tiktok is SO TOXIC. if a younger person makes a MASTERPEICE and charges something as little is $7 for it (keep in mind this is a fully rendered drawing not just a sketch) they get hate saying that this should cost $2. and most of these come from ppl who ARENT artists.

I think it's important to mention that commissioners should have an additional note on their TOS that they're willing to refuse any commission or offer not previously listed in the TOS. That way you cover all your bases.

As a client, if I see someone under charging for their commissions, I just tip them more?? I have no issue paying double, or even triple the original price that was listed, and this is a mentality that more clients should have. See the worth in other people's art and show them that they can raise their prices and people will still come and order

Me, a child who physically cannot set up commissions:

The insecurity part at the end literally called me out, because that's literally me, i have been meaning to set up commissions for months, but the insecurity always finds a way to hit me hard, i always try to remember that i'm doing this because i want to, i'm passionate about art and i want to make it my job.

Great quote for those wanting to start commissions or art in general: "You don't have to be great to get started, but you have to get started to be great." - Les Brown Also, if Celestia is okay with it, Nadiaxel has a couple videos on how to get started and tons of great information along with templates for things like contracts, commission sheets, etc.

I don't do commission because of main two factor: 1) i REALLY don't know what to charge related to time and skills 2) i take it too personal when someone reject my work

also artists should remember that art and therefore art commissions are a LUXURY not a necessity. When you grow up low income it's easy to feel like you're asking a lot with prices but people buying commissions are usually people with at least some disposable income. They may not be loaded to the point they're willing to throw money at it, but in my experience my clients usually don't blink an eye at the price I agonised over raising. There are exceptions of course and people that expect you to be thankful if they offer you $10 but most will be prepared for a custom commission to not be cheap.

The good thing about this is that i noticed a lot of the artists i follow re-valuing their com prices every couple of com reopenings and people still showing support by commissioning. TLDR: Repricing is a good solution once you get a bigger following(?)

The "pricing low to actually get SOME commissions" loop is so draining, honestly. You get shit on by better artists with a bigger following for charging so low, but then if you hike your prices up, people complain that your art isn't good enough for that price, or just don't commission you at all. I haven't gotten a commission for more than a year at a reasonable price for myself (I need to price a little extra due to disability and chronic pain) and I'm quite proud of the work I do. But even my fanart doesn't get numbers. It's hard not to view your work as just "bad" when so many factors seem to say "you're not good enough, so why bother trying to sell your work?" even though you can logically know better. It's a painful situation to be in.

I personally "undercharge" due to my skills being mediocre, and since I haven't been drawing "professionally" for too many years now! I hate sketching, so I don't give out sketches sadly, but since I absolutely love making customs/designs, those are somewhat cheapest, since I really enjoy them! Thank you for the video!

As an american who is starting to rekindle my art career, I personally think that all artists shouldn't charge less than minimum wage; whether that's federal or state. If a company charged you less than minimum wage, they would be heavily scrutinized for undercutting their employees ability to.... live. The way that I intend to calculate cost for my commissions is a base amount based on how long that type of commission usually takes me plus hourly minimum wage for any time Over the projected time limit. That's to compensate for any studying of the elements (character, setting, brainstorming composition, posing) Specific to that piece. For example, prototype for my future model: - For Reference, my state's minimum wage is $15/hr Single Character Render: - Sketches usually take me 15 minutes, maybe 30 if I'm struggling or am including a background: worth a solid $10; this check-in is where I estimate the time it might take to finish more rendered pieces - Line Art can take an additional half hour to two hours depending on level of detail: $15-35, decided at sketch check-in - Flat Colors are, in general, fairly quick; done in a few fill tool clicks and tidying. Although, having many complex details can take an hour of fine tuning: $20-$50, decided at line art check-in - Full Renders require enough time to figure out and play with lighting and layers, which can sometimes take me a full hour alone, plus up to another hour depending on the level of detail requested: $30-$65, decided at flat color check-in Extras: - +1 Character: +$25 - Simple Backgrounds (e.g. geometric or color blobs) Only take a few minutes: +$5 - Flat Colored Settings can take a bit to design: +$25 - Fully Rendered Settings take A Lot of my time and energy between detail and shading: +$40 Character Animation Reference Sheet: $100; non-negotiable - 3/4 Turn (5 renders, basic cell shading) - Up to 3 Facial Expression Color Sketches -Up to 3 Small Detail Color Sketches (jewelry/scars/birthmarks/etc.) - If I have to go significantly over eta (1+ hours) due to unforeseen difficulties at any stage of the render, I plan to contact the client with "I have to do an extra bit of work because of x/y/z, here's the the new eta and price". I feel all prices are Completely reasonable, but let me know if you have any advice

