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Commissions, priorities, and prices oh my! [COMMS SOON!]
4 years ago
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Watch your step on the way out, there's foxes around who might try to get underfoot. I'm opening up specifically to gather funds for a new desk (one that will hopefully make drawing easier, so even more comms in the future maybe~?)
This means that for once I actually have a monetary goal to meet, and I'll only be taking on as many commissions as it would require to pay for the purchase.
It's that time again people! Commissions are OPEN!...
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Kinda. Going to be doing things a little bit differently this time.
TLDR at the bottom if this is all too long and rambly for ya.
PRIORITY COMMISSIONS
As I've had a fair few people contact me personally since last time to express their interest (Like way more people than I deserve, y'all are awesome ;A;) I feel I should get to these folks first, especially since several of them have been waiting very patiently for a very long time.
These people will get first digs, as it were. I've got a list of "priority" clients to reach out to and see who is still interested. I feel this is only fair to those people, and it will make things significantly easier on myself as I won't have to deal with so much of the anxiety of waiting for applicants or overstepping my limits.
AFTER PRIORITY COMMISSIONS
Once I've worked through these "priority" commissions I might open up for a few standard-form comms as I've done in the past, albeit with the limit of only taking as many as I need to reach my desk fund goal.
As much as I do indeed like money, I also like not burning myself out on too much work as I've done many times in the past.
I don't have a ton of people who have reached out, and it's entirely possible that any of them will no longer be interested in or able to get a commission right now, so it's very likely that I will end up taking on more comms at a later date. I can't say when or how many, but I would encourage anyone interested to keep their hopes up and their ears to the ground!
PRICES AND QUALITY
If you've been keeping up with my normal output of art recently you might notice that I've been doing a lot more "sketchy" works and a lot less "complete" pieces. I've found that this has allowed me to make far more drawings in significantly less time, and it's allowed me to experiment a lot in ways that have only further enhanced the quality of my work both artistically and mechanically.
I've discovered new techniques for coloring, new texture methods, I've gotten familiar with new tools and brushes in CSP, and above all I've started taking anatomical correctness seriously with references and studies helping to make my characters look better and more realistic than ever.
To this end I think I will limit myself to only taking on these colored sketch commissions for the time being. I feel they are a good middle ground between speed and quality.
My existing commission terms apply as far as content, but I will be slightly increasing the price of these to a base $20. My reason for this is that the fast nature of the sketching process means I can put more time and effort into coloring and details than I could before, as with full colored line-art pieces I would often burn myself out before even reaching the coloring stage.
They might be a little messier, but the overall improvements I've made in my techniques I feel warrant a slight increase in price to reflect the increase in quality.
Bear in mind that this is not a decision I make lightly at all. I have spent a lot, and I mean a LOT of time thinking about my worth as an artist. It's only recently that I feel I have become good enough to actually charge what I feel I am worth. This is the biggest, scariest leap I've made in my artistic "career" in a long time. We'll see how it pans out but for now I feel it might be warranted. For now.
TLDR: I'm going to be opening up commissions again very shortly, starting with people who have reached out and personally expressed an interest since my last opening.
After I get through them, if I still require funds to meet the goal I've set to buy a new desk, I will open up for regular commissions with the stipulation that I'll only be taking one kind; colored sketches.
As I feel I've improved significantly, I'll be raising my prices slightly to reflect the faster speed and higher quality I'll be able to put out with these colored sketches. I'm unsure if this will remain the case going forward, we'll see.
South_Syde_Dobie
~southsydedobie
Woot, I ish excited and I found a new friend I need art for c:
SnippyTheDeliveryFox
~snippythedeliveryfox
OP
Aaah awesome! You're one of the folks who was on the list anyway, feel free to shoot me some details c:
South_Syde_Dobie
~southsydedobie
Alrighty! I may have to wait a second to see what I want to have you do as the original planned commission I had ordered another artist to do. x3
