The product of a wandering mind still working through coffee follows:

I've been noticing a few well-articulated postings by artists who are bothered by the fact that fans and customers don't seem to understand that the artwork they do is their livelihood. This is a very valid concern, of course. Even in Japan, a comic artist gets shit pay compared to the total amount of actual work they do on a given issue of a comic, especially considering the total sales and profit the publisher makes. Artists whose work winds up being made into an anime are lucky if they see even minor royalties; the creator of Sailor Moon was famously screwed over with the anime adaptation of her work.

But for me, art is a hobby. I have a day job, as unconventional as it is, and on the few occasions i've been paid for work, i was more than happy to charge little more than the cost of the materials due to mainly the fact that it's supplemental (and also since I don't believe my art is of a professional grade in the first place).

That said, I'm always open to commissions. See http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/500049/ for prices.