It’s so surreal hearing my name and seeing my work on a KZfaq Video 😅 Thank you again for the opportunity! (^v^) As a freelancer who is setting up commissions and payment options, it’s quite helpful viewing other artists’ experiences, especially those are who are far bigger than me, to make sure my business is clear with no problems! Thank you for your perspective! (^v^)

Tried to under price my stuff and I have had a commission sheet for SEVERAL YEARS. No one has ever asked me for one. Now I made a new one with prices I feel are reasonable and not as undercharged but still, nothing. No offers at all. It’s frustrating.

I always thought of commission prices as a popularity thing You aren't paying for the art, you're paying for the name...

I LOVE THESE TIPS! I really like that you looked at both sides. It can be frustrating when someone who’s just starting out on opening commissions is asking for advice, then a bunch of people who aren’t artists, don’t plan on commissioning artists, and feel guilty about it say, “Charge industry prices.” While they might have the best of intentions, I feel it hurts the beginner artist because they’re getting the feedback from the wrong people. If they don’t plan on paying for a commission, their opinion should be taken more with a grain of salt. I’ve personally never been a fan of the minimum wage pricing scale because with higher skill comes fast results, meaning beginning artists would be getting paid more that higher level artists. That might sound saltier than intended, but this is something I experienced and I’m slowly raising my prices as my skill level increases. Another funny thing I’ve noticed was in vids like this, the artist with 50K followers and has their commissions closed because of too much demand always say charge high, and that’s coming from a place of HUGE privilege. Not that that’s a bad thing, it’s just they usually have the tales of of “I was charging 5$ for fully rendered pics when I started with commissions.” My advice is always, “Would YOU(the person pricing the commissions) pay for it?” And taking ego and self doubt out of it, and that’s where the “comparing to other artists of similar skill level” come in. All in all, great vid with excellent tips!!!!

I think the problem lies in thinking that each artist is on the same level, low prices usually come from beginning artists there is nothing wrong with it, but being able to do this as a business is knowing how to handle situations such as changes and provide the support the customer needs.

This situation hits hard as I do experience this just as much; I'm a commissioner artist that draws and doodles YCH's and easy doodle pages for 2/4USD. I had been repeatedly harassed by older artists to up my prices.. for art that I draw for fifteen minutes only and is very simplistic? I get a very long and fast string of people who go and want to buy from me, and all my posts would atleast get one extremely negative comment about me weighing down the ENTIRE community with my doodle pages(just expressions of one oc(5)). Keep in mind that I am fourteen, I closed my serious commissions for now as I had experienced one of my first few breakdowns as an adult that commissioned me had gotten mad at me for charging an extra TWO, I REPEAT JUST TWO- dollars because I DESIGNED THEIR OC'S OUTFIT AND I THINK THAT I DESERVE JUST A LITTLE. Original price was 5 USD, I did a thigh up chibi art of their OC I had to stop doing art for like so many weeks! And the string of older people still harass me! I have to ALWAYS open a post every once in a few weeks of me looking for artists to give back the quick money that folks who commissioned me had given me just so those older artists wouldn't tell me that I was stealing from them. This is my HOBBY, the quality I give is just alright for the money I ask and I am very active in posting and talking in groups to get my name known. I did a lot of things to get me to where I am now that people remember who I am and stop by my posts to give me their support or an order. Yes they're doodles, yes they're YCH's, but I WORKED HARD TO GET MYSELF OUT THERE BECAUSE EVEN IF ITS JUST A HOBBY I STILL LOVE DRAWING FOR PEOPLE TO SEE THEM JUST BE A LITTLE HAPPY OVER WHAT I'VE DRAWN. I'm not cheap, I price what I think is right! I can even say I'm worth 10USD if ever I open my serious commissions again.

