#additionnally that's why i don't offer commissions in other styles ATM

[cadere-art]

Hi!! I really love your style of drawing, it is so so so unique, I’ve never seen anything quite like it before! I had a question, and I really hope I don’t offend you by asking this. I’m just curious as to why you price your commissions so high. By no means do I mean to say your art is not worth such a price, it just seems that other artists with similar simplistic styles tend to price their art lower. Anyways, I hope you have a great day/night, and if you don’t feel like answering this question then please feel free to ignore it.

Hey hi!

Actually I think I price my commissions quite affordably. Most people undercharge! I take into account communication with the client, revisions, time to scan the piece and make sure everything's right with the scan - all the things that are not the art itself but that come hand in hand with doing commissions, take time, and should be accounted for. Whenever I see someone pricing their commissions at like 15 bucks or so, I cringe for them. 15$ an hour is minimum wage where I live, and when you account for all the social parts of commissions, I doubt these people are pricing themselves in a way that is going to bring them above that, if at that at all!

I think my style is quite unique, as you've said, and it's born of years of practice and experimentation. Doing commissions is a side gig for me - I also have a retail job. When I look at the hourly rate I get from commissions, I think it would be very sad if it ended up being lower than my dead-end retail job! I don't think I'd ever want to live entirely off commissions because I'd find the management parts too exhausting, but when I price my commissions, I always keep in mind, could I live comfortably off this wage? In any industry where you have years of experience and a degree, you'd hope to make a decent wage out of it - that's what I had in mind when I decided on my prices!