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My dad likes to think I'm good at Art.
12 years ago
Nikki Accidentally Horuss'd. While we were at dinner, we were discussing my lack of a job.
He went on to tell me about how I shouldn't be drawing stuff for people for free. I went ahead and mentioned that, lately, I've been taking commissions instead.
He asked me how much I charged, and when I said $5 for lineart, he stopped me. He somehow knows it takes me at least an hour-2 hours to do a linearted piece, and insists that I up my price to $8.
Apparently he thinks I'm good enough that people will pay that much for my art. I don't really have the heart to tell him that in the past 4 years of taking commissions, I have only now gotten very, very few and certainly not enough to make me think I can raise the prices. In fact, I'm only thinking of dropping them, I need the money that bad.
But, he still tells me to price according to how long it takes me on a piece. I...Can't do that. It'd be overpriced.
Yes, I work hard when I'm working on them, but a piece from me that takes 7 hours looks worse than a piece a more popular artist does in 2 hours.
And then I get sad, because, I'll never be able to get good enough to where people WANT my art.
He went on to tell me about how I shouldn't be drawing stuff for people for free. I went ahead and mentioned that, lately, I've been taking commissions instead.
He asked me how much I charged, and when I said $5 for lineart, he stopped me. He somehow knows it takes me at least an hour-2 hours to do a linearted piece, and insists that I up my price to $8.
Apparently he thinks I'm good enough that people will pay that much for my art. I don't really have the heart to tell him that in the past 4 years of taking commissions, I have only now gotten very, very few and certainly not enough to make me think I can raise the prices. In fact, I'm only thinking of dropping them, I need the money that bad.
But, he still tells me to price according to how long it takes me on a piece. I...Can't do that. It'd be overpriced.
Yes, I work hard when I'm working on them, but a piece from me that takes 7 hours looks worse than a piece a more popular artist does in 2 hours.
And then I get sad, because, I'll never be able to get good enough to where people WANT my art.
still the encouragment from your father is a good thing, alot of people wish they could get that kind of attention from family.
^This.
Just keep at it, though. I can hardly give away my art for free even. XD
So I know your pain.