THE ART YOU DID IN THIS VIDEO TURNED OUT SO GOOD OMG 💖💖💖

right as I sat down to draw, I see that you uploaded lol. Your videos are great to listen in the background XD

Just stumbled to your channel and will be staying due to your well thought out explanation of the subject as well as including the flexibility you included so people can change things to better suit them good work and looking forward for more

Good to see you're back! Hope the break helped a ton ^^

I can't believe you guilted me into rewinding to hear about the competition. 10/10 followed on Twitter and subbed.

Awesome video!

I’m glad I decided to watch this. I’ve been thinking about starting commissions for a while but I didn’t know how to go about it. This is a good help for me and I think you for it. And I do agree with what you said about the pricing. There is no real good or bad answer for it. At the end of the day it’s based on what the artiest think what there work is good at the time.

Thank you for saving me the pain of learning this first hand I mean I have some general experience but this helped with the stuff I didn't know.

Well, I do mostly "spicy" commissions. I'd say my prices are pretty high(about 180$ on everage/piece), but this has offered me plenty of long time clients. Rather do fewer commissions and have awesome long time clients than the opposite. Not saying I've never had bad clients, but oh well.

This was a wonderful video! Thank you in particular for bringing up that aspect of customer service to keep your commissioners up to date. I know that, as a customer, that's primarily what has deterred me from commissioning. I think I've realized from your video that the problem I have may be a result of oversaturation. It's so simple for anyone who does art as a hobby to open up their commissions. Problem is - and mind you, this is from my own personal experience - hobbyists ask for commissions, they post bulletins about needing emergency money, what have you...but almost every time, the customer service had to come from me. *I* had to push for updates. *I* had to ask, "hey, just checking in, where do we stand?" And more often than not, I'm greeted with excuses or empty promises. I've had commissions sit in limbo for months, some even for over a year. One artist, who was a friend, I had to threaten because he kept blowing smoke up my butt instead of being fair and refunding me. I love commissioning, I'm always so excited to get the art! But I'm always so scared. Scared I'll be left in the dark if I don't message. Scared I may never even see the commission. Scared I'll get told I'm problematic because I asked, gently but firmly, if the overdue art could be done in 1-2 weeks (after waiting for it for 2 months when they had promised to deliver before 1 month's time, after the person's TH account was closed, and they never once tried to find me) I get so nervous when I see high commission prices, because I'm terrified my money will go into a black hole and I'll have to do it all over again - but I paid more money this time around. It makes it so, so hard to trust the true professional artists. :( This comment is kind of a downer! I'll say again that your video was great, I very much enjoyed it! (◕ᴗ◕✿)

