Hello! Try figuring out how many hours you spend on each type of art and then give yourself an hourly rate, multiplying the time based on the hourly rate will give you a price, that is what I did to come up with my own price sheet =).

As for my personal opinion, those gorgeous animal posters you did can't go under 100USD, you'll surely find people willing to pay even more for the quality you offer ;D.

Haha as I wrote in journal, I'm asking for ranges just out of curiosity :)

Ah, really sorry that my comment caused such a confusion *hides in shame*.

In an ideal world where I would have money to throw at good artists such as yourself, I'd say I'd be willing to pay anything ranging from 100-300 save for icons, the quality you bring is worth much more though ^^;.

I agree with what AECE-CRic said. It's difficult to say how much you should charge without knowing how long it takes you to complete an image. You should definitely charge an hourly rate instead of just assessing the value of the final product. In the past, I have commissioned top-tier artists who charge anywhere from $25/hour all the way up to ~$70. The $70/hour artist is a bit on the extreme side, but I *really* wanted a commission from them, price be damned. $25-$40/hour seems more reasonable to me, again depending on how many hours it takes you to complete an image.

I asked the question wrong. I'm not asking how much should I charge, I'm asking how much people are willing to pay. I'll edit it.

Given that I've commissioned you before, you know how much i will pay. ;) Ultimately though, my position is that you should price your art based on the work you have put into it and go from there. If people don't buy it at the price you're offering, then you lower the price a bit and try again. Asking others how much they would pay is a good way to get lowballed. "I'll pay you $10 for a scene," right? ;)

Regardless, I stand by my previous statement: I think $25-$40/hour is a good range for you, depending on exactly how many hours your images take to complete.

You are incredibly talented. The above comments are correct in saying you should take in account the time you take on each piece, but also take in account the supply/demand ratio, if you're receiving a lot of demand on your art its only logical to raise the price, but overall you have amazing work and shouldn't sell yourself short

Haha, it's not what I asked about but you guys made me to bethink about it and I'll probably switch from my typical price list to hour rates. Thank you so much for all your nice words!

You are talented buddy!
As Robbo said $25-$40/hour is very legit and I think cell shaded full bodies should not be under 100$ they could go between 100-200$ and the simple painting start with 150-300$.

and man that tiger portrait...I would not do that under 300$ xDDD it's so beautiful.

It's so nice to read it all but you're freak, nobody would pay so much! xD

You would be surprised! xD
When people pay for sketches 100-150 bucks I'm sure 300 or more for a poster like that is totally worth it.
You can always try to raise the prices a bit higher when you notice that the commission slots sell out way too fast.

Backing up Simul here. As head judge of the Best Anthropomorphic Artwork Awards, I can say with confidence that your work can and should command a reasonable premium.

The tiger portrait is not just beautiful, but it's also VERY MUCH a piece that you need to be selling as merchandise and licensing; images like that are a great choice for keeping revenue going. If I were you I'd get that one on Redbubble pronto.

Your Ellenor image (https://www.furaffinity.net/view/30808547/) and Nero image (https://www.furaffinity.net/view/29562108/) would fit a reasonable price point of $80 to $140 USD, though on the higher end I'd want to see at least some sort of abstract background details (or leave that up to the commissioner to figure out).


Strengths of your work: Your shading is fantastic. The Nero image, the creases of the hand being shaded just so is wonderful. The clean sense of your designs is very good, and your coloring work is fine.

If you're having doubts about the worth of your artwork, reflect on what weaknesses you see in your work, and what are your plans to address them? (Art classes, workshops, inter-artist tutorials, etc.)

The better your skills, the more money your work can command. (Also, do not underestimate the importance of learning to do work FAST; honestly I see a lot more artists financial success coming from speed of work. Learn every ruthless trick you can to shave an hour here or there from your work!)

"images like that are a great choice for keeping revenue going"

I know, and I'm planning to sell it as a prints and posters~

You said $80-$140 (I'm taking $145-$240 at the moment) is resonable price for waist up, but from my side of view is definitely not - houry rate here would be something arount $11, maybe a bit more, and it's totally unprofitable. In such case it would be better for me to work as shop assistant or even in mc donalds, doing my tiring but simple work, than create art which requires a lot of learning and years of practice as my only income. There are some comments with similar valuation but I'm replied speficically to yours because you defined it as resonable, and I think and know from my experience that it's not.

I'm don't really have doubts, as I said, it was just a question out of curiosity. I have some years of creating and of taking commissions behind, now it's my full time job, and in the meantime I have learned not only how to draw, but also how to reasonably perceive my own work. Of course I still have a lot to learn, and I don't want it to looks like I think I have all the answers because of course I'm not, but now I can see strong and weak sides of what I create, I know on what should I work and how to price my work without underpricing. In the past I would take commissions strongly under unprofitable price just to have some, now I prefer to do less, but also in better quality and higher price.

