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7 years ago
Hello hello!
I'm here to announce a big change into my comic commission prices.
***This does NOT influence the people I already have deals with. Your prices are final, unless of course you insist on paying me my new prices.***
So yeah, comic prices are going up and those will remain my "fandom prices" for a very long time, they'll be higher than my current prices but not quite at Marvel or DC or other such "professional comic artist" levels, so they will remain relatively affordable.
Comic making involves a lot more than meets the eyes, especially when you're a one man army like I am. A full comic page requires the following:
- Re-forming the script (if there even is one!) into something that I can use for comics.
- Decide character outfits, environment designs, building designs. Set and Costume design is important.
- Decide the posing and "camera" angles. Also something that needs a lot of consideration, different angles give off different moods. Body language is very important, a small shift in the angle of the head or arms can change a lot.
- Actually working the pages. Usually even a "sketch comic" requires thumbnails, so you need at LEAST 2 or 3 passes for a page. This stage can involve a lot of edits that will eat up your time and you want to be compensated for it properly.
- Inks are pretty straight forward but require a lot of accuracy, as well as ease for a future colourist to work on.
- Colours... are SO important. Shifts in colour tone can totally change a mood. Also something that falls under here: Lighting. Lighting can highlight certain areas of prominence or maybe point out an object, guide the eye, or even further set the mood. Even in screen toned comics, the shading can affect a lot!
- Lettering is some of the trickiest stuff I've come across, mainly because it's quite difficult to find advanced tutorials for lettering, but honestly, lettering can really make or break a page. My starting lettering was... bad, and while I'm nowhere near as good as to be a separate letterist, it will do.
SO YEAH remember, when commissioning artists for comics, bear in mind that there's a whole bunch of work that goes on behind the scenes.
Source: I've drawn over 200 full colour comic pages in the last 2 years, also, I went on a comic course. This is a really tough job. Most comics have about 10-15 people working on it, tiny webcomic artists like me basically do all the work themselves.
I'm here to announce a big change into my comic commission prices.
***This does NOT influence the people I already have deals with. Your prices are final, unless of course you insist on paying me my new prices.***
So yeah, comic prices are going up and those will remain my "fandom prices" for a very long time, they'll be higher than my current prices but not quite at Marvel or DC or other such "professional comic artist" levels, so they will remain relatively affordable.
Comic making involves a lot more than meets the eyes, especially when you're a one man army like I am. A full comic page requires the following:
- Re-forming the script (if there even is one!) into something that I can use for comics.
- Decide character outfits, environment designs, building designs. Set and Costume design is important.
- Decide the posing and "camera" angles. Also something that needs a lot of consideration, different angles give off different moods. Body language is very important, a small shift in the angle of the head or arms can change a lot.
- Actually working the pages. Usually even a "sketch comic" requires thumbnails, so you need at LEAST 2 or 3 passes for a page. This stage can involve a lot of edits that will eat up your time and you want to be compensated for it properly.
- Inks are pretty straight forward but require a lot of accuracy, as well as ease for a future colourist to work on.
- Colours... are SO important. Shifts in colour tone can totally change a mood. Also something that falls under here: Lighting. Lighting can highlight certain areas of prominence or maybe point out an object, guide the eye, or even further set the mood. Even in screen toned comics, the shading can affect a lot!
- Lettering is some of the trickiest stuff I've come across, mainly because it's quite difficult to find advanced tutorials for lettering, but honestly, lettering can really make or break a page. My starting lettering was... bad, and while I'm nowhere near as good as to be a separate letterist, it will do.
SO YEAH remember, when commissioning artists for comics, bear in mind that there's a whole bunch of work that goes on behind the scenes.
Source: I've drawn over 200 full colour comic pages in the last 2 years, also, I went on a comic course. This is a really tough job. Most comics have about 10-15 people working on it, tiny webcomic artists like me basically do all the work themselves.