Commission has been for a few years what has put bread on my table, and i gotta agree so hard with this video. I wish i heard some of these tips earlier in my art life hahaha. The debate about "dont uder-price VS its the only way to get clients" is a nasty one that caused me a lot of guilty trips at times... i tend to agree with the 'do not sell yourself cheap!', but at some critical points in my life when i urgently needed the money, charging cheap is what helped me get through it... It's complicated... Three things i find lots of even artists missing, let alone clients, but i think they should be more commonly known to better deal with this line of work is that: 1) art is a LUXURY product... like, you ain't gonna starve if i do not draw your OC my dude... I'm not saying that everyone regardless of ability and experience should be charging tons of money for each sketch, but when i figured this it did click something in me that really helped to lose the fear of pumping up my prices, and also to be more assertive when clients tried to sway me into charging less because they thought my work was too expensive. 2) art is a HIGHLY specialized job and creatively/mentally draining, so no one should be afraid to try and find a sweet spot between work, comfort and prices. Lots of people tried to make me charge less with an argument ironically alike my last point, which is "but its just a picture!" "its not that important/useful/essential!" etc, and my dude... no. Regardless of what art is or isn't (essential, useful etc) work is work, and as much as i like working with art, goddam how tiring it is sometimes. Focusing on one's satisfaction and comfort is not just a luxury but a necessity on the long run, or you'll be running your mental and physical health into the ground and earning huge burnout :( .3) COMMISSION. IS. INFORMAL. Never forget this. Even if you force your clients to sign contracts and whatnot to have a minimum of security for both sides, there's still a mountain of difference between doing art for personal use (usually for 'small' clients) and doing art for commercial use (usually for 'big' clients). I mention this because i've seen quite a few times clients angry arguing that "i paid for the commission therefore ALL rights to the image belongs to me! How dare you make and sell for yourself a sticker (for instance) out of my commission >:( "... and the artist bowing down to this. Commission is so particular in this regard to any other paid activity because our instinct is to think that, if i paid for something, that thing is mine... But this logic does not apply to commissions as at no point we're selling the copyrights of an image to the client; and last i checked this is an actual law that unless clearly stated otherwise (preferably through a contract), the copyright of an image (aka: the right to do whatever the heck one wants with it) belongs to the creator; the artist. This is a huge part of why commission is so much more affordable than, let's say, a card illustration for Magic the Gathering. It would be much more correct to think as if what the clients are actually buying is our willingness, effort and invested time to work on a demand rather than buying an image; the image ends up just being a happy byproduct of this. From the moment the artist is giving up the rights of usage of said image, be it to post on their portfolios or sell shirts with it, we're entering into a completely different situation and type of work. (Of course, we can always go for a gentleman's agreement and avoid making further use of a commission if it's what the client wishes; this is all just to say that, legally so, in these conditions, the artist is not bound to listen to the client). This last one is what tied all points for me, helping me more confidently adjust my rates, posture dealing with clients, queue sizes and accepted requests, etc. Well, i hope these insights i had during my time working in this field helps someone else as much as i'm sure this video will. Cheers again for the nice video~

I can’t wait to start on my contest entry.

these are really good tips.

Top tips i use most of them and they make a lot of sense ^^

A lot of interesting points about commission work. I do animation commissions through a job website, so it's a little different as far as pricing is concerned. Everyone basically states what they're willing to pay and I adjust how long I spend on a piece based on that. It's worked out alright so far, but not great. I've often considered doing commissions for the general public as well, perhaps like a kind of animated still art kind of piece. But I struggle to get eyes on anything I do, even when I put my all into it and make it as high quality as I can. Nothing's worse than opening up for business and no one showing up, you know? I'm still trying to figure out pricing I'd have available to the general public, but I have the start of a system at least.

It took me a unreasonable amount of time to realize this wasn’t the why i hate taking commissions video… anyways i hope to open commissions this summer so i will watch the rest of this video very intently

Ive had my commissions up for a good bit and the only people that commented on the post told me I should improve my art before I start commissions. It really hurt my self-esteem, but im thinking about updating my stuff and putting it up on other social media I didn't have when I posted the other one.

This is actually quite helpful! I've been considering opening commissions, but I've always been worried that no one would want to commission me. I might give it a try, though!

your a star this was great help

imo low follower low prices once you have a high following theres more demand for your work so you can start charging higher.

Something else to really take into account when starting commissions is that while you could try to get more commissions, commissions will very likely not help you grow your platform and likely not teach you as much to improve. You can counter this hindered improvement with artistic freedom commissions, but in the end its important to understand that if you're taking commissions, you generally wont have as much of a chance to focus on your weaker areas, as you're being paid for your strengths, and thus can't feel as free to experiment and fail to improve. I personally have and still am choosing not to underprice my artwork, as if someone wants to commission me, its important that its worth my time, and I'd prefer a lighter commission pool so I can focus on improving certain areas of my artwork. Ofc this changes based on circumstances, but as I take my first steps into art college in the coming weeks, its important that I focus on improving to a professional level, and choosing less commissions for me is a long term investment that will help me majorly in the future. Do what you feel is needed for your circumstances, but remember that taking commissions can sometimes be more of a hinderance than anything else based on your goals as an artist.

Years back I had this commission price that is seriously low from what I had been doing now and I had a LOT of clients. I bumped my price for like a little bit after that and no one wanted to commission me after that lol I did reopened last year with better pricing and it's alright. Since I do have other projects I'm now doing as my main income rather than relying on certain commissions.

