#if youre a commissioner:
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I am begging artists to charge more for their commissions. Pleading. If you are charging anything less than $20/hour you are undercutting the market and making it harder for working artists to earn a livable wage. (And really, truly, you should be aiming at something like $50/hour). Why would anyone want to pay artists what they're worth when there are artists out there asking for pennies for the same thing?
I understand that it's difficult finding commissioners willing to pay higher prices (because they've seen artists charging nothing for art, that's why), but that's something we can fix together if we normalize charging what our work is actually worth!
#i just saw an artist doing emergency commissions trying to get $200#and their prices maxed out at $50 for fully rendered paintings#and their art is incredible!!#they should be charging at least $200 for something like that!#and then they could do one single commission and not (at least) four#it makes me lose my mind#i get that it's an incredibly tough market#i get wanting to make art affordable#but low prices are so damaging to the community as a whole#every working artist I know is just barely scraping by#and until we can convince people that unique custom-made art is worth more than a cup of coffee#this will always be a problem#please charge more for your commissions please please please#if youre a commissioner:#please tip your artist a lot#pay them way more than theyre asking for#nickel for my thoughts
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her hair so CRISPY
(commission!)
#bg3#bg3 fanart#shadowheart#baldur's gate 3#love how i threw her in a lake one fanart ago and now she's sufferin the consequences#as someone who has dyed their black hair to platinum blonde.#YOU SHOULD NEVER LIFT YOUR HAIR THAT MUCH IN ONE NIGHT I AM BEGGING YOU#she can do it bc hot girl shit#but doing this irl???? will snap your hair in half#anyway#the commissioner said shadowheart and i went feral. blacked out. let selune take me
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the witch and the bard 🌹
#dragon age#dragon age origins#leliana#da leliana#da morrigan#morrigan#da fanart#morriana#procreate#zazrichart#leliana is being scandalous 🫢#at first i wanted to do a ‘draw your otp like this’ with them#(link will be in the comments)#then it took my hand and said run#like#i have a process video but it’s so long#and there’s a lot of boobage in it#this one took me 30h!!!#i halved the time my last morriana piece took me#im getting faster which is good for my commissioners and my sanity!! 🎉
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Speaking of design commissions, here's one from a bit ago! The Rat, who isn't really all that ratty but by coincidental adaptation to a fairly hostile environment
#art#monster#absolute skin flap of a guy#commissioner went a little MIA with this one but if ur out there and u see this...thanks I love your weird little guys#commissions
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"hmm... not bad"
#this is how it feels sending a wip to a commissioner btw //#“heres your oc!!!! uhm” //#oc:mike#oc:michael#oc:liver#edit: forgot to colour his nail //
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Commissioners please check your spam folder again ... It's me I'm in the trash can
#idk why my email keep getting there!!!#despite the fact I'm ANSWERING the email of the commissioner#also come if you need a commission i am here#BUT CHECK YOUR SPAM FOLDER#bee talks
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kissy kiss kiss
#SORRY TO DROP OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH#one of my dogs passed away and all motivation for everything left my body#sorry 2 all my outstanding commissioners! i am getting all your sweet drawings done!#comms will probably be closed for a little while again ):#ill post my comm sheet back up when they reopen!#my art#courier six: alan#art#digital art#fan art#fanart#drawing#procreate#original character#new vegas#oc#fallout#fallout new vegas#fnv#fallout nv#courier six#fallout courier#doodles#sketch#benny gecko#fallout benny#fnv courier#courier 6
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some of the commissions from the current queue!
#koboldfactory comms#furry art#oc: beryllia#btw i don't know commissioners handles across all social medias so if you see yours point it out! and feel free to post it yourself too!
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Too many artists who do commissions, in my experience, don't take their job seriously enough.
It's a meme how some artists take months to complete a comm and "haha im so grateful for having patient commissioners" but that's just poor work ethics on the artist's part.
When you offer commissions, you don't just offer art, you also have to communicate with your client properly, give them proper updates, ask them for feedback during process, discuss things that your ToS doesn't cover if needed, and so on.
Just for example, if you're taking longer than expected, let them know why (just vague "due to personal problems" is enough) and if needed, offer a refund or another alternative instead of making your commissioner reach out to you for updates themselves and possibly stressing them out.
Otherwise, you're treating your commissioner like a nuisance that you're forced to work with, not a client who offers you money in return for proper service.
