Let's start with some formating from what I can see.

Payment system: How do you take payment for the commisions; (safe set is 1/2 at start to hold their place. 1/2 after it's finished)
Paypal (or some other digital money site),
Money Order (you'd have to give your mailing adress for this)
Trade/barter (art work for art work. this take negotiation between the 2 parties)

then there are REQUESTS. where you don't physicaly get paid but rather lots of thank yous for the free art.
and of course there's always the "suggestion bin". (you get bored, you just pick something out of the bin of what people suggested and make it)
These 2 are good for expirimentation of new styles and art types.


Now on to what I've seen for examples: (prices for each are really up to you)
Stage 2 sketch: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/13302964/
(A stage one would just be Kora and Jake without any color byond the pencil)

Full color Bust aka heat shot: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/12544004/
(My suggestion would to pratice diffrent views and expressions)

Full color Portrait: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/12543915/


Now onto expected turn over time and length of commsion line.

How long did it take to make each one?
If it takes you a long time to make each one have short commsion batches so you don't get over loaded.
(My suggest limit your batches to 3 at a time untill you can figure out your turnover time.)

This should atleast help you in makeing a "Commission Journal" page.
Then there is a better chance of commissions because people will have an idea for where to start.

And you should thank SilverWingCid for bringing this to others attrention.

Wow, thanks for all the info! :D This is going to be useful. :P Have you had any experience with either doing or buying commissions? Any tips you can recommend to me when it comes to that? :P

And I'll make sure to thank him. :D

I normaly buy the commissions. It's good to give a rundown about how the getting a commission slot goes for you as well.

My normal route for purtchases:
1. look for current commission prices (in this order)
a. Look at the Commission info tab
b. Look through the Journals for a "Commission" info page
c. Ask directly via Private Message (notes).

2. Figure out what you want to get and have the payment prepared.

3. Look to see if there is a commission slot open.
a. Look for a journal entry stating what the commission status que is and rate of completion. (sometimes posted on main page)
b. If unsure ask if a slot is available and what the current turn over rate is. It may be diffrent than usual due to home issues.
*note: if they give you an extimated time say like 2 months, I give them an extra 6 byond before I start hounding them about it. but thats me*

4. Make a request for a commission slot. if available otherwise wait till one is open.
a. Ask for the slot and tell them what you would like. Be specific! use examples!
b. Set up the payment form. (ex. paypal, money order etc.) as well as how they handle payment (ex. all up front, 1/2 now, rest after etc)
ba. Make agreed payment contract.

5. Wait for your turn on commision list
a. Pay close attention to any early parts incase of need for corrections.

6. enjoy the art.

That's the normal way that I buy my commissions.

I'll take these in mind. Although, nowadays, I pretty much end up hunting for people who want something done rather than have people actually coming to me. XD I'm still hoping that I'll eventually get both a portfolio and a decent follower's list so I can stop actually going to people who say they want something done. XD

But with that said, you want one? ^^;

Didn't notice it on the front page. Sorry.

As a commissioned writer I've noticed that usually the best way to get people is to start off relatively cheap; I'm not saying sell yourself short, but don't run around charging hundreds for SKETCHES (something I've seen, it was hilarious). Be reasonable, figure out how long it'd take (say a clean sketch from start to finish takes 1-2 hours and decide from there how much your effort's worth/how much effort it takes.) and from there determine something relatively reasonable. A lot of artists will offer small/quick sketches anywhere from $5-$15 so somewhere around there is a good start. A BIG thing to take note of is the amount of characters in it, and how that scales. 1 obviously is the base, but say there's two; usually that shouldn't be too much of an issue and many people won't ask for a price raise on that. Three and up should definitely add to the overall price, how much is something for you to gauge. If this is a high-detail multi-day piece that takes a lot of effort, you should be fairly compensated for it!

Another big way to get recognized/gather attention which in turn brings commissioners, is to post regularly and as much as possible! I'm not saying spam or post somethng you scribbled on a napkin in two seconds, but anything that you took time into, even rough sketches or things you might not think are great, should be posted! For things you might not be very proud of or are too rough/underdeveloped, I suggest putting them in scraps. With more art posted, you'll get more people

TAGS! Be sure to come up with as many as you can find that are relevant! Key ones here include species, gender, art style, emotions in it, what kind it is (sketch, commission, etc) and pretty much any relevant stuff. For pairing things, putting what kind helps too (i.e. two males kissing, put 'gay' 'homosexual' etc). A great resource to discovering new tags is e621, so try browsing there! Also, try browsing the really popular artists and pieces of art/literature; you can find good tags there too.

A BIG help is to always put 'commissions open' in your tags! A lot of people looking for new artists or someone to commission search that! It'll get you noticed by a big portion of the community whom checks regularly (and with all the people demanding art of their multi-penised multi-gendered rainbow haired centaur abominations, that's a lot!). Also, another thing people love is 'YCH' pieces, or known as 'your character here' where an artist has a base body outline and offers to draw in a character for whomever wants it, similar to a commission. It's like buying a used couch in the sense that you'll still get a couch you want, just with an established base already set. Many people check these out due to the relative ease/cheapness of them and are quick to buy/bid on them; that's another thing: it's a lot like an auction where you'll have a base price you want (say ten dollars) and the people that want the piece reply to it offering a higher amount. Usually people have an autobuy price as well, which helps entice others to buy it.

The big thing of getting noticed on FA is to have your portfolio grow more and more; once the ball gets rolling and people are favoriting/commenting along with your art growing more common, you'll gather followers much easier. It's very much like the 'get the ball rolling' term!

Those are the base things to getting noticed that I can think of, I'll comment again if any more come to mind. Feel free to ask me questions! Also, if you want, I can post up a journal about your art/commissions being open if you'd like! I'm always happy to help a fellow commission-seeker ^^

I've read everything you advised to me and may I say that this is incredibly informative. :D Thank you so much for so much advise! and I'm still in the level wherein it may take me hours to make something. It depends on the difficulty of course. I started at around $15 per headshot and $30-35 for full body, but I heard from someone that it might be too expensive for the quality I offer, so I scaled it down to $10/headshot and $25/fullbody.

As for sketches, I rarely upload them because either 1.) I sketch while I'm bored in class and while the prof is discussing something that is not really relevant to my course, and therefore a lot of my sketches (70%) are in a notebook. I don't have a scanner... so yeah. ^^; And 2.) most of the sketches I do only depict things that interest me, and although I am open to the fact that people might also be interested in them, I just don't make the effort since I know it's bleak. XD But I'll very definitely take your advise into consideration. I'll just have to find doodles that aren't like what you said about doodle on napkins in 2 minutes. XD

And I never really new that tags were that important to getting exposed, but now that I think of it, it all makes sense. Tags are used for search results and that in turn brings more viewers and that increases the chance of one of them being someone looking for people doing commissions. Thanks for that. :D The only problem I'm seeing here is that I typically do not do yiff, at all, so I hope that there are enough people out there willing to consider getting a normal commission rather than a porn one. ^^; I haven't tried the YCH one yet, and I'm not really sure how that'll turn out for me because from what I know, YCH are mostly for porn pics, but I'll think of a way to use that. :P Not just now though, I'd rather have a bigger follower list so that I'll be guaranteed to have potential buyers.

Again, thank you so much for the advice. :D I'll take you up on your offer for me to ask you any more questions should the need arise. :D

Yeah 10/25 sounds good!