How to start commissions

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[@marsmia4869]

Another tip, if someone DMs you and is insistent on only paying you with a check they are scamming you since it’s not a valid way to pay someone online. I almost feel for that scam.

[@aylenpons6682]

Tell me if this will bring me trouble on the future but; I honestly like to do a veeery simplisitic scketch just to have a hint of the pose they want normally with option A n B. And if they are sure then pay me. Who would have said messy scketches would be a benefict lol. This may have avoided me indecisive people who is not actually sure of what they want to be just as their command and what let me to improvise. Also use it as a filter for people who does not read the chart and find everything too expensive while we chat. I understand why some people would charge extra for this and Im ok with that. But I pŕeffer doing few secketches and have it cancelled than doing half of a piece for a youngerster who wasted their money for not thinking it better or have someone saying constantly 'change this' until the drawing does not look enythig like we started with. This last is my main problem.

[@marsmia4869]

@@aylenpons6682 I usually just ask them to pay half of the commission price upfront first. Since it helps keep me motivated. If they change the sketch too much than just ask them what they really want or like you asked just cancel.

[@scribonia_art]

​@@aylenpons6682 This might be a problem for you in the future; some people will ask for commissions hoping for these free sketches/plans, then when the artist does them in good faith like how you described, the "client" can then just ghost you, and you've done some work and spent your time for free. I've heard of this happening to my other friends who take comms, but I personally have been very lucky to avoid it

[@fleffychickendog]

Oh geez I just had someone wanting to comm me insist on paying with a check and almost gave them the info they asked, that was a close one XD

[@Twocat5side]

*fell

[@add_add]

Setting limited slots is SUPER helpful. I cant tell the amount of times where I got overwhelmed by the amount of commissions I was getting

[@ferd3007]

I wish that happened to me lol

[@ayior]

In my experience limited slots also get you more clients faster - like a FOMO thing

[@venomking2188]

I wished I had tons of commissions... My prices are really low and yet I still have no customers. I even set my price to 1$

[@ferd3007]

@@ayior FOMO?

[@HidingFromFish]

Omg yes. It can be super scary when it piles on like that and when that happens to me I end up just ghosting the customer. I feel super guilty about doing that but thankfully I’ve always had people pay me only after I’ve finished the commission for exactly this reason so I’ve never scammed someone because it.

[@blu7878]

Also, dont be stupid like me and send the art before you get payed 💀 money first then art. It was my 2nd ever commission and I got too excited

[@DumboOcto]

Or you could send a version of the art with a watermark. And then after you get paid, you can send the art without the watermark.

[@takeoats]

@@DumboOcto ^& make sure its a watermark that can’t be easily erased/ignored

[@istoleyourjams270]

the thing I see most artists do is half payment first, then do the work, other half of the payment when you're done

[@yashsingh8363]

Sending half of the or drawing or with blurry parts will also be good

[@TamWam_]

@@istoleyourjams270 i saw somewhere where you send a really quick and messy sketch, watermark included, tell them to pay half if satisfied then you finish it

[@emmadilemma4177]

when i first started i was nervous about pricing so i didn't get many commissions when my set price was 5$ my dad running his own indie graphic design business told me to up my prices which added more value to my art, i started by fives so my prices ranged 20, 25, 35, 40, 55 etc and it worked!

[@spacekitvt]

Wait so you increased your prices and got more requests?

[@flourishojemen8939]

bruh we have the EXACT same backstory cause my dad also does graphic design and he encouraged me to stop pricing my art for $5 😂

[@emmadilemma4177]

@@flourishojemen8939 yooo lets goooooo!!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@aliien2057]

​@@spacekitvt it's kinda like designer stuff; people think that if something costs more, it's automatically better/more valuable (not saying your art is bad!! I hope it didn't come off that way ♡)

[@lilyofluck371]

​@@spacekitvt Yes. Paying a premium for something automatically makes that thing feel better/cooler. Seeing you will pay a premium for something makes your brain believe that things will be amazing. Cheaper usually means lower quality to the brain

[@neu_dae]

yeah don't do half price for another character... it's double the price - both characters are going to take roughly the same amount of time/effort... don't sell yourselves short because it pressure other artists into selling themselves short because it becomes expected.

[@random1744]

Meh imo I don't mind, if anything I feel bad making them pay full price for a second character (although tbf I've never done commissions for real money, just ones for online currency, which sounds dumb but there's a whole thing to it/economy on the platform so)

[@xelith6157]

​@@random1744 Like deviantART point commissions?