I set up commissions based on the pricing my anime club had us artists do for commissions in highschool. Ranging from $5-$20. But prints of my previous art pieces are $26 and for VA signing prints it's $36. I do plan on raising prices when I get a constant flow of commissions. of course I'm still starting out and I've only really got one commission but this video is definitely helping me

"overly aggressive opinions that nobody asked for" is my MOOD lol Also as always, very rational video exploring nuances of both sides, GJ Celestia! :)

I hate it when people ask me to do a commission months in advance, and then have someone else do it?? What the actual fuck?? I dunno man, the hype that I get a request to draw something and then I get replaced, the insecurity and anxiety is real here.

I was literally thinking about starting doing commissions 😳

The KZfaq evil AI randomly showed me this video probably because my data has been harvested to the point where Skynet junior knows me better than I do. But, it MIGHT be helpful because it seems like a good place to ask a question I'm genuinely interested in. As someone who WANTS to commission art, how is the best way to go about it? I've done it a couple times but it always feels like it's me accidentally finding an artist in Usersub of Imgur. Is there a good way to look for artists wanting work? Is there a way that I could communicate better with the artist to convey ideas and expectations without sounding pushy or demanding? How can I not only become a customer/client but also a good one that an artist might want to work with again? As someone who knows little of these subjects, it's something that can prevent me from even trying to start the process.

people get mad at me all the time for purposely pricing my art waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay under minimum wage, but like????????? i wont get customers otherwise. my art is shit and i wont get customers unless its crazy cheap. ive even asked my own followers and they admit that they wouldnt buy from me if i raised my prices. dont know what people expect me to do.

ahhh i love this video so much!! Ive never truly been able to justify taking a side in the whole "charge a living wage or else youre lowering the value of art!" vs "I need any money at all" argument, because both are valid. personally, I know I wayyy overcharge my art. My art takes forever for me to do and (to me) is high quality. My art can and has gone for up to like $900. The reason I do this is because I *know* I'll get overworked and stress way too much if I charge a reasonable price, I cant complete one piece a week, I just cant. Id rather take one commission a month for a few hundered dollars rather than a few commissions a week for maybe one hundered each. I dont need the money, and I dont want the stress. Usually I like to forward a lot of my potential commissioners to art friends of mine, maybe because im busy or maybe because I have a friend who could fulfil their art need better than I could. This is what im comfortable with pricing, and overpricing my art has worked well for me so far. I feel so sorry for the people who really do need the money and NEED to underprice their art though, I totally understand their struggle.

usually offer the half and half payment option but over the years most clients have prefered to just 'pay it all upfront' the only other payment method that is usually used by clients is say they want a group picture or something (we have indivual prices for companions, characters, pets, large accessories ect.) sometimes clients will prefer to just pay for each indivually as they come up in the workflow. like we'll do the full composition sketch after the upfront fee. then they tend to pay the like $80-120 for the character, then pay $20-40 for the companion later. find it useful to not only price the commision types but also price what each major element can cost. it'll give your clients a better understanding of what cost what. and then they can pick and choose what they want or don't want.

I recommend using Nadiaxel’s TOS as a base or just straight up using it word for word because she goes over everything!

6:35 commissions are so hard to price. On one hand you need fair pay. On the other hand your audience needs to be ***able*** to even pay at all. Such a fine line to walk.

Where do you recommend posting your commission sheet? I’ve had my commission sheet up in multiple subreddits and discord servers, I also say that I take commissions in my instagram and twitter and I haven’t had a commission yet

A lot would be solved if artists on the internet worked like any other normal buissness and did some market research. Ive seen too many people cry about not getting comissions when they only draw OC art. Making things people actually want to buy is the very fisrt thing succesful artists do.

I don’t know if this is possible but could you show your contact as an example on how to write one Or show what a good contract generator is I want to slowly get into commissions and want to do it with contracts But have no idea a out that stuff And i know that if i mess up it could bite me in the butt really badly later

My dad told me today that 2-3 hours was way to long to be working on a commission and i should charge per hour Boi i was making a simple drawing of a friend’s oc They are as broke as i am

Do you have a discord server your commissions are avaliable on?? Or where could I look at your commission info??

