What about a clean comic? Same price?

good question... what would you say if it was the same price?

maybe a tad cheaper for a clean one in my opinion

Should be same price, I think. Unlike movies, there's no difference in effort between creating erotic and clean art (other than holding the boner back?).

I say start at that base price and if it seems more complicated, or simple, add or subtract.

I wouldn't go any less than $100, in fact I'd opt to be a little more generous. Consider how much time it takes you to go through a comic page rather than these individual images... Don't charge any less than what you believe your work or time is worth (you'll probably stand to raise it even still).

valid argument but i dont want to alienate people who would be interested... but thats the point of this journal to see opinions

Well $100 is fair either way, especially for a comic! I've paid upwards of $120-$150 for "regular" commissions, so a comic for that price is certainly worth considering.

well that was an example price for blakc and white... i really have no idea how id actually price it if people wanted color =/

Would you consider flat colours or an alternate (quicker) way of colouring for the comics? To allow for a middle ground between B&W and to appeal to the crowd who want only coloured pages?

Just a suggestion. I think it would be worth doing a few B&W pages to get the feel of the work load and time spent, before gauging and pricing colour sheets. I'd fear undercharging yourself too soon and feeling overwhelmed (or underpaid) by the end of it.

as far as color I was thinking a step above flats
this coloring style http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5053436
and not this http://www.furaffinity.net/view/3826243/

Absolutely fair. I think if the work is reasonable for you, that colouring style is more than appropriate for a comic!

That's a fair price to start at.

well the price seems a little high for B/W, maybe a sample of the kind of work your talking about will help people decide.

A time line should be relative. how long does it take you to do a page? Is it complex, is there a lot of text (a normal page is 3 to 5 drawings) a week per page is fast, while a month per page is really slow... unless you are doing many projects per month.

are you willing to possibly burn yourself with arting? what are your limits? the guy of pal comics has been at it for a while and got tired of all the loli / spanking commissions.

hope this helps

well i do have something close to that "black and white with tones" example with the Just Business comic I did for fun a couple years back
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/2684911/

as far as timeline I'm looking to see what other people would expect not what I expect of myself.

I'm not looking to burn myself out.. I'm actually just looking to take on one comic commission and close shop finish that and then reopen commissions later whether they be comic or otherwise

very nice. :3 then $100 a page would be on the lower end. but bundles are a good move 3 to 5 cells + 1/4/8/12/etc pages = $100/$300/$600/$1000 (furries are cheap).

one comic at a time, then a week to two weeks a page is a good speed. unless you feel like knocking out 2 or 3 pages a day. again depends on if you have anything going on, something comes up and the like.

maybe go for a $ an hour approach. if they give you nothing but "I have an Idea" it's going to take you longer then "here's the script get to drawing." not to mention if they want simple bg or none at all with simple characters then time will fly. a good "Pen to paper" per hour price is $25 to $50. an artist of your fame and caliber should take 2 or so hours to do a full commission yes? then a page with 3 or 4 full commissions (cheap and no frills) should take 4 to 5 hours?

i'll have to admit that im not comfortable with a per hour rate... it's hard to quantify... hard to keep track of..
too easy to abuse, and even if i dont abuse, too easy to be accused of abusing it... dont even want to test it

try clocking yourself. make a comic, about yourself making a comic, for people to commission. like the 1st page is the simple shading / min BG, 2nd is the highest quality you feel you would be efficient at and a 3rd page to determine the size of a headache a color page would be and if you would offer it... 15 times again.

should give you a good idea how long it will take ya and adjust accordingly. you "price" by the hour and they are none the wiser.
then simply adjust to the content, how much writing you have to do, and wither or not your interested in the subject matter.

2h+simple+interested = $85-$110 per page
$50+$25+$10

4h+complicated+not your thing but you needed the $ anyway = $150 - $200
$100+$50+... $50 and so on. gives them a price and you an idea how long the project will take.

A more salient question would be how to handle things if the commissioner wanted to market the end product. Would you want to divide rights and profits or release the final product to the commissioner to make what he/she could off the result?

To be frank, I have a few ideas that I've been curious to run with, but I'd be interested in turning it into a pulp product. Were that the case, how would it affect your decision to either take the commission or be paid for it?

I have always relinquished rights of artwork I've been paid to complete.
Would I charge more knowing someone would be trying to resell it?
Probably, but how would I know? I could ask, but they could lie.

Well in my particular case I have no reason to lie. I'd rather share the profits of a successful venture in the expectation that another may be forthcoming.

I'm really not very familiar with the Rules of Acquisition... but I'm pretty sure one of them has to be:

Thou Shalt Not Burn Profitable Bridges Behind Thee.

If you do decide to do this let me know if you are in fact interested. It'd take some talking and there may be no conclusion, then again it may turn out to be profitable for both of us. I've already demonstrated my willingness to finance a comic with regard to Beyond the Veil.

Hell if you're interested I may have a permanent gig for you as the new artist on that comic. :P

It's a little pricey for me. :P

Maybe if we created a refund account somewhere where a bunch of people donated $10-50 and if not enough money was raised, we'd get our money back. Just an idea, though.

Your art is definitely worth $400-500, but it seems like many people would be strapped for cash.

well id be taking on one project but nothing there to stop ppl from going dutch on it...
want a comic of your char+a friend's char? split the costs

Hmm I think this amount per page is more than fair, thou I do believe it'd be better to construct the whole comic and give a quote once the details are in order >> I mean I wouldn't be able to afford it (College student broke woooo!) but hey, I'd at least like to have a story full and finished then wait until a next pay check for the next portion :B That's just my opinion .

I used to work on comics. figure 120 USD a page (60 USD pencils, 60 USD inks) per page, figure a rate of two to four pages a day.But you can see it's a harsh existence.