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Dec 23: Trial Run - $25 Slot Commisions (5 slots)
11 years ago
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Status: What is sleep anymore?
█ Going to start with a long blurb, please be sure to read the next section of this journal cause there's going to be some ground rules about how I'm going to be doing this set of commissions (hence the trial run); but first I'm just going to talk about what I'm doing and my thoughts on it.
I'm trying to take the whole arting for money a bit more seriously after the events of the past couple of weeks. The main problem with how I've been going about it before I found to have been a bit off-putting when it comes to my persona time management. Time management is I suppose one of the more important life skills anyone can possess, and I have extremely poor time management. I wasn't taught it by anyone I knew or respected when I grew up. All I did was follow routines: Other people's routines.
Though where am I going with this? Well I've been trying to manage my time, but as I said I'm pretty bad with it. Usually when I do commissions I go by default "Well one slot is about an hours worth of work, so I should be able to do 8-10 commissions in a day; therefore, I should open up 10 slots do that in a day then open up more." Seems logical in my head, but in practice that's never the case. This is because some people have more elaborate ideas, or want multiple characters/scenes which of course bump up the time required. Some characters I can draw out in less than an hour, others two or three. All of these considerations is why I put together my commission slot details image, which makes it easier for me to compartmentalize my time and at the same time allows me to show other people it as well.
Since I'm trying to treat my art as more of a job, I'm trying to do the whole 'work 8 hours' thing, which is why I came up with the number of 5 slots for this journal. More often than not, doing a "commission slot" will take me 1-2 hours. With that in mind, 5 commission slots worth of work will on average take me about 7-8 hours. As for the price of $25 dollars (which I guess works out to be about $17 an hour under ideal conditions) I have no exact logic behind it. I mean other artists do charge more than I do for roughly the same quality work (people can and will probably dispute it in either direction), but it doesn't have much impact on how I charge things. I haven't minded working for 'minimum wage' in the past, but I guess in the end the pressure of me needing money recently was the main driving factor of why the price is $25 instead of like $15. Being broke seems to be a good motivator for doing a lot of art and charging more...
█ Okay this is the important part of the the journal if you want a commission.
This journal is going to be first come first serve in regards who wants a commission. (Future commissions slots might be decided via raffle or some other method, this one is for the purpose of me testing my time management). The only thing you need to post right away is the following information:
How many commission slots you want.
That's it. Though be sure to understand that a commission slot is basically one full body picture of just one character. ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12299795/ ). So if what you want drawn is more than one character you'll have to ask for more than one slot. Yes this does mean that one person can take up all 5 slots for $125. If you take the last slot, but your idea requires 2 or 3 slots I'll probably still do it; just means the next day I'd open up fewer slots based on time spent.
After you have stated how many commission slots you want
Reply to your own request post and include the following information:
1 - Link to character reference(s)
2 - Tell me if it's full-body, half-body, or body-part
3 - Description of what's being shown (or at least what the focus of the image is going to be)
4 - Repeat #2-3 as many times as necessary until the commission slots you've requested is filled up.
I'll want this information within 2 hours of you taking up the slot. Should be enough time for you to work out the details of what you want.
If the requested slots and the follow up details do not match
I skip you.
If you request a slot but all 5 are taken up
I'm not doing it! Unless someone screwed up their requested slot and you were sitting on slot 6 which doesn't exist.
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|██████████|SOUL
Status: What is sleep anymore?
█ Going to start with a long blurb, please be sure to read the next section of this journal cause there's going to be some ground rules about how I'm going to be doing this set of commissions (hence the trial run); but first I'm just going to talk about what I'm doing and my thoughts on it.
I'm trying to take the whole arting for money a bit more seriously after the events of the past couple of weeks. The main problem with how I've been going about it before I found to have been a bit off-putting when it comes to my persona time management. Time management is I suppose one of the more important life skills anyone can possess, and I have extremely poor time management. I wasn't taught it by anyone I knew or respected when I grew up. All I did was follow routines: Other people's routines.
