Adjusting Commission Prices
8 years ago
I've been informed, (mostly by my faithful commissioner
S3eker ) that my prices are a bit low for the amount of work that goes into them. I knew that was the case at the time of originally making my commission post, as I felt being a new artist on the scene meant I had to build up trust slowly, and charging too much could lead me to turn people away.
However, recently doing comic commissions have gotten me to think about the amount of time I spend on each comic, and contrasted with minimum wage, (which just went up to 14 dollars in my province) the amount of money I make an hour for the amount of work I put into a comic commission isn't really enough.
So the new price setup is
7$ for a sketch commission
20$ for a sketch comic
35$ for a full colour upload
65$ for a comic commission.
All prices are USD
Again, the change is MOSTLY on the comic side of things because I underestimated how much time I'd put into them. For example, the colouring of my last comic alone (not including the original sketching process), took 6-7 hours, if that was plugged into minimum wage here that would be 84$ - 96$ dollars, and while I don't feel confident in my work enough to bump it THAT high, (though the garbage fire that is the Canadian dollar might lead 65$ USD to be close) I'm just using that as an example as to why my prices need to increase in the first place.
I hope to draw many more incredible things for you guys, and I hope the hike in the price doesn't turn anyone away, I feel I'm still very cheap as far as artists are concerned.
Thanks for all the support, I've gotten so many watchers since I started!
S3eker ) that my prices are a bit low for the amount of work that goes into them. I knew that was the case at the time of originally making my commission post, as I felt being a new artist on the scene meant I had to build up trust slowly, and charging too much could lead me to turn people away.However, recently doing comic commissions have gotten me to think about the amount of time I spend on each comic, and contrasted with minimum wage, (which just went up to 14 dollars in my province) the amount of money I make an hour for the amount of work I put into a comic commission isn't really enough.
So the new price setup is
7$ for a sketch commission
20$ for a sketch comic
35$ for a full colour upload
65$ for a comic commission.
All prices are USD
Again, the change is MOSTLY on the comic side of things because I underestimated how much time I'd put into them. For example, the colouring of my last comic alone (not including the original sketching process), took 6-7 hours, if that was plugged into minimum wage here that would be 84$ - 96$ dollars, and while I don't feel confident in my work enough to bump it THAT high, (though the garbage fire that is the Canadian dollar might lead 65$ USD to be close) I'm just using that as an example as to why my prices need to increase in the first place.
I hope to draw many more incredible things for you guys, and I hope the hike in the price doesn't turn anyone away, I feel I'm still very cheap as far as artists are concerned.
Thanks for all the support, I've gotten so many watchers since I started!
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I think its just because January is the month of people having no money, and hopefully not a statement on the lack of quality of my work.