The actual problem with los pricing, is that for some ppl, los pricing actually is 5 dolars a fullcolor, who th Charges 5 dolars a fullbody that takes you hours, and the REALEST problem is that for many countries, charging 5 USD means not only that PayPal will eat half that price, but also that CONVERTING that money will cost you half of the rest, so they end up working so hard for less than 2 dollars, and it's not about making a big following or drawing better, because I have a los following, and my art is pretty good, not excelent, but I've seen ppl with simpler styles charge or at least gain more than me, much more, and the métric I got was the following: -you dont need to have 10k followers to consider yourself worthy, I have less than 10% of that in exactly the platforms that have gotten me the most commissions. -if I had to talk about quality, you dont need to be perfect, but having a neat lineart does a lot of the work, and it can be thin lineart or thicc lineart, doesnt matter, what Matters is the love you put into it because THEY SEE IT. THEY SEE when you put love into your art and WHEN you just draw for the sake of making money out of it. -human or furry? Both are good, none is exactly betterthan the other one but try different platforms for a good long time, take it easy but dont give up, cuz ppl will only find you if you never give up. Do you feel you're charging too high for having your lineart 20 USD? Maybe it is ok bro, you just need to not give up, there are good seasons, bad seasons, just dont give up, it's not you, often times its the algorythm and how you use it, or the time you post your art. -have a carrd and if you get a lot of comms, get a trello too. - USE DISCORD, I've got comms just by having Joined a discord server, not even commenting (cuz I was busy) and someone just contacted me and asked me for samples of my art. this is as far as I know but now, do you imagine how much I DONT KNOW? There's a whole world outthere for artists, we have more options than we think.

Should you ask a client to credit you when using a commission they’ve purchased? I can’t find any advice on credit/no credit but when I see people who’ve purchased a commission to get usually give credit?

Hey! I am planning on taking commissions once I’m 18 and I have a question for anyone who has some experience with it. What should I use to send the high quality/resolution image? Most E-Mail / Chat services have limits on file size so it’s difficult to send high resolution images with them. If anyone has some advice or recommendations they’d be highly appreciated!

I have a problem.. How can I know if I am good enough to do comisions?

The problem isn't always how much the artists are charging, often it all comes back to how much the client can afford to spend. From my experience in the market, many of youngsters that try to make their first visual novel, face the harsh reality that, their art bill exceeds thousands of dollars that they don't have. And the artists rarely take revenue share instead. This drives them to the newbies, get ghosted after one or two images and decide all artists are unreliable and they can't risk paying bigger price tags.

For me I've never known how to get commissions. I get them like once in a blue moon about every other month at this point no matter how much I try to advertise that I do commissions (which I've never understood much of how to do either, but try to put up posts on reddit and twitter (that never seem to get seen) and DeviantArt about it), but with how hopeless it seems most times I'm more at the point now where I don't really care as much and am fine with withering away and dying or something if money gets to be too much of a problem if I can't get consistent enough income from it.

I actually accepted a commission from someone i know irl, theyre willing to pay 75-100 cad for a drawing with a person and a dog, with lineart and colour! i dont even have commissions officially set up yet and this is my second!!! (first one was payed via in-game money from a game we both play, i even got a tip :D) tbh theres no way i'd go lower then 100 cad for this commission. i may lack in plenty of areas, but my work is good enough to make me feel superior to most people. hell yeah im worth 100!

I'm new to comissions, and my dad said that i should name my price and make then pay half before i draw and after i do the drawing they give me the rest if they are satisfied with the drawing And is 20 dollars a good star when your begining?

