Quick question- for the full body abstract painted character, will that include a background or not? Either way, I'm definitely gonna try to grab one; looks wonderful

It will include a full body character colored and shaded, with a painted BG - same detail level as showed in the example :D

!!!!! So excited *stalks page*

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How much for two ferals, one with wings, kinda snarling at each other like they're about to fight?

currently I do only one character at each drawing

Ahh. Okay. I was lookin at the examples and just assumed. =P My apologies! Beautiful work, as always.

no worries! thank you very much! :D

About what time will you be opening

sorry XD

Im going to stay up all morning !

I hope we are at the same time zones O: where i live, it's right now almost 19:00

Oh silly me! I was reading it as "About time you will be opening", because of the lack of a question mark
Anyway, I am going to open around noon tomorrow, sorry for the confusion :p

No problem ill try and stay awake I work nigjts so my bedtime is in reverse

Full body character sketch, flat for...Can't wait Prices are in usd right?

yes! USD, i shall add that >u<

Had to ask to be on the safe side.

*sits patiently and waits for tomorrow*
Sounds great, hope I get a slot. :3

I will probably open some around noon, so stay tuned C:

*crosses his claws and hopes to get a spot*
I'll be waiting riiight here. :3

Definitely going to commission you. You have great prices for your quality! I know people around-ish your level of skill who'd charge well over quadruple the amount. The chances I will actually nab a slot are slight though from the looks of it. XD

Hmmm it's about the timing, where i live it's almost 19:20, and i am probably going to open some slots around noon tomorrow =D

Hope my hangver tonight won't be so bad that I miss this haha, would love to get something from you leo

Haha, alrighty xD have fun!

i know im going to get flack for this. but you should charge more. your art is very very good.
well worth the money.

I hear that many times in fact, however, I don't know how much I should charge, whenever I ask people they suggest low prices on purpose, so I am clueless :c

take this into consideration: time how long a piece takes you. and then multiply it by the minimum wage. i think that's the minimum you should be charging.

The wage at my country for teenagers at my age is about less than 7$ per hour, its not a lot, but that's pretty much how much I charge x the time it takes my to finish a commission >_>
[Sorry for bad grammar]

you could use my pay rate :) but i'm on top rate at my job, i wont get into details but yea

note me if your willing to discuss options :)

i agree with ya there hun, she does do awesome work :)

I love your work so much, and I would KILL to get it for 35.00, but dershep is right xD You are SERIOUSLY undercharging yourself xD

Well.... how much do you think my art is worth, at least? ;o;

for the full colors? the full bodies with the backgrounds? bro, you should at least make that like, 75.00. no Joke.

Woah. That's x2 my current pricing, even more xD
I'm just worried people will claim I am too pricey, and there won't be many potential buyers :c

well, then maybe you should wait a while before you raise your prices :3 if get a steady commission income, then maybe you can consider it :3 I would like to think I am at a good point with my commissions, and that I don't charge too much or little :3

in regards to the "underpricing issue" you have to look at it from 2 points of view:

1) Your art is good. As someone who buys art, obviously I'm going to invest my money into art that is not "poorly thrown together in 20 minutes". you can tell you spend a lot of time in your art, and it shows. With that being said, I see that, and so does everyone else. (I think anyway) so, when they compare your art to someone around the same magnitude as you, they're gonna go with you over them, because you have the lower price. So while you may not be making as much per commission, you're making more commissions, thus making you more money :)

on the other hand...

2) Your art is worth more than what you're charging. if you leave your prices low, you want to gradually increase them, otherwise you might piss people off and they won't commission you again. slow price increases are warranted as skill improves. But honestly, you should charge like $50 base. that's not too high to turn people away, but yet, still not ripping you off. there's nothing wrong with you leaving your prices where they are, except you screwing yourself out of some potential money.


think of it this way; Would you rather be business A that sells Hamburgers for $1.50 and sells 100 of them (retail $150.00), or business B that sells the same hamburgers for $2.00 and only sells 50 ($100)?

The lower price is good for you. The trick is having the lowest price out there, but only by a small margin. People not only look at the quality of the art, but also at the lowest price so they get the most for their money.

Hope some of this helps. (In short, run your base price at about $50 and you won't notice a difference but a fatter wallet ;)

I agree with almost everything you said, the only thing which is difficult for me to achieve is selling a lot of commissions. I open new slots once every two months because of school (and only five or less slots at each round) in low prices, its not very profitable, and I did quantity over quality, which was bad for me personally because this way I did not improve artisticall y wise. I want to do commissions which will be a decent income for a teenager, yet will allow time for school studying and projects AND of course help me improve my drawing skills altogether, and that makes it hard to put a price tag. However, I will consider everything else you said because its all true, sorry for my bad English ^^'

No problem. but yeah... I mean you "could" be making more money, but you don't have to be, if that makes sense. Your prices are not bad where they are, but you could increase them some and no one would say anything :3

but even if you only have like 5 spots or something at a time, people do that, all the time. You can't overload yourself. That just makes it where people want to wait and catch you when you open, and you'll fill up a lot quicker

"please don't kill me" - I think you are kinda screwed lol! $35 is such a good deal for your work! :)

Hmm... I understand your commissions are closed right now, but just to know where to sort you in on my list of people to keep an eye on - in which range would your prices theoretically lie?

The range is about $60 to $200, depends on what you want. For example, those two: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13957968/ , http://www.furaffinity.net/view/13655580/ were about $100 :)