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phoenix and the priestess

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your last light

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archfey warlock

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temple at the end of the road

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This site is so cooked... I'm getting followed by literally thousands of bots every day and there's no way to stop it. Why is there no option anywhere to lock my account and prevent follows, at the very least?

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white night

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pull of the tide

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I'm going to have to turn asks off for now, I get crazy amounts of spam and scams every day and I'm tired. Messages are open, so approach through there instead of asks, if you're a real human with something real to say or ask T_T

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spores

ref by my friend @jawsstone

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the vows we never exchanged

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inhale, hold

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Low tide

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Joined Cara as well ✨Very much tired of new social medias and accounts, but the plagiarism algorithm situation is getting dire and I can't pass up on a site that promises not to feed into it...

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Hi Io - I love your illustrations and the emotion they evoke. I also really enjoy your color choices. Do you do illustration work professionally?

I wondered if you could offer a piece of advice to someone just starting out on doing commissions. I noticed that your link for commissions goes to a different page. Is this done through Tumblr, or is it a separate domain? Would you mind explaining how you decided on pricing?

Thank you!

Hi, thank you :)

Yes, I'm a full time freelance illustrator for a few years now. My commission page here is quite outdated, completely forgot about it actually so thanks for the remainder to take a look at it...

If you just want to do commissions as a hobby/side-income for private people (no commercial projects), I would start pretty small and simple to get a feel for it. Drawing for someone else is a whole another thing and not everyone enjoys it. I personally always preferred to have very small batches and finish them all before taking new ones to avoid stress on either side. For pricing, you'll likely want to start relatively low and keep it chill and casual in the beginning, but do increase your prices bit by bit as your experience grows. Looking at other artists' prices around similar skill level/style can be a good starting point! It's often a lot of trial and error in the beginning, to find what works for you. It's all about finding a good balance so you both get a good deal out of it!

I used a separate site to list my commission pricing and terms of service, but you can also list them in a post or whatever you prefer, as long as they're clearly available to potential commissioners. You want to make it as easy as possible for them to get all the info and to know where to contact you! Some artists prefer to have forms that people can fill if they want to commission you, whatever works. I prefer to keep it simple.

Best of luck with your commission journey :D

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mermay mergay

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Grief

ref photo by @jawsstone