I Started This Awhile Ago But Ended Up Working On Something Else So Decided To Finish It Last Night.

Hey, regarding what kind of prices you're planning to set for commissions, you could always browse the artists of tumblr to get some rates they charge and base it off that. With that said, I would be fully willing to pay like $40-60 or maybe even $70 for a big art piece like the one you made for crystreams xenoblade chronicles, and maybe $20 for a simpler, sketchier piece. I hope you can get some commissions up and running as soon as possible, good luck and I hope things can turn around soon <3

Thank you for the message, I’ll try to do that I’ve just been trying to pack things into garbage bags right now while being super sick, so I honestly haven’t had the motivation to do so.Ohh, I didn’t realize I never clarified or maybe I was just in a panicked daze, with drawing I have a general idea of how to price my work (I tried making a price list awhile back regarding drawings, it was extremely rushed and I wanna kinda change a lot now that I look at it with how outdated it is in every way haha, as you can see even then I had no clue how to price sculptures, it’s confusing because I’ve had people offer me 10$ for something I spent a lot of time on and then someone else giving me 25$ for a little keychain I made, it’s weird and confusing because everyone has such different values for things.)~the super old price list~http://krystami.deviantart.com/art/Commission-454909332I’m kinda gonna try basing it off what I’ve been paid a few other times and rounding it out from there and trying to keep into account quality improved, time taken, etc.That’s probably one one my favorite drawings I’ve ever done to be honest with you, besides my mecha sup guy and my current bg on here ovo

This game is freaking eye candy to me, it really is *u*  I added in the actual background because I really liked how that turned out too :o Fullsize version of both pics here~ http://krystami.deviantart.com/art/Xenoblade-511603525 http://krystami.deviantart.com/art/Xenobladethumbnailbg-511602941

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haha given that we know what russ, jund and cheyenne look like.. my drawings still look nothing like them lol. but i hope you can submit something in time!! c: doesn’t have to be a finished product.. just something quick

I tried ;v; 

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Lol! I have no idea to reply either, so please teach me!!! and yeah I noticed I’m taking longer these days too just cause I’m back to work, but means I can only fit in 1-2 hours. But each time I come back I find something wrong

You have to download that thing called xkit on google chrome, it auto installs to Tumblr and then gives you a menu for what features you want on here and it just changes the layout to having these features (choose what you want) so very easy and awesome ;v; I don't work, I just draw all day or take care of my baby niece. Yeah, I could never work on that little time D: it takes me weeks just to finish something as it is. Well, I think in a way that's a good thing because since you have more time to not stare at what you're working on, you can actually see your mistakes and fix them, rather than working on it constantly without realizing some mistakes~

second contest entry for Minxs current Cintiq contest. Virtues Last Reward, Minx/Sigma and I tried to put the rest of them in, something to like about each character to some extent which I find rare for me. I found myself to really enjoy the Zero Escape games. —- Once I am able to get on a computer I will edit this with the finished version (I uploaded the one I saved right before I finished, minor details but still glaring to me)

Tumblr glitched and somehow posted one photoset four times on mobile and kept saying it was having trouble? Weird but I deleted the other ones.

I finally finished this :D I was making this on the side while I’m working on all my other sculptures. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lapis Lazuli, this is inspired by the Fayth from Final Fantasy X, this type of scene kept popping in my head when I would listen to this song- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (((these are the lyrics, this has been my favorite song for quite a long time, this band has been my fav since middle school. 83))) https://youtu.be/V8xG3X4ECrc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ “Oceania” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ (((Should I make any of the other gems like this?))) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ALSO, I’m sorry about how the text is, I don’t have a computer and mobile doesn’t post properly at all, I decided to delete most of the text ;_;

Really low prices make me less likely to commission an artist. Me: I’m not an artist. I do commission artists - I spend around $300-600 a month on digital art commissions. I sometimes find an artist who has really impressive work, or a unique style, or something else that makes me think “I should commission this person.”. Then I look at their prices and they are crazily low. As in less than 20 dollars for a colour full body character. And I don’t commission them. Because I can’t pay prices that low and feel good about myself for doing it. I know it takes hours to draw even one character. Plus the time it takes to study the brief, look at the references, communicate with me, etc etc. No way are they making even minimum wage this way, let alone a living wage. I commission art because it’s fun. It’s my hobby. If I’m knowingly paying someone slave wages to support my hobby, it isn’t fun. To artists who undercharge: Please reconsider. I’ve heard many reasons why you decide to do this (see below). But if you price your work like you don’t respect it, you won’t get clients who will respect you or your work either. You charge peanuts, you get monkeys. To commissioners who push for these prices: Have some respect. Not just for the artists, but for the other commissioners out there. You’re giving us all a bad name. If you can’t afford decent prices, don’t be mean about it. Save up, or find some other hobby. Or hey, learn to draw.

