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Commissions! Negotiable prices until I know what to charge
11 years ago
So I've been pondering over if I should try doing commissions, to see if I could possibly turn it into a full-blown career. That's the dream, isn't it? :P
But as I've done very little commissions in the past, I honestly don't know what I would charge, or more importantly what details I should be charging for. I don't quite know yet what details are easy and what ones would be a huge time sink. So I was thinking for an "introductory period" I could do this:
- Describe what you'd like commissioned, how detailed you'd like it to end up (colour, shading, etc.), and a pitch of how much you'd like to pay for it. Don't worry about offending me or whatever, just go for it.
- If I'm not sure I can do it for that price, I'll explain what details might take more time and effort, or if I might suck at drawing it :P
- We negotiate the details or price until we're both happy to get started on it.
- Once we're ready, I'll draw up a quick and dirty sketch and send it to you, to give you a rough idea.
- If you want to give further advice or tweaks at this point, go for it. If there's any big changes we can go back and renegotiate, and I'll change/redo the sketch.
- For whatever reason, you can back out here for free. My only caveat is I don't want those sketches floating about the Internet ;)
- After you've paid, I'll get to work on the line art/colouring/shading/etc we discussed earlier. If you're curious about WIP updates let me know and I'll send stuff whenever you want. If for some bizarre reason I can't finish it (which is hopefully never), I'll give you a full refund.
- I send you the finished drawing! :) If you want me to post it in my gallery let me know, otherwise by default I'll assume you'd prefer your privacy ;)
You can contact me via notes, email kreethebasilisk@gmail.com, or hey maybe even over Skype. Whatever way you'd like, really. Ohh! I almost forgot to mention I'm in Australia so AUD would be neat, but otherwise I'm fine with USD payments.
So, how about that? Doesn't sound too stupid?
But as I've done very little commissions in the past, I honestly don't know what I would charge, or more importantly what details I should be charging for. I don't quite know yet what details are easy and what ones would be a huge time sink. So I was thinking for an "introductory period" I could do this:
- Describe what you'd like commissioned, how detailed you'd like it to end up (colour, shading, etc.), and a pitch of how much you'd like to pay for it. Don't worry about offending me or whatever, just go for it.
- If I'm not sure I can do it for that price, I'll explain what details might take more time and effort, or if I might suck at drawing it :P
- We negotiate the details or price until we're both happy to get started on it.
- Once we're ready, I'll draw up a quick and dirty sketch and send it to you, to give you a rough idea.
- If you want to give further advice or tweaks at this point, go for it. If there's any big changes we can go back and renegotiate, and I'll change/redo the sketch.
- For whatever reason, you can back out here for free. My only caveat is I don't want those sketches floating about the Internet ;)
- After you've paid, I'll get to work on the line art/colouring/shading/etc we discussed earlier. If you're curious about WIP updates let me know and I'll send stuff whenever you want. If for some bizarre reason I can't finish it (which is hopefully never), I'll give you a full refund.
- I send you the finished drawing! :) If you want me to post it in my gallery let me know, otherwise by default I'll assume you'd prefer your privacy ;)
You can contact me via notes, email kreethebasilisk@gmail.com, or hey maybe even over Skype. Whatever way you'd like, really. Ohh! I almost forgot to mention I'm in Australia so AUD would be neat, but otherwise I'm fine with USD payments.
So, how about that? Doesn't sound too stupid?
deltad
~deltad
this seems ok, and yeah i would like to try you on for this, ^.=.^
Hrontore12
~hrontore12
My suggestion for drawing customers? Examples. Next time you do some personal art, just time yourself and see how long it takes to do each stage. Don't fret the time, but see how long it takes to do a sketch, lines, color/shading, ect. And then think about how much you'd like to get per hour/other unit of time. That way you can set some base prices, and then add to that for specific details.