Though where am I going with this? Well I've been trying to manage my time, but as I said I'm pretty bad with it. Usually when I do commissions I go by default "Well one slot is about an hours worth of work, so I should be able to do 8-10 commissions in a day; therefore, I should open up 10 slots do that in a day then open up more." Seems logical in my head, but in practice that's never the case. This is because some people have more elaborate ideas, or want multiple characters/scenes which of course bump up the time required. Some characters I can draw out in less than an hour, others two or three. All of these considerations is why I put together my commission slot details image, which makes it easier for me to compartmentalize my time and at the same time allows me to show other people it as well.
Since I'm trying to treat my art as more of a job, I'm trying to do the whole 'work 8 hours' thing, which is why I came up with the number of 5 slots for this journal. More often than not, doing a "commission slot" will take me 1-2 hours. With that in mind, 5 commission slots worth of work will on average take me about 7-8 hours. As for the price of $25 dollars (which I guess works out to be about $17 an hour under ideal conditions) I have no exact logic behind it. I mean other artists do charge more than I do for roughly the same quality work (people can and will probably dispute it in either direction), but it doesn't have much impact on how I charge things. I haven't minded working for 'minimum wage' in the past, but I guess in the end the pressure of me needing money recently was the main driving factor of why the price is $25 instead of like $15. Being broke seems to be a good motivator for doing a lot of art and charging more...
█ Okay this is the important part of the the journal if you want a commission.
This journal is going to be first come first serve in regards who wants a commission. (Future commissions slots might be decided via raffle or some other method, this one is for the purpose of me testing my time management). The only thing you need to post right away is the following information:
How many commission slots you want.
That's it. Though be sure to understand that a commission slot is basically one full body picture of just one character. ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/12299795/ ). So if what you want drawn is more than one character you'll have to ask for more than one slot. Yes this does mean that one person can take up all 5 slots for $125. If you take the last slot, but your idea requires 2 or 3 slots I'll probably still do it; just means the next day I'd open up fewer slots based on time spent.
After you have stated how many commission slots you want
Reply to your own request post and include the following information:
1 - Link to character reference(s)
2 - Tell me if it's full-body, half-body, or body-part
3 - Description of what's being shown (or at least what the focus of the image is going to be)
4 - Repeat #2-3 as many times as necessary until the commission slots you've requested is filled up.
I'll want this information within 2 hours of you taking up the slot. Should be enough time for you to work out the details of what you want.
If the requested slots and the follow up details do not match
I skip you.
If you request a slot but all 5 are taken up
I'm not doing it! Unless someone screwed up their requested slot and you were sitting on slot 6 which doesn't exist.
My full body character in a suit of latex completely covering his body like in my second reference but not a femsuit. Across his chest it would say 'CUM SLUT'. He would be hanging down from the ceiling by black latex around his wrists to the ceiling, his mouth as a fuck hole with drool coming out of it and with his tail in his ass, (like: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5881535/) also with lube coming out of it and dripping down to the floor where there is a puddle of it as he looks directly at the viewer. He would be saying 'P-Please... let me cum... I'm begging you!' as a computer voice dialogue box reads 'Denied orgasms: 73. Error! Testing length undefined.'
Thanks for reading, and thanks for the opportunity Endium! ^^
That being said, I'd like to shoot for 1 slot, full body of my fox. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5868980/
I'll keep it simple-ish I hope. I'd love to get one of the reindeer slave commissions like you did last year (we all need more shiny reindeer). I'm not picky about the pose, so feel free to be creative there unless you really need to press me for one. I think that'll give you the freedom to avoid getting bogged down in details on it.
Looking forward to it if you take it, and hope things worked out alright with the money issues. Thanks!
Panel 1 (0.5 Slots): Upper half of Chaz squirrel, fully clothed, and muzzled with simple matte-black rubber straps, letting out a simple "Mmmf!" as he struggles with his bindings.
Panel 2 (0.25 Slots): A close-up shot of his waist, where his hands have been bound with leather cuffs and matte-black latex mitts, which are sticking to a matte, hot-pink latex belt that's sticking tightly to him.
Panel 3 (0.25 slots): A close up of his feet (I'd like him to be bare rather than wearing sandals, for this one), secured together with leather cuffs, and stuck to some matte-brown "imitation quicksand" style latex - He should be struggling to lift one of his feet up from the floor (He won't get it very far) as his other foot slowly sinks down.
Let me know if that's okay!