Hi! Originally, I wasn't going to announce this until I reopened, but I wanted to give people some time to prepare for it. I've had to bump up my prices by a substantial (though reasonable, I think!!) amount. (Check my commission info tab for the new prices!)

POST-EDIT: ALSO!!!! I am working on finding a solid way to do discounts for bulk orders!! I still really love doing TF sequence, multi-page ideas, etc, and I want to make sure those are affordable!! Don't feel like I've gutted you, TF/WG sequence fans.. !!!

What brought this about?

If you didn't catch my last journal, I just moved to Massachusetts. A pretty far move from my old home in midwestern Missouri, and a pretty large jump in financial responsibility. Taxes are higher here so groceries generally cost more, rent is waaaay higher here & just in general there've been a lot of hidden costs. With my old rates, I was averaging 8$~9$ per hour which is below the minimum wage in Massachusetts. I think it's pretty well known you can't live off of minimum wage in general, so... price jump. Even when I was in Missouri (which is about 2/3rds cheaper to live in than Mass!) those wages weren't really cutting it-- I was actually just scraping by because I was living with a roommate who charged me a lot less for rent than he should've >_o;;

Many of my clients told me I've been underselling myself, too.

I asked about this on Twitter when I suggested the new price sheet and a lot of people told me I'd been grossly undercharging & that they'd be on board with the new prices. They've also suggested that charging more will enable me to generally have better quality work. The old prices have been stagnant for, I think 2 years or so. I have packed loads of improvement into even just one year because of how much extra study I've been doing on things like perspective and different types of textures. I spend more time on my art now too, and being paid properly will enable me to spend that amount of time without having to introduce crunch time at the end of every month just to make enough to eat and pay rent. Some of my followers have told me that I need to recognise that my time is as valuable as anyone else's and so I should be able to comfortably make enough to live if I'm working every day like I work (I rarely take weekends off!!) & if I'm working extra hard I should even be able to pull in savings.

In closing,

I really hate dealing with money stuff. LOL. I really do!! I hate being like "sorry guys y'all gotta pay extra" because I love doing this job and I love all of you and I want you to be able to get whatever art you want from me because it is super awesome seeing your reactions and even drawing themes that I love a lot too!! I cannot believe everyone likes my work so much!! ... But I also have to realise that, you know, regardless of the nature of this job, regardless of if I enjoy it this much, it's work and if I'm dedicating this much time to it, I have to be able to live somewhere and not starve and afford to use the internet to actually do the job... and maybe even get a nice thing every once in a while, too. At the end of the day, I think this is just part of acknowledging my growth as an artist. Being paid properly means I won't have to skimp on quality or overwork myself into wrist injuries just to make rent. If my work speaks for itself, it'll still sell.

Thank you for your continued support.