How do yall price ur art
5 years ago
General
I was tryna shove everything into like a clickable form type of thing cuz i felt like asking for a quote was kind of intimidating for people?
But i also feel really weird putting like “ +10 for shitty reference” and then people are still doing mathematics, and its the psychological 4.99 vs 5 dollar psychology thing i think? Adding things up urself feels more expensive then being quoted
I also saw people doing time slot commissions which i HATE, like, unless the artist can guarantee a deadline to finish up for ur budget cuz how can u really guaretee its gonna take them an hour to draw ur oc
So im thinking of re working my prices again cuz i keep letting myself lose out on so much time and effort cuz i dont factor bad replies and reference into the cost
And i know its pretty common to charge for big wings n shit but idk if its my autism or what but doin’ anything over basic patterns is soooo hard so i wanna factor that in
Like i feel at the end of the im putting so much of myself for my client and forget theyre coming to Me for work, like im not obligated to thow myself under a bus for them, especially if.i have to fight to get information the whole way
This is kind of rambling...
But uh tldr: i mght just give example prices on finished pieces, give my info for possible extra fees, and then just give basis by basis quotes
Also hi im hypomanic
But i also feel really weird putting like “ +10 for shitty reference” and then people are still doing mathematics, and its the psychological 4.99 vs 5 dollar psychology thing i think? Adding things up urself feels more expensive then being quoted
I also saw people doing time slot commissions which i HATE, like, unless the artist can guarantee a deadline to finish up for ur budget cuz how can u really guaretee its gonna take them an hour to draw ur oc
So im thinking of re working my prices again cuz i keep letting myself lose out on so much time and effort cuz i dont factor bad replies and reference into the cost
And i know its pretty common to charge for big wings n shit but idk if its my autism or what but doin’ anything over basic patterns is soooo hard so i wanna factor that in
Like i feel at the end of the im putting so much of myself for my client and forget theyre coming to Me for work, like im not obligated to thow myself under a bus for them, especially if.i have to fight to get information the whole way
This is kind of rambling...
But uh tldr: i mght just give example prices on finished pieces, give my info for possible extra fees, and then just give basis by basis quotes
Also hi im hypomanic
FA+

making sure the client has clear, understandable references is v v reasonable and charging for a ref thats either underdetailed or overdetailed or generally confusing to read i see no problem in charging xtra for :0
same w big patterns, an upcharge for complexity is also so so so so reasonable LOL i kno the fuckin feel
the tldr seems p solid, sorry for coming out of fuckign nowhere but i love ur art and seeing u getting better profits, both literally and emotionally ;__;
gonna make another post soon but my fiance is also gonna be co-running my lil web brand responding to emails n such so that'll be a lot easier. its..so stressful to always ask yes or no question over and over and just get to response from clients orz i rememeber doin a comm for u ! hope ur doin good !
oh thats so nice to have someone handle that x__x i struggled with that myself LOL
i get so nrevous abt sending commission requests bcoz i dont want to be that type of person who leaves whoever im commissioning w 500 questions guh
im doing fine!!! i was gushing over the pic u drew me So Long Ago and i still luv it sm sm, i wanted to commission you again so im excited for that, whenever ur ready ;w;c
im glad tho , keeping healthy!! but ww thnk u :') ! ide lov to draw for u again ! i just rehauled my site Right now, if u wanna check it out https://morguebuddy.com/# !
yes good <3333 also POGGERS IM POPPIN OVR