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Heads Up About Commission Prices!
7 years ago
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This Will Be A Public Service Rambling;
Commissions Are Closed!!
So, after having several chats with My instructor (who is a freelance artist himself) and other artists in my class taking commissions, I've decided that I'm really charging way too little for my artwork.
Back when this was jsut a hobby, it was fine. But now i'm getting to the point where i need to start thinking about how i cna live off of this, how i cna help pay bills with this. And honestly, charging less than $20 as a starting price for even the most complex things is... really not good for me anymore.
That's not to say I don't appreciate all the commissions I got! Especially those of you who helped me our with my mom's car being towed, and then continued to commission me afterwards. I really appreciate that (and I haven't forgotten about that prize for you guys! I just haven't had free time)
So that being said; Commissions are Semi-Closed right now. Meaning that I'm only taking simple commissions. Nothing super complex with fully rendered backgrounds and 4+ characters. This will still use the old prices.
When Commissions reopen probably in mid to late summer, depending on how my internship goes, the prices will be pretty significantly increased. If this puts me out of the price range of some folks who were considering me for commissions, I'm sorry to see you go, but I thank you for considering me any ways!
For a ballpark idea of how commission prices will change, I'm going to find an average of how long it takes me to do certain things and then basically multiply that by $12usd or $13usd. Now, that doesn't mean i'm going to start charging per hour, It just means that the base price is going to be higher. The price for add-ons likely won't change much if at all. For example, I did a simple fully-rendered waist up with a basic background in about 3 or 4 hours, so i'll be multiplying that by 12 or 13 to get the price. Probably with a few adjustments.
And that's pretty much it. Just giving everyone a heads up so there's no confusion or shock if anyone goes to look at the price sheet and things are different.
Back when this was jsut a hobby, it was fine. But now i'm getting to the point where i need to start thinking about how i cna live off of this, how i cna help pay bills with this. And honestly, charging less than $20 as a starting price for even the most complex things is... really not good for me anymore.
That's not to say I don't appreciate all the commissions I got! Especially those of you who helped me our with my mom's car being towed, and then continued to commission me afterwards. I really appreciate that (and I haven't forgotten about that prize for you guys! I just haven't had free time)
So that being said; Commissions are Semi-Closed right now. Meaning that I'm only taking simple commissions. Nothing super complex with fully rendered backgrounds and 4+ characters. This will still use the old prices.
When Commissions reopen probably in mid to late summer, depending on how my internship goes, the prices will be pretty significantly increased. If this puts me out of the price range of some folks who were considering me for commissions, I'm sorry to see you go, but I thank you for considering me any ways!
For a ballpark idea of how commission prices will change, I'm going to find an average of how long it takes me to do certain things and then basically multiply that by $12usd or $13usd. Now, that doesn't mean i'm going to start charging per hour, It just means that the base price is going to be higher. The price for add-ons likely won't change much if at all. For example, I did a simple fully-rendered waist up with a basic background in about 3 or 4 hours, so i'll be multiplying that by 12 or 13 to get the price. Probably with a few adjustments.
And that's pretty much it. Just giving everyone a heads up so there's no confusion or shock if anyone goes to look at the price sheet and things are different.
