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trying something new for the next round of commissions
4 years ago
Every few weeks, cool fans send me messages asking for free art! But, on rare occasions cool fans send me messages asking for expensive art. It is usually something like, "I know you have a commission raffle, but if I pay you $100 can you just draw my character now? Please!"
So, I am going to try something new for the upcoming round of commissions. You can choose to pay more than you pay now (about $100) and skip the raffle. Or you can choose to pay less than you pay now (about $40) and try your luck. Hopefully this should be win/win and some of you will get commissions without waiting for several years -- while others pay a lot less money!
Some might be annoyed, "It sounds like you are raising your prices a lot!" and others might be confused, "Why are you charging less money?" ...Well, by charging some people more and some people less, it should average out the same which is important to me.
It's an open secret to anybody clever enough to divide one number by another number that I charge about $20/hr for streams right now. I think that's about what I'm worth. I don't want to change that. Professional artists charge more like $50/hr, but -- professional artists can draw a circle without having to google what a circle looks like! Ha ha. Some day I will get there, but in the meantime I will continue lowballing myself and most you will have to deal with my raffles.
Thanks so much for everyone who's been participating in my commission raffles! These last few rounds of commissions have gone ridiculously well. I'm thrilled with the ideas I've gotten and the art I've put out. And for those of you who haven't won a raffle in awhile, thanks for your patience! You just have to trust in RNG. If RNG can randomly pair up Decidueye and AI twice, then RNG can do anything! You just have to believe~
So, I am going to try something new for the upcoming round of commissions. You can choose to pay more than you pay now (about $100) and skip the raffle. Or you can choose to pay less than you pay now (about $40) and try your luck. Hopefully this should be win/win and some of you will get commissions without waiting for several years -- while others pay a lot less money!
Some might be annoyed, "It sounds like you are raising your prices a lot!" and others might be confused, "Why are you charging less money?" ...Well, by charging some people more and some people less, it should average out the same which is important to me.
It's an open secret to anybody clever enough to divide one number by another number that I charge about $20/hr for streams right now. I think that's about what I'm worth. I don't want to change that. Professional artists charge more like $50/hr, but -- professional artists can draw a circle without having to google what a circle looks like! Ha ha. Some day I will get there, but in the meantime I will continue lowballing myself and most you will have to deal with my raffles.
Thanks so much for everyone who's been participating in my commission raffles! These last few rounds of commissions have gone ridiculously well. I'm thrilled with the ideas I've gotten and the art I've put out. And for those of you who haven't won a raffle in awhile, thanks for your patience! You just have to trust in RNG. If RNG can randomly pair up Decidueye and AI twice, then RNG can do anything! You just have to believe~
They're just so round how am I supposed to remember them?
Ideally, you want to find the price where you sometimes have a single person going 'drat, didn't get a slot' and less often you go 'well, I'll do an extra piece for myself this month.'
I think that's true! Or said more objectively, "I'm capable of charging more"
> Ideally, you want to find the price where ....
Well, when you use a phrase like "ideally" then it sort of depends on my goals as an artist
Said another way, one could say things like "ideally, a restaurant should serve the meat which is going to expire the soonest," or "ideally, a math tutor should spend the least amount of time possible with their students." But of course if a restaurant cares about their food quality, or a math tutor cares about their students succeeding academically -- then "ideal" means something else
For me, I'm doing this for fun! So, "ideal" means charging an amount of money where I'm not under too much pressure, and I get a range of customers. You're right that if "ideal" meant the most money earned, or the fewest disappointed raffle participants -- then ideal would mean charging more money! I will definitely think about it.
Like winning a prize! ... That allows you to spend money, but still! I won one recently and it was very exciting~
I'll stay on the raffle. I need some excitement in my life.
I've gotten to where I invite my friends and they watch me spin a big wheel and they're all like "Go! Go! Go! ...Wait, who won? Who's that? OH i remember them!"
Maybe I should let other people come watch too