commisions and what's the right price?

[opailopai]

Okay so I can draw somewhat and so can many other people out there. Lot's of people do open commission work. Writing, drawing, coloring.

What I want to know is what do you guys generally think is a proper price to pay for this kind of thing?

Were I to actually charge people to draw stuff and agree to do something for them the following is what seems appropriate to me :
5 bucks gets you a page of doodles basically. 3 or 4 sketches/ poses pencil only
10 dollars gets you the above plus I draw a better fully detailed and inked version of 1 of the sketches, scan it in and clean it up
10 dollars also gets you a 1 page sequence of no more then 6 panels pencil only
20 dollars = 1 page fully inked and cleaned up
for 30 bucks I'd give you a sketch page, black and white pinup of 1 sketch and a single fully inked sequence page
Finally if you wanted a full on comic booklet/short story thing made up and you had a script as well as a rough visual outline :
100$ would get you a 12 page black and white uninked comic book
150$ would get you a 12 page black and white inked comic book
and 200 $ would get you 12 pages b&w inked and digitally cleaned up
Add 5 dollars per page if you had no visual outline and 15 dollars per page if I had to come up with a script as well.

These fees would be for artwork only, I'm not much of an editor so the text would be left as placeholder word balloons with hand scribbled text inside. I have a poor selection of fonts on my computer so you'd get better results as a customer of mine to take my finished artwork and pass it along to someone who is better at the post production process. The smaller jobs I'd happily do essentially "pay when the buyer is happy" 20 dollars and less basically would get previews of the work in progress and could suggest things. It'd also be up to the buyer weather or not the image is shared with anyone else by me later on.

I wouldn't sell color, if someone wanted me to color I'd try it but I don't feel right charging for something I don't feel I"m any good at.

Now idono, do those prices seem fair or am I asking to much? This isn't even so much a question of my work quality either, I only want to know moreso if generally the above prices are good.

[genderhazard]

your prices don't seem out of line.

of course it would be better if you provided examples of your work and I recommend a 50% payment before work begins and and payment in full upon complete satisfaction.

[thejakeman]

yes, whgat he said. oh, and i think digitally cleaning up things ('cept sketches) should come with for free. just cause... you know, you're sending it digitally. real paper looks kinda crummy on the electro-calculators.

[Kojiro Highwind]

Well this is a pretty good price list you have there. Examples would be great to display so people will know what they are purchasing from you.

I always did feel that some artists base there pricing on how fast they can bang out a quality piece of artwork. Like i would definitly drop my current prices if i can turn out work fast and of same quality because it would give me the chance to work on the next job sooner.If i can do 6 sketches for 10 dollars in the time ido 2 sketches for 15 dollars then i would be making more at the end of that day :P along with having customers that wll come back for more cuz of the speed, quality and price i give them :3

[Prof_Sai]

Yes, the quality of your art makes a big difference in what you can charge. I've considered charging based on how many words are in the request.

[thejakeman]

Originally Posted by Prof_Sai

Yes, the quality of your art makes a big difference in what you can charge. I've considered charging based on how many words are in the request.

how much for "breasts?"

[genderhazard]

The general answer is that the nationwide cost of breasts from pre-op to post-op is 6,000 - $8,000 on the average.

[TrunKated]

Originally Posted by genderhazard

The general answer is that the nationwide cost of breasts from pre-op to post-op is 6,000 - $8,000 on the average.

haha very funny....


Or just ask kooh to hit you with his TF ray. He charges nothing.

[humble.fool]

The real answer is "What is my time worth?" If it takes you an hour to do a sketch, well, what's an hour of work worth to you? Extrapolate as needed.

[Prophet Tenebrae]

In terms of utility (in the economic sense of the word) humblefool is right...

Of course, realistically there are many variables. For example, I'm aware of someone being offered $12 to do a comic page. As this was in the chatroom and we're swimming in artists... pretty much everyone laughed.

You really need to show the quality of your work though and even then, it's subjective as to how much people will pay.

[Prof_Sai]

how much for "breasts?"

In my world, all breasts are free!