I was getting commissions for a fair amount while I only had 50 followers. When you price higher youre essentially saying you are worth that ammount. Many ppl wont buy something thats cheaper because it usually means lower quality

This is a very well done video. Personally, I charge next to nothing for my fully rendered commissions. Rather than other artists getting mad at me for changing so low, they should instead point people towards me that insist on paying more for what they want. I use "me" as an example, but if across the artist community this is what was done instead of yelling at someone for their low rates then there wouldn't be many more artists still doing low rates. Or at least there would be short bursts of newly monetized artists doing low rates before they increase their rates because their customers are offering to pay more so they can change their official prices accordingly. This is much better imo than saying to an artist "charge more!" So you increase your rates and then don't get any more customers so you have to lower your rates more and more until people come back.

I've had so many clients tell me how nice it is to work with me and that I was so much nicer than other artists? It baffles me like?? Girl WHO were you commissioning? Why are so many artists seemingly so cold to their clients? I just treat people like people? Has anyone else had clients compliment you like this? I mean, it's not a marketing strategy, I'm just being personable and.....human?? I've actually have return clients based on the fact that I'm "Really nice." I'm not complaining, it's just an enigma.

i wouldn't pay more then 10$ for my own art, so i charge 8$ for a full drawing. also, 8$ is the minimum wage where i live! still nobody buys my art, but that's okay because im happy with the price.

I remember when I started on commissions I got told my prices were expensive so I changed them to a lower price (I only did it cuz I sorta agreed with them so it's lowed down!)

Honestly I do wanna do commissions but art block isn't letting me 😭

I was too busy to join the contest, I do hope I can join this next one. 😭😭

What would you say about an artist that only does sketches/linearts and chooses to have their commissions as "pay what you want"?

i undercharge my commissions because ive literally never done comms before (ive only had one and it was my best friend and she even paid me more than i charge for). Not only that but i literally have 102 followers on instagram, most of which are teens or young adults who cant really afford higher prices.

At the end of the day, your art is worth what someone is willing to pay for it, and as a seller whose main expertese lies in art, knowing what that value is, is hard.

i want to setup commissions but i don’t think i’m good enough lol

My problem is, after thinking about it for some time, I feel like my art is not... "sellable" in some way? It's hard to explain. I have enough drawings to put as an example in my comission sheet, I have some full body drawings and some busts. But I feel like they are disconnected one from each other,,, like, I'm not showing a clear result of what you could get if you comission me. I don't know if that makes any sense. And I also don't know if I started thinking this before even trying to start comissions, or after publishing my first comission sheet and not getting any attention for months. It's probably all in my mind, but idk. I have no problem with pricing my stuff, with payment methods and with taking and processing the comission descriptions (I've done requests before so I kinda know what to do), but I guess I don't know how to sell my art properly (?) It's kinda frustrating because I've also haven't been drawing actively for over a year now so I have a small public... I don't know what to do anymore. I don't think my art is that bad at all, but I still don't get comissions, and idk how to do it.

it's definitely hard to price commissions if the economical system of the country you live in is "worse". It makes it hard to price appropriately when the prices you set seem to high to YOU , but would be seen as too low in a place like the states or other countries, haha

It’s really annoying that I have “not taking commissions” on my acc and every post, yet people still ask me for commissions and when I refuse they keep on asking!

I remember a bizarre situation when studying animation in college. One of our tutors invited a rep in from a generic corporation who was looking to get a logo done, and wanted to invite ‘animation’ students to partake in this ‘graphic design’ competition, for the chance to win a new iPad (probably worth 600 - 700 at the time, keep than in mind). The reason I believe the corporation were doing this was to avoid having to pay a design agency a heck of a lot more . I also remember them saying they were looking for something like Apple’s logo (cringe). Despite all my problems with a corp going about a logo brief this way, what freelance artists can take from this, is that some random startup were willing to pay something close to the value of $700 for a logo drawn by an animation student. So just keep that in mind when you’re valuing yourself. If you find yourself amongst a pool of artists with a very similar style, but with lower rates, try to find a difference in your art, and really lean into that: ‘true, they have a similar style to me, but no one executes ‘X’ quite like I do, I stand by my price

I just submitted my art for the contest, I'm the first one andddd yeah-

Never tried commissions, have no clue how the whole thing works, or even how the money is transfered.

