Artist with dececnt prices.

[Ilovebe]

Originally Posted by shinchan1

I've always thought Arania undercharges herself.

Her prices have changed a bit over time. I remember commissioning her a few years ago for a color comic, and IIRC, she was charging like $65 a page for a color comic page back then. Now she charges $100. Her pencil comics have stayed pretty consistently priced and her full page works have only inched up a little bit over the years (and if the OP is interested in commissioning her, I'm pretty sure she'll be opening up commissions at the end of the month, but you want to knab her the first or second day of the month, because her cue fills up fast).

I don't mind paying a little more for a commission that is delivered in a timely matter. Some artists do great work, but they can spend months on a relatively short commission. I get that they have lives and I'm not one of those "I want it right now!" type of people; but I have been skittish about commissioning some artists, because I'd like to see the finished product before I start receiving letters from AARP.

[Ilovebe]

Originally Posted by Grievous

Jitensha ftw

I love Jitensha's work, but her voucher system seems needlessly complicated from a commissioner's standpoint. I guess if it works for her and keeps her busy, then that's all that matters.

[xylem]

Originally Posted by Buzy

When you come to art, you'll generally get what you pay for. Most artists who do this professionally will generally calculate how much time something takes them and will adjust price in consequences. Or, particularly livestreams based artists, charges hourly.

Nobody wants to do produces something which takes them hours to produces only to make less than minimal wage.

There -are- people who do. But generally they are either :
A-People who do this in their free time and have a "proper" job. As such, they are often the kind of people most prone to drop a commission or taking commissions in general if it stops being "fun" and/or become cause for burn-out when trying to mix this with their main job in their schedule.

B-People who're new at this and are either afraid of charging too much and scaring away commissioners or just underestimate the time investment of a particular type of piece versus what they charged for. This is especially prevalent amongst younger artists who often think it will be a "fun" thing to do... until they get in over their head and/or either shape up or give up. As such, they are oft equally prone to giving-up/burn out than those for whom it's a spare time thing(which is often the case for the younger artists as well who are often taking such works while also at school).

As for comic pages just recall one fact: You're talking about a page with multiple panels. which might sound simpler than a multiple-page work and in some cases it might be. However, you're still basically talking the equivalent of multiple images(almost multiple "pages" in some case) in a single image, which can often actually prove to be additional(rather than less) work due to have to make/draw all those panels but also the additional challenge of composition and layout so the placement of the panel look good but also making sure the composition/layout of the content of the individual panels also look nice and good as well.

There's a reason most TF artists who've done comics in the past rapidly give up on comic as a commission despite how many praise they might have gone over them or at best make them a limited deal thing with few openings(and still relatively high costs). It's often just not worth the time investment for what people are willing to pay for them.

Well said. I have to agree that yes comics are pretty tough, and might as well be extra pictures in most cases.

I can definitely relate to class B though I'm getting better with dealing with that.

I can understand people wanting a deal, but really unless it's an auction based commission you're usually getting amazing deals :P

[Easy]

well its hard to find people with decent prices, i have to commission picklejuice and such but scared me off with what they charge

[PoisonElf]

You're not likely to find anyone amazing in the under $50 price range unless they're just starting out.

[Seadog Driftwood]

Well, Easy, what kind of rates would you call reasonable? Better still, what is the most you're willing to pay?

Here are some things to consider regarding commissions:

Do you want the commission in black-and-white (i.e. greyscale) or colour?
Do you want one page or several pages?
How many panels (approximately — doesn't have to be exact) per page?
How many characters are there?
Are there backgrounds?
How detailed do you want it to be?


These can greatly influence the price.
(NOTE: I'm not a comic artist, but I've known some people who are)

[odysseusut]

I've only ever done one commissioned piece, and that took about 30 hours for $70USD. If I looked at it as if it was my income and tried to equate it to an hourly rate, then I would never take another commission, but the fact it was something I would have wanted to create anyway, getting paid to make it was just extra incentive to spend a bit more time on it.

If I saw photomanipulation as work instead of a hobby, then I wouldn't offer commissions at all. I'm also super picky about the commissions I would consider taking on too. If it's not something I would want to do in my spare time and would just make myself, I will decline the job.

[Easy]

Originally Posted by Seadog Driftwood

Well, Easy, what kind of rates would you call reasonable? Better still, what is the most you're willing to pay?

Here are some things to consider regarding commissions:

Do you want the commission in black-and-white (i.e. greyscale) or colour?
Do you want one page or several pages?
How many panels (approximately — doesn't have to be exact) per page?
How many characters are there?
Are there backgrounds?
How detailed do you want it to be?


These can greatly influence the price.
(NOTE: I'm not a comic artist, but I've known some people who are)

20 to 30 dollar for a inked comic page.

just one page

8 panels

1 characters in the panel tf into a another character

no background

only the characters and the tf should be detailed.

[thrandrall]

Originally Posted by Easy

20 to 30 dollar for a inked comic page.

just one page

8 panels

1 characters in the panel tf into a another character

no background

only the characters and the tf should be detailed.

Did you ask Mr-DNA?

[Easy]

mr-dna is closed for commmissions

[Easy]

Originally Posted by PoisonElf

You're not likely to find anyone amazing in the under $50 price range unless they're just starting out.

well there are people who would do it for less.

[sodacat]

Originally Posted by Easy

well there are people who would do it for less.

And they should know better.

An artist ought to make at least minimum wage on a commission. That's bare, unhealthy, minimum.