#because you WANT to filter out the people who will lazily send you a dm and not bother to check your commissions page and refuse to pay | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

s-sputnik-k · 2 months ago

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Okay so I initially wrote my thoughts in the tags, I'm going to leave them there, but I have something legitimate to contribute here-

THIS:

youtube

This video revolutionised my view on commission prices, the system is thorough and the extensive examples with reasons make it so much easier to actually visualise what finished pieces may be worth to a buyer. It shows the perspective of both buyers and artists in terms of valuing art, which was really helpful for me as someone who was looking to price art but had never even bought any as a customer before

I highly recommend this video to anyone looking to sell or buy art, especially digitally but they do cover traditional art too. Oh, and they get it all done in 11 minutes, in case you're concerned about having to sit through a long video, and the essential part is marked off in the first part of the video, the rest is their panel reviewing and assigning prices to submitted art pieces

Looking at other people's commission prices: Holy shit. That price is WAAAY too low for what they're offering? Do they know?

Pricing my own commissions: if I ask for five dollars they will send someone to my house to kill me

#except I do try my best not to underprice myself #like I'll see artists getting hundreds or even 1k+ notes on their art so clearly they have a following and they'll still charge like $15 #for a bust and I'm like JUST BECAUSE ITS A BUST DOESN'T MEAN IT WAS EASY AND DIDNT TAKE SKILL #like it does depend on the art style and the artist and I get if some people are hobbyists and really arent comfortable charging that much #but DAMN there are actual aspiring illustrators charging less than £50 for a full body and I'm like HEY #this shit is high quality and looks like it took you at least 5 hours #you could be charging upwards of £80 for this ok #don't even get me started on underpriced character sheets and full illustrations #like I know you're afraid of scaring away customers with high prices and thats a legitimate concern!#but when your prices are under £20 for actual drawings that took you more than an hour I promise you are not getting more customers #you are just getting paid less by the same customers who wouldve commissioned you anyway #you are worth MORE THAN THAT I promise #and the right clients will want your art not because its cheap but because they want to commission YOU #like yes they will have a budget in mind but at the end of the day they will pick the individual artist based on their style and skills #at least thats if theyre a legitimate client #because you WANT to filter out the people who will lazily send you a dm and not bother to check your commissions page and refuse to pay #art #art resources #Youtube

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