I just struggle with anyone commissioning me no matter my prices

I used to only charge low for my art work but I realised, why am I doing this as its taking me almost 2 days for the art to be finished. So I charge at a reasonable rate now. Art is not a necessity. It's a luxury. You should not ask for art if you don't have the means to pay the artist. To some folks eve £1 is too much. £1!!

How do you enter in the contest

Hey there!! Wanted to let ya know that the links for your Ko-fi, Etsy, and Carrd don't work!! Wasn't sure if you were aware of this or not!

Have you ever played a game Layers of Fear - its about an artist and its pretty good.

I have a problem to start a art commission because I feel aware the scammers will steal the money after doing a art commission. Please Help how to start…Even though it would be a rough start anyway…

Me charging ref sheets for 20 dollars and headshots for 5 and still not getting commissions ; v ;

Strangely, no amount of artists undercharging seems to have hurt Kim Jung Gi's *two thousand dollar* commissions. Maybe those artists complaining about undercharging should focus on growing their own fanbase and skills, and not worry about what other artists are doing. I *thought* I undercharged, until I saw some of these comments below. YIKES! Do what works for you.

Can someone pls answer my question my question is how do u get the payment if the client pays with dollars bc i dont have a paypal acc bc im under 18 and do u have to open a bank to receive the payment?

I've always had an issue with knowing what to price my commissions. I would love to up my prices but the fact that it's hard enough to get traffic at the low prices. So my anxiety kicks in thinking that my art isn't worth cheap, why would they go for a higher one. 😅

i'd love to offer a discount for drawing what i love, but unfortunately, what i love is near-realistic Monster Hunter art that edges four figures...

idk if its just me but the carrd link is not working?

As someone that buys art fairly regularly, I always get kind of nervous when I show up at a new artist's doorstep with a bunch of things that I want and expect: Can I see examples of your work? Do you have a ToS I should read? Would you consider (this) a commercial commission? I would like an update at the sketch, lineart, base color, and full color stage in case I notice anything wrong and/or want something changed. May I have a transparent, watermarked, and unwatermarked version of this please? May I have these pieces emailed to me when you're finished so they're in a safe place in case my computer explodes? I will message you at least every 7 days since your last update about my commission just to make sure you're alive. And like, other things I can't think of right now. For a buyer, I'm curious about what artists think about this. Like "woo boi what a control freak" or "jesus just chill girl"?

Getting the ball rolling is so, so very difficult ToT like hearing other artists who've already got it rolling and then just giving weak advice - not this video it's pretty good - is just frustrating since in my case at least I am putting out my sheets and making offers on multiple platforms - reddit, discord, Instagram and have and no returns I will say I do believe it is partially me needing to put in the work for promoting myself more but damn getting that ball rolling is super super difficult

Tbh my commission be like 5$ for a full body flat color and 10 for a shaded full body, I kinda lost how to draw full bodies now so.

personally i think theres a bias that people should charge really high, but i think some peoples prices are waaayyy too high, and i say this *as* an artist.

I only tell other artist they are not charging enough for commissions when they are not even charging for the supplies they use, should at least make something to help pay for future supplies. Pricing is very individualistic and so varied due to so many things, traditional vs digital for example, but its good to have a base price and go from there. and i tell people have a contract all the time, but then they tell me whats the point for quick cheap work since it would cost more to take someone to court, its more about the rights for the work than anything.

I’ve always kinda hated the “minimum wage” thing, especially when it comes to minors wanting to do commissions. Like yeah if you’re 30 with bills to pay then sure that’ll be a huge pricing consideration but if I’m doing a commission that money is going straight to legos and fortnite cosmetics, our needs aren’t the same lmao. I don’t really care about “industry standards” and “living wages” i just want a 20$ lego set

oh....i thought the "dont charge less than your worth." was to get artists to not charge less for their work, because its worth more. Like a "Care about your worth." sort of way.

I think another part people don't consider, is that everyone has a different "view" of money. For example, 30 euro is A LOT for me. 100 euro is like...sooooo much! 100 is what I charge for drawings I don't want to actually draw, becouse 100 is so much money and I doubt anyone would pay that much for my art! XD For other people however, 100 euro isn't that much. And 30 euro is like dust to them. People see money differently depending on how they grew up and how much money they have over all.