Hmm, I'd like to see what you can do with my mesmer, The Con Artist, when there's a spot available in your top 5 priority list. The only minis I have are a necrid horseman and a jungle troll. If you're not interested in those, I'll farm the 10k, since I'm pretty broke myself, too, lol. Or maybe I can try drawing your dervish, and we can do an art trade? I've never done those before, but it's worth a shot, I need practice with male figures, anyway.
So it's your pick.
Here's a rough idea I have in mind: I like the idea of my mesmer in Vabbian armor because to me, it just screams authoritarian. If you could come up with a pose that illustrates that, that would be awesome. I also would like him wielding the illusion staff which looks similar to a Rago's Flame Staff. Sorry for not including full body shots, but I don't have the entire Vabbian set, so the lower body is up for you to decide. Overall, I'd like the picture to have a dark atmosphere.
You can totally deviate from my idea, though, if you have something else in mind.
Uh, if you want, you can take a look at a few of my sketches in my photobucket album. They're not of the same quality as yours, and I don't really consider them good, though :S.
http://s77.photobucket.com/albums/j55/TheConArtist/
Anyway, I'll shut up now :P