Also, if you want to go the route of commissions, an accessible site to get started is Artists&Clients. It's a platform showcasing artists available for commissions. Source: about 1 year ago

You can commission art of your S/O (I recommend finding an artist on Artists & Clients), and then have it made into custom merch via Etsy and the like. I have a number of custom items of my Ikoma, from a dakimakura and plushies to a very expensive polymer-clay figure. Source: about 1 year ago

You can commission any kind of art you want on Artists & Clients. Source: about 1 year ago

My main avenues of commissions are (1) the Artists & Clients website, and (2) artists I've communicated with through Reddit/Discord who came highly recommended by other members here. My main go-to is A&C because it's very easy and safe to use, and you can either approach artists yourself, or post a job listing and let them come to you. As for prices, so far I don't think I've paid more than $70 for art. (Although... Source: about 1 year ago

Anyway, I recommend Artists & Clients for finding artists to commission. When you get said art, you can go to town having it printed on all kinds of custom items at ArtsCow. Source: about 1 year ago

The term "Rogue-lite" in 2013 was coined by the developers of "Rogue Legacy" to market their game, as instead of true permadeath, in-between runs you would be able to spend resources to get persistent upgrades, like health, damage increases, and unlock new classes (what people nowadays tend to call "meta-progression"). I know because I was there 8 years ago in the thread and the marketing page still has the word... Source: over 2 years ago