[@random1744]

@@xelith6157 I mean personally I don't use DeviantArt (I use this app called Amino) but ye

[@Faronwoodss]

100% agree, I think something like 95-90% is valid as well, because that can motivate people to buy, but you still get a lot

[@Ilikesoup775]

I suggest another way to not get scammed is send a blurred photo of the drawing and then send it without the blur after payment, or put a very large and clear watermark on it and send it without the watermark after pay.

[@kcmoon2214]

Yea, I never was sure how to do this but always wanted to try. 😂 This is really helpful. 👍☺️ Just curious but would you say it's appropriate to offer discounts if it's on certain holidays or events?

[@JackieDroujko]

that's totally up to you, i see some people doing it to get more sales. i personally wouldn't because the value of my art doesn't decrease with a holiday.

[@kcmoon2214]

@@JackieDroujko good to know, 👍and thanks for the quick response! Btw, love your work and hope to see more! ♥️☺️

[@louiselaera3649]

@@kcmoon2214 I’d say if you’re just starting out it could be a good way to build up a good amount of customers, most of whom if they’re happy with what you draw for the holiday will become repeat customers. That’s what I’ve noticed with markets in my city but maybe it’s different online? Anyway that’s just my input :)

[@TheBluestflamingos]

Sometime I've seen artists offer seasonal/limited time discounts for commissions with certain elements, eg, your oc in a santa costume, for a discounted rate. Along with being cute, I assume that also helps you because it allows you to redraw a few chosen elements and skip having to study them for each piece. Ie. The previously mentioned santa suit will use the same pallet and brushes each time.

[@mx.menacing]

Some people offer specific commissions, YCHs, or discounts on holidays. What you decide to do is all up to you :)

[@lepreking]

If you don't have a following (like me, I have a very small following and don't post consistently), it helps to be in discord channels or other niche group chats of people interested in art. In my case, furries who are usually the best commissioners in my experience. I just send in something like the example pictures here. Alternatively, I draw a specific pose at a predetermined price and draw the commissioner's character like that (a your character here/YCH)

[@juliapauly3267]

this is great to know thank you! do you have any suggestions for finding these discord channels?

[@bottleboy42]

​@@juliapauly3267about furry community, you can find some of them on subreddits :)

[@kuppikahvikeisari9120]

@@juliapauly3267 im curious about this too!

[@taiyang152]

Same!! Most of my commissions come from discord - and word of mouth works extremely well since I mostly exist in RP/Lore/DnD servers where characters are very often shared and people love to rant about their characters end always end up sharing the art they commission - and other roleplayers sometimes end up being directed to my commissions for their own characters!

[@kuppikahvikeisari9120]

@@RayFlemming7080 TY!

[@JadeAnnabelArt]

Big tip! Go for a half half commission basis. 50 up front, 50 when done. This is for both your sakes. One perspective is if the customer decides to bail, you're not out of cash. Another is for the customer, they don't need to worry about YOU bailing with their cash. I paid full price once and felt really nervous the entire time the artist would bail. Also limit your adjustments. Something like 2 free adjustments, anything more costs extra. I've had people ask for an entirely new addition to the picture when I was on a time limit. I said if they want it that short notice , it'll be extra payment.

[@rachelherrera1094]

I go in phases. They only get to adjust things in the sketch phase, because once line art is done im not going back. Then they have a chance to adjust color once I show them the flat colors. Because the rendering is one of the longest parts for me and like hell am I going to do that all over again

[@houndgirl7365]

To all the young artists out there know your worth!! Your art/your time is worth more than 5-10bucks! People will stomp their feet and say that's not fair or that it isn't worth as such; stand firm it is they just don't want to pay the price! Art is work ask yourself this would they say the same thing to a carpenter or plumber? Likely they wouldn't and they would pay for that labor think of your work like that.

[@tsch2655]

But it's also not worth 70$ 💀

[@houndgirl7365]

@tsch it very much is! Some pieces take 2 days to create! What are you going to say those 2 days aren't worth at least a minimum wage as a baseline? Do you even art? Off of one design for a shirt I made 300bucks! Yes that custom design of high quality is worth 120 or so dollars ESPECIALLY when that design is for commercial use. Hell I created a tadpole design for my fiances friend who owns a business. I could have easily sold that design for 120, but because I made it for fun and she is a good friend of my partners I sold it for a drop out subscription xD. Don't tell an artist what their time is worth!

[@deleted1905]

​@@tsch2655 Surprisingly, 70 is lower than most standard. The only art community that is currently working on fair commision price tends to be furries. Some people think its outrageous to pay upwards of 100 dollars on a painting, but you wouldn't go up to a professional oil painter and bash them down simply because "it's not worst that much."

[@mx.menacing]

This, you will also get "better customers" the higher your prices are. Customers who appreciate your work, art, and time.