But there is one thing that I completely agree with you - importance of learning to work fast. I know that some of people even prefer to get less quality art and pay more for something which would be delivered quickly. Fast work is my main weak point, right next to the continuous procrastination. It's horrible, I know it, I'm trying to do something with that but well, it's really hard xD

Having set up RedBubble for myself and other artists before:

Unless you have a strong reason for wanting NOT to expand in merchandise, go further than just prints and posters. It takes maybe an hour, tops, to fit and size your art relatively well to just about every product that Redbubble sells, for example. It's super heckin' easy and it's literally like, a couple clicks to start selling your design on shirts, travel mugs, sketchbook covers, etc. For the time it would take to set that up, 3-5 sales of those products would more or less pay your time investment back, and everything after that in perpetuity is gravy.

As for the reasonable-price-to-hours thing, if the waist-up format is something you see yourself doing a lot of in the future, maybe consider templating a few body types out at the inking/sketch phase, so that when those commissions come in you can shave off an hour or two? Anything that cuts the time down and maximizes the $-per-hour. :)

Animal posters - Depending on complexity/quality I'd pay anywhere between $30-$80 (To me the chinchilla one looked more sketchy and not as pristine as the tiger one)

Portraits - $40-$60

Cell-Shaded Full-Bodies - Start at $60-$80 and go up depending on complexity

Simple Paintings - $80 and up

Detailed waist ups - Same as Cell-shaded, but can go higher based on complexity

Detailed full bodies - $80 and up not counting simple scene, with simple scene $100 and up

Scenes - $150 and up

Icons - $30-$50

Granted these are just my opinions, and may be lower than some other people's opinions, but that isn't to devalue your work. The prices can go up or down based on a couple of factors:

How difficult are some of these for you? (The longer they take to get done the more I'd charge)

Do you want to work as a commission machine just constantly turning out commissions for the general populace? Or do you just want less frequent higher paying projects? Depending on your preferences is how you should choose to market yourself. (The higher your prices, the less customers you'll have, but the more money you'll make on a project. Simple supply and demand. :3 )

But these are just my opinions based on art I've bought in the past, I'm not someone who can afford $150+ but I also don't think you should undersell yourself either.

Okay, I'll play along.

Before I give my prices, I want to note that this is completely subjective, and that I absolutely support fair pay for artists. I may be willing to spend more than listed below if I really want a commission. if you should charge more than I list, I would never complain; it would just mean that your art may not be for me, not that your prices are unfair.

1. Animal posters: not interested / no opinion
2. Simple portraits: $40-$50
3. Cell-shaded full bodies: $50-$60
4. Simple paintings: $70-$80
5. Detailed waist-ups: $60-$70
6. Detailed full-body: $100
7. Scenes: $200 for single character with background, +$100 per additional character
9. Icons: $30-$40

for premade art posters i usually pay 20$cad. but those are the prices i usually see at cons in the artist alley.

id personally be willing to pay 100$usd for a single character scene.

fullbody 75
halfbody 50
bust 30
Headshot 25

im personally sketched out abd dont trust when an artist charges by the hour unless its livestreamed and even then they can get destracted, take breaks, ect. it becomes a troubling thing that can just start fights between artist and client.

but thats personally me. im sure other people have other opinions and im sure somewhere on here ive offended someone for my price opinion but other than that your art is hella gorgeous

1. Animal posters: $60-$150 depending on detail/complexity
2. Simple portraits: $40
3. Cell-shaded full-body: $60-$80
4. Simple painting: $50-$100 depending on detail
5. Detailed waist-up: No interest
6. Detailed full-body: $80-$150 depending on detail
7. Scenes: $250+
where did 8 go/
9. Icons: $25-50 depending on character detail

Posters- $60-$150+
Simple Portraits- $45-$60
Cell-shaded fullbody- $75+
Simple Painting- $80+
Detailed waist up- not interested, but would estimate $70+
Detailed fullbody- $90+
Scenes- $200-$300+ depending on detail
Icons- $40-60 a piece

For me, the question isn't what I'm willing to pay, it's what I'm able to pay without hurting myself.

Sad to say, about 95% of the time, my art budget tops out at $40, and that's if I really push it. That's actually why I just don't buy art, most of the time; I can't afford to pay artists what they're worth, so I don't bother. I'm not going to try and talk someone down from a stated price, you know?

Would I be willing to pay $50-150 for a piece? Absolutely, but I simply can't. Sorry, I can't really be helpful in this one.

around 120$ for a scene, depending heavily on if it's a halfbody [less] or fullbody or heavily armored/detailed [more]
simple paintings between 60-80 again, depending
icons: i can never see it being fair to spend over 30$ on something 100x, thats me personally (even i charge a bit under that threshold myself)

obviously other things factor in such as additional characters/props.