Comments I get whenever I say the above:

“No-one will buy commissions from me at decent prices.” - That’s a pity. But you realise by underpricing like this you are making your problem worse, by contributing to the “art should be dirt cheap” mindset that seems to exist in dA and other places? (okay mostly dA, that place is a cesspit) Besides, there are other things you can do than keep lowering prices. There’s tons of advice in dA: ‘Official’ Pricing Your Commissions or Artwork Thread Finding Freelance work: pricing and self doubt! And other places: How to get commissions: A guide Getting the Most Out of Commissions If none of the above helps you… maybe you need to reconsider if you are at the right stage in your development to be offering commissions. Sorry.

“I’m only doing this for fun, I don’t care about the money.” - Good for you. But there are others that are trying to make a living doing this. Have some consideration for them, yes?

“It’s the clients pushing my prices down.” - Gah. Then your clients are awful people who don’t respect you. It’s a trap though - you charge low prices, you get cheap clients. There’s only one way out of that trap.

(Commissioner says) “But I want this drawn and I can’t afford higher prices.” - I want to live in an exact replica of Wayne Manor, but I can’t afford that. So, um, I don’t. Simplify your idea, or don’t commission it until you can afford to do so without ripping off the artist.

(Commissioner says) “By paying less per artist I can support more artists.” - No. Just… no. You are not supporting artists, you are exploiting them. Paying less per artists lets you exploit more artists.

“Just tip the artist.” - I have done that, but it sends the wrong message. Tipping isn’t the norm in this game, so when I tip artists assume it’s because they did an extra-awesome job, when in fact I’m tipping them because they did their normal-awesome job. Plus if an artist is charging one-third or one-quarter what they should be, do I tip them 300%?

(Image by me. Not an artist, remember? The price list is made up, but based on real lists I’ve seen recently.)

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This one took the longest out of all of them to make, because of those cards for one, rendering so many rectangles really hurts the hands I gotta say....

I also will most likely post like process pics of these since I've learned to start doing that recently...after years..8'D (due to computer issues taking away hours of work to full images or just bad luck in general haha)

Submission 3 (I was barely able to upload due to tumblr errors, was stressing horribly. and am not sure if those errored submissions went through)

For Cards Against Humanity, this took around 30? hours, lost track but have been working on since I found out about the contest.

Cards annoy me now haha, it killed my hand. Still not as rendered as I wanted but I’m content.

Whenever I see these card games I always think of it in like some floaty dimension. :D

Also “Cards Against Humanity” sounds like the ability to destroy humanity with weaponized magic cards so that kept popping in my head.

I am highly interested in the paid position, 24 years old, US, Colorado, freelance artist.

I haven’t had the content to post lately, all I have are works in progress pretty much :o all of these are about halfway done. (Except for the center one, those are part of something a lot bigger.) I’m working on a lot of other things but don’t have enough progress for me to post those. Top is Sardonyx(Steven Universe), left is Ruby and Sapphire(Steven Universe), middle are sup guys(Cryaotic),right is Rainbow Quartz(Steven Universe) (If possible ideas would be amazing. When it comes to Steven Universe, characters, themes, motifs, etc. Anything in general. When it comes to Cry, outfits that seem apocolyptic, “cool”, would be fun to sculpt, scenery, detailed gear?,weapons, poses, whatever else that is thinkable of. c: This in particular I plan to be one of the bigger projects I do as well as Max and Chloe from Life is Strage. (Planning stages until I can get the materials I need :D) As for drawing, I don’t know when I can again , poopy computer and lack of drawing supplies, honestly though I’ll probably invest in some copics before the computer.~