphic penis in a karate gi.”
Here he is…

I shall name him: Dick Lee
Such a great job, I was amazed when she sent me the finished version. I was amazed at the sketch and the first color copy, too, actually.
If you want to see more of Kim’s work, I highly suggest giving her website, mhho.com, a gander. She also draws a webcomic, Maq #041.
I’ve known of Kim for about 5 years, if not more, and I think I’ve been reading the comic since Chapter 2. I finally met Kim, in person, about two years ago at Pittsburgh’s Tekkoshocon anime convention. She’s a bright young lady full of vigor to match her artistic capabilities.
Here’s a funny anecdote involving Kim (and proving I’m weak in conversational transitions):
Last year at Tekkoshocon she had a bunch of artwork that she was selling, as usual, but they were pieces she was phasing out. This would be the last time to buy them. So my fiancé and I jumped at the chance to pick up some discontinued merchandise.
We bought a picture of Rock Lee (from the anime Naruto) in Orioke no Jutsu/Sexy Technique form, a cool mermaid picture, one of her drunken sailor moon pictures, and a trio of zodiac stickers. The mermaid and sailor moon pictures were 5x7s and the stickers were small, but the Rock Lee pic was a full-size 8.5×11. We spent the rest of the day at the convention, had fun, drove home around 2 in the morning. Went back to the convention for a few hours the next day and roamed through the last few panels we were interested in, then went home. We were home for about an hour that day before we both looked at each other and groaned, “Why didn’t we get Kim to personally autograph everything for us?”
So I have since warned Kim that she’ll be glomped with sharpies if she dares to come back to Tekko this coming year.
Anyway, I highly suggest considering Kim if you want some artwork done. And keep in mind, as great as Dick Lee is…it’s only half as good as the picture she made for my anniversary gift to my fiancé last year. So she can actually make even cooler stuff than that.
~RCS