A Hypothetical Question For You

Jennifer Janesko (whose site is not work-appropriate) is a successful and extremely talented pin-up artist whose work I admire greatly.
She’s also pretty hot, actually, which is why she has appeared in Maxim magazine.
It was in that photographic appearance and accompanying text – posted in a newsgroup recently – that I learned that she charges upwards of $4,500 to paint someone’s portrait in her unique style.
She can charge this much because she’s an established artist and actually makes her living as an artist, and she’s also extremely talented. So those prices seem reasonable to me.
However, here’s my question: what do you, my loyal Threshold readers, feel would be a reasonable price for someone who is not an established artist to charge to paint portraits?
For the sake of argument, let’s say that this hypothetical amateur artist of ours works in a digital medium and like Janesko has a fondness for rendering the female form, though his style is influenced as much by fantasy and comic book art as pin-up art.
Let’s also say that this completely unknown hypothetical artist is proposing not to create straightforward portraits of people, but rather “fantasy” portraits in which people are seen not as they are but as they wish to be.
Let’s call them, again, just for the sake of argument, “Heroic Portraits,” portraits in which real people are transformed into unreal people such as super heroes, barbarian warriors, wizards, elves, or whatever they imagine themselves to be.
Let’s say that this unnamed artist sets up a Web site to showcase his work and for people to contact him, providing him with a photo they want him to work from, a description of the specific “look” they are going for, and any other specifications, at which point the artist produces an image, sends a low-res digital copy to the customer as a proof, and then has the final approved image professionally printed and framed (if requested, and at an extra charge), and shipped to the customer.
As a no-cost extra, the artist would also provide better digital copies suitable for use on Web sites and as desktop wallpaper.
So, how much would this totally made up artist that isn’t at all intended to refer to any specific person that we know be able to reasonably expect to charge people for this extremely specialized service in this totally hypothetical scenario which isn’t meant to be representative of any plans that someone we know might have kicking around in his head?
How much would you pay to see yourself as a hero or a villain, a comely maiden or a monster, or anything out of your dreams?
Let me know what you think so that, you know, just for the sake of argument, I’ll know the answer to this utterly hypothetical question...