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Head's Up; Gonna officially update my art policies soon.
2 months ago
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I just wanna start off by saying, NO, I WON'T be raising prices on anything!! I AM considering the idea of discounts though, but not sure yet...
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I've been struggling with how to approach and address this, because I'm aware that it's probably gonna get some people angry at me. Obviously I don't wanna give up being a furry artist, but being a Christian and a mother, there's some stuff I just gotta stay away from when it comes to accepting commissions and art trades, anymore.
These are the things I've either just not mentioned before, or have gotten lax on over the years and need to dial it back:
*I REALLY wanna get away from using/viewing sexually explicit NSFW references, even if the commission is SFW in nature. This is nothing personal to anyone that only has NSFW refs, but I have kids who are soaking up -everything- around them, and those lil' dickens are sneaky sometimes, heh. Id really like to keep the SFW toggle ON, unless I'm uploading something that has a filter due to fighting, lots of blood, gore, etc like that.
*I haven't offered it in a long time, but I'm trying really hard to get away from sexual content in general, but this might pull over into certain kinds of -technically- SFW content as well. I'll probably be going back to drawing only m/f relationships for the time being, until I can get the nuances of interactions pinned down. Pretty much any couple, regardless of gender, is gonna hafta be looking like the tamest relationship, where hand-holding and smoldering looks are considered saucy. >u>
*Artistic nudity is... it's honestly really questionable at the moment. I really like to do tasteful pin-ups, but like above; I've not appreciated my limits being pushed by people trying to take advantage of me. I may be limiting future pin-ups to having the genital's covered in some fashion or another, but leaving the buttocks or nipples exposed is fine. We'll see... this may be the one exception I have to viewing NSFW references, but it's just so up-in-the-air on if I'll even do pin-ups anymore.
*I don't think I've ever explicitly stated it before, but I've never cared to participate in anyone's pride themes, regardless of who's it is, or what it's for, and I'm not about to start now.
I... I think that's the gist for now- if not most of it. I'd really like to get the info on the ToS part of my profile updated officially though, it's been literally YEARSSSS since I've even touched it. I'm almost scared to go back over it and see how many I've broken since I originally made it, yikes...
For what it's worth:
I'd personally love to have a general thing where you get a lil discount (like 5-10% or something??) if you comm me with something I'm particularly interested in (let me know if this is a good or bad idea though).
Anyway, I'm SO sorry for the long read. If you made it through, thanks for looking! And, if you're mad, well, that's okay too! Nobody likes the same things after all~
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I've been struggling with how to approach and address this, because I'm aware that it's probably gonna get some people angry at me. Obviously I don't wanna give up being a furry artist, but being a Christian and a mother, there's some stuff I just gotta stay away from when it comes to accepting commissions and art trades, anymore.
These are the things I've either just not mentioned before, or have gotten lax on over the years and need to dial it back:
*I REALLY wanna get away from using/viewing sexually explicit NSFW references, even if the commission is SFW in nature. This is nothing personal to anyone that only has NSFW refs, but I have kids who are soaking up -everything- around them, and those lil' dickens are sneaky sometimes, heh. Id really like to keep the SFW toggle ON, unless I'm uploading something that has a filter due to fighting, lots of blood, gore, etc like that.
*I haven't offered it in a long time, but I'm trying really hard to get away from sexual content in general, but this might pull over into certain kinds of -technically- SFW content as well. I'll probably be going back to drawing only m/f relationships for the time being, until I can get the nuances of interactions pinned down. Pretty much any couple, regardless of gender, is gonna hafta be looking like the tamest relationship, where hand-holding and smoldering looks are considered saucy. >u>
*Artistic nudity is... it's honestly really questionable at the moment. I really like to do tasteful pin-ups, but like above; I've not appreciated my limits being pushed by people trying to take advantage of me. I may be limiting future pin-ups to having the genital's covered in some fashion or another, but leaving the buttocks or nipples exposed is fine. We'll see... this may be the one exception I have to viewing NSFW references, but it's just so up-in-the-air on if I'll even do pin-ups anymore.
*I don't think I've ever explicitly stated it before, but I've never cared to participate in anyone's pride themes, regardless of who's it is, or what it's for, and I'm not about to start now.
I... I think that's the gist for now- if not most of it. I'd really like to get the info on the ToS part of my profile updated officially though, it's been literally YEARSSSS since I've even touched it. I'm almost scared to go back over it and see how many I've broken since I originally made it, yikes...
For what it's worth:
I'd personally love to have a general thing where you get a lil discount (like 5-10% or something??) if you comm me with something I'm particularly interested in (let me know if this is a good or bad idea though).
Anyway, I'm SO sorry for the long read. If you made it through, thanks for looking! And, if you're mad, well, that's okay too! Nobody likes the same things after all~
YOU - ARE - THE - ARTIST
You set your rules and boundaries. ALWAYS work in your comfort zone, everybody else be dammed.
And over time, you will develop a fanbase that caters to it.
I am curious what you Discounts would be
It's so hard to try and branch out with my art (or confine it in some aspects), cuz I worry too much about what other people think, but especially that people who follow my work because they like what I've done so far.
For discounts, honestly, I'd love to offer them on drawing things like muscle women, since I've had an IRL interest in getting into bodybuilding for a while, it'd be fun to explore in drawings. I'd also love to do more belly dancing themes, and I guess I'd want to extend a discount on 'experimental' commissions, as well. Stained glass is a style I've been interested in drawing for a few years now, but I've never been comfy offering it as a style type since I have no current practice with it.
Any other discounts I offer at some point would just be on-the-spot, but those are what I thought of off the top of my head.
The discounts could be sweet, but it doesn't have to be advertised anywhere.
It's your decision what the price of your art will be in the end, even a price sheet is just for us commissioners to be able to have a general idea, the final price on the invoice is always yours to decide.
So, as neat as a discount would be, don't let people abuse it :3
I've felt so bad that I don't have a price sheet, but tbh, every time I make one, it feels so...sloppy? Unprofessional? I've never been very good at them, but I could always give it a shot again; the biggest challenge at the moment is just figuring out prices for more than sketches.