#scary.txt#this is partially a vent because recently I bought a ych and the artist said that they'll take up to a month to complete it#and then. radio silence#earlier this week (3 days before the deadline) I kindly asked for any updates but the commissioner is on invisible and isn't checking dms#I'm gonna wait another week or two and if they don't respond request a refund#not the first time I commission someone and receive little to no communication or long overdue art#but I've never been this upset about it until now. this is just disrespectful#if you weren't self employed you'd get terminated on the spot for treating your customers like that#I'm not asking much. just don't ghost me while still posting regularly damn
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trying to finally execute on a tab concept ive wanted to do for a while. wizards.
#EXPENSIVE. ONLY FOUND 1 OF THEM SO FAR: the middle one is worth it the commissioner and artist are both so kind#if you see the guardf or aberration one floating around i am offering you a bounty of: doodle. if youre selling it? well brother i am buyin
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final batch of emblemcon comms!
#thank you so much everyone! for the comms and for your patience#especially my last two commissioners#i burned out HARD after the con weekend and i'm so happy to finally be all done#anyways. tag time#fire emblem#fe engage#feh#fe13#fe1#fe5#fe4#fe9#lapis#alfonse#lucina#marth#ronan#jeanne#chrom#rk!chrom#shinon#janaff
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🎵EU FALEI: F A R A Ó!!!!!!🎵
Commission for Cy, featuring the Egyptian god of storms Sutekh / Set! Thank you so much, this was A BLAST and as always with this kind of work, I always end up learning so much! <3
commission info | patreon | twitter | Ko-fi | VGen | bluesky
#Sutekh#set#egyptian mythology#commissions#br art#commission#my art#Finally being able to come back to commissions and drawing in general#thank you commissioners for your patience!!! I'll do my best <3
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so close! 😍 yet still so far to go 😭 and who knew shoelaces could be so complicated 🥾😩
#wip#bucky barnes#kobik#hand embroidery#my work#comics#and life decided to hit me with three major crises in the past month#thanks random chaos and chance of the universe#great timing#to the commissioner: you're the best and your patience continues to be gracious and kind
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As someone who just saw your and others' posts about kagebros:
Has this happened before? How do you know it's not just close renders of their references, like they claim? And do you know why they say "this group" has targeted them in the past?
I'm new to TF Tumblr so these are all genuine questions. Appreciate any response you give!
Hi! Welcome to TF Tumblr! Pardon the mess. I'll stuff the answers under the cut. For those that are interested, there are two new examples(!)
Has this happened before?
The Optimus Prime painting that caught my attention was from 2023. But these are slightly before that. They have an abandoned wip up, but it's a trace from MTMTE 36.
This wip was later repurposed in 2022 and included in a print:
But it still has the backpack kibble from the trace. Thanks, Milne! Oh, and the Glitch from that one is also Milne's. Also from #36. That brings our count of traced + sold posters up to, what, four?
So I'd say there's a minor precedent.
How do you know it's not just close renders of their references, like they claim?
The wording on this one is a bit confusing, but I'll answer it as if the question is "How do you know that the art is referenced from their own photos, and not other's?" It's a reasonable question and a somewhat reasonable claim. Unfortunately, it's very hard to defend this claim when the drawings are 1:1 with official promotional material. It would be a lot of work to pose the toy exactly the same way, and take a photo using the exact same angle, with the same focal depth. There are maybe one or two that I could give this pass but honestly, I'm still doubtful.
Additionally, this doesn't cover the drawings that are traced from the comics, like above.
Do you know why they say "this group" has targeted them in the past?
Truthfully, no. As far as I'm aware, I'm not part of any "group" specifically out to target them. I'm just calling out tracing as I see it.
#hope this answers your questions!#edit: just found another one but its a commission#so I'm asking the commissioner first for permission to post but uh. yay#kagebros#not art#asks#tfcon#tfcon baltimore
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#columbo#season 4#playback#when the director/client/commissioner/etc wants more of a vague abstract unquantifiable quality in your work#okay what you have so far is great. but just make it more. Intense
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old man yaoi sketch commission........
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#rgg#ryu ga gotoku#ryu ga gotoku 7#yakuza series#yakuza 7#yakuza like a dragon#tf their ship name. idk if someone tells me ill update the tags#koichi adachi#makoto date#snap sketches#commission#OLD MAN YAOI COMMISSION 🗣️🗣️🗣️#my life's in shambles rn but that's ok i get to draw date and adachi#this one especially goes out to the people who kept sending me adach|wag| asks#cause i think its really funny i kept getting sent asks about that but actually got a com for date/adachi ☠️☠️#anyway yeah i AM posting this. esp since commissioner wanted to share it around#i need to let the people know i will draw your saucy old man yaoi And More...#ok bye im gonna post another comm in like. ten minutes LMAO
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