[@celunax]

​@tsch it depends on how much time and detail is put in a piece so yeah, it can be worth $70 sometimes lol

[@commentbot9510]

Every guide is about pricing and showing what you can offer but never how to set it up so you can get paid and actually get noticed to receive orders. Like if no one cares about your social media it’s not even an option to take commissions

[@Throatzillaaa]

I get what you mean but just looking for videos like "how to grow your social media" and "how to grow your *social media app* followers in one month" type of videos could be useful.

[@mx.menacing]

Payment options: PayPal, Square, Stripe for international payments. How to grow your social media: Keep posting art, post old art, add tags, post ads in ad groups on Discord or Telegram. There are better tips out there but this is a very condensed version of what I've been doing.

[@MacaldaReye]

From my experience, and for me helping my artist friend figure out her business, your first and most important role is marketing, so obviously set yourself up somewhere where there’s a lot of traffic, KZbin TikTok Twitter, maybe Instagram? But I guess TikTok Twitter and Instagram are kinda iffy right now, then from that point develop your social media presence, what should people expect from you what is your style what is your vibe, and then from there when people want to know more about you make it very easy for people to follow into your other accounts, so you have your main marketing site where you essentially advertise yourself, and then from there it should be very easy to go from link to link to link, you should be able to draw a very clear diagram of how one person can get to one thing and then to another thing such as like your personal website or your patreon or other social media that you’re a part of or a business email for taking commissions, whatever it is the most important thing is to reach your audience by utilising social media marketing on a site that has high traffic, carving out an identity for yourself that people can discover, and then having an easy flow of traffic to the rest of your online space Tldr; market on high traffic sites, solidify your identity, make flow of traffic into your online space easy

[@annanowak9620]

​@@Throatzillaaa they are not unfortunately. I tried everything

[@shaiDahan9]

"Can you draw furry p*rn??" "WHAT?? no way dude" "I'll pay you 1000 dollars" "Wolf or dog??"

[@GrungeVoid]

True story.

[@Stella_theNutellaSandwich]

Im wheezing-

[@Kuhory.]

I need this to happend to me-

[@ziloglow8428]

Need to learn how to draw furry, like fr I just know draw anime😅

[@mx.menacing]

I figured I'd get in here as I am a freelance artist. If someone tells you to pay through friends and family on Paypal, never accept that. If they're a scammer, then you can not request a refund because sending through friends and family, Paypal sees it as a gift payment and you won't be able to get your money back. Also, artists, if you sell NSFW commissions, make sure to send them an invoice, and if they can leave a message when paying for it, tell them to leave it blank. If they write anything NSFW-related in it, your Paypal can get banned.

[@theprettygoodgatsby]

What do you call what's not "friends and family"? Do you just say "normal method of payment" or is there a specific name for that too?

[@MayMN]

Yooo! Your art style is so pleasing to look at!

[@jessievenom2255]

I have a problem :( So I practice a ton of art styles and I feel like I don't have a specific style of my own. So I feel like doing something different: I offer people commissions based on what style they want. (Some include a full-body cartoon design, a semi-realistic portrait, something that resembles a children's book page or a TV show screenshot, etc.) Is that too complicated? I usually ask them to be specific about what they want and I have different prices for each style/offer.

[@wyrm_the_eagle]

I'm no expert here, just a small time artist, but personally I think as long as your very upfront with the fact these are experimental commissions and that they're gonna get what they put in so they have to be specific, that sounds like a super fun idea! I know I'd enjoy commissioning a work like that :) ultimately it just comes down to being direct with what the customer should expect from a drawing from you, being clear and firm on your prices (and not selling yourself short!) and just knowing your limits as an artist!

[@random1744]

Ngl as long as your clear about it, I don't see a problem. I actually see people do this all the time!

[@__darkfuneral]

Also!! For payment make the person at least send the money before you work/send the art or do half and half payment for before and after the commission (or before you send the art). You're less likely to get scammed that way :)

[@SakoiyaChan]

Speaking of weird commissions requests, I've had someone ask me to draw their character tied up, like bondage/shibari/kinbaku. It was really weird and they were very pushy. I didn't even draw anything remotely similar to nsfw drawings, and I was 15 at the time(you could see it on my profile at the time) So please beware, some people really don't care about your boundaries or your age when asking you to draw these kinds of stuff

[@emeseviragh9293]

Try to get into a community if you're interested in one, like a specific game or a cartoon, any sort of categories like that. Vtuber community is working out really well for me

[@neon6300]

Helpful tips

[@tjtjmich16p]

If you live in a country where PayPal is accessible use it then when you get paid transfers the money to your main account, But if you are too young just use your parents account instead, I hope you all find success in life ❤^×^

[@candytea9341]

Aaaaah I wish I could I'm just not good with social media and no idea how the paying system works I just kinda wanna be out there but no clue how to do it

[@chachamikaza8660]

How do u know how much u should price ur work? Like how much is too little and how much is too much? How can I figure that out?

[@lounirs]

You decide for yourself. I think a good way to estimate is to see how long it took you. If you spend 2 hours on a drawing, I think 65$ is too much. It also depends on the complexity. If there's no coloring or shading, i don't think you can go too high, and if there's a background, details, shading, a complicated pose etc, you can probably go over 100$. But yeah, basically, it's a mix between how much you want to be paid and how much people are willing to pay

[@tempest7659]

for me, i base my prices on minimum wage in my country and that's based on days. and i also base how long it takes to draw by days. so let's say $15 is the minimum wage per day, and it takes me 3 days to finish a drawing, that kind of drawing (cel or soft shading , and torso and up) is $45!

[@tempest7659]

you should also set prices for things that are time consuming to do like weapons / armour / tattoos. ($5 or $10 maybe) and also for an additional character per drawing (50% should be a good price for this)

[@crithon]

very helpful

[@mateothewizard]

I’m sorry but whoever drew that Transformer, oh my lanta it’s adorable

[@hihowareya6861]

i learned the hard way to know your worth and just accepts whenever without needing of slots so please always take ur time as a consideration for your prices

[@random1744]

Everyone's saying "have them pay 50% before you even start the commission" but I'm so unreliable I would probably be the one ending up scamming them (ofc I could just pay it back + report if scmes cause I don't even do comms for real money lol I use the Amino app)

[@macaroll]

Marketing and layout aren't my strongest suits, so this was super helpful! Thank you so much!

[@pemanilnoob]

My problem is only that I have no way to actually get the money lol

[@ENDERSTYLE74]

Another tip, draw furries. 🙌 That removes pretty much all the learning curve and gives you time to understand the market as you go :p

[@MacaldaReye]

As someone with a pretty complicated Sona (my profile picture) I wish more people had said no to me when I make commissions, a lot of times people will just say yes to everything but then they find they can’t do it or they try to deliver it and it just clearly doesn’t work and I don’t know what to do because I’m not happy with it

[@galactic_studio09]

Question: How to I charge my art reasonably? I don't really know what I should be charging for in order to make the price good for me but not overpriced

[@Crashgen]

It goes by time that's about 70% of the price. $11 an hour is around minimum wage but that can vary depending on where you live, so if it takes you 4 hours, x by your quality and time that makes the price. So you can range between $20 to $40 or 70$ ect ect* full body, . But as you get better the price can go up cuz you're getting a higher quality and of course if you're spending more time then that effects price. Is basically not that much different working at a job or doing freelance work in general, which honestly is the same because time is money ect ect*.

[@galactic_studio09]

@@Crashgen Alright, I see. Thank you!

[@MrEmo_69]

what i used to do was open them, try making a sketch, have a mental breakdown, cancel them, close them, and cry to sleep

[@Surprisinglynot]

This is gonna come in handy when I want to start commissions one day

[@zoinksscoop20yearsago68]

I may have learnt about commissions stuff the hard way, and genuinely wished something like this had been recommended to me before my dumb ass acted on impulse. A couple days ago I got a "friend" who asked me for an art piece because his friend asked him and he genuinely doesn't know how to draw. Dude came to me, asked me to do the job he accepted, and offered me 5 FUCKING CENTS (0'017 USD). And I, with the attention span of a mf moth, accepted without even processing the info. The asshole didn't even ask the commissioner for details, and now everytime he asks, I find myself begging him to either let me speak to the friend myself, or ask him about details himself. Ofc if he ain't paying me decently, the art is gonna go on my portfolio lol. But I still dug my own grave by continuing this whole thing and I'm kinda lost.

[@pandaexpress7673]

If it ain't enough mora for my genshin pulls i ain't takin it💃💨💨

[@Broken_salt42]

Thank you SO much, I’ve been meaning to learn how to do this! ❤

[@kendyls34]

I’m glad I saw this because I have been asked a bunch of times if I’ve ever consider selling my art. ❤

[@MiniMight]

am i the only one who’s scared to start doing commissions my quality is too inconsistent 😭😭😭

[@O.U.C]

Could you do if you not already, make a whole video about it :,) ? It would help a lot especially about the differents way of setting your prices and when your customer is actually giving you the money ? ,:)))

[@kitycatrggaming5228]

My friend once asked me if I could draw something NSFW for money, I mostly listened just bcs I wanted to understand wth she had on her mind That idea was kinda funny to me But I haven't done it at all... I could never even bring myself to draw something like that😣🤢 Even tho when she told it, it sounded kinda funny, just simply for the fact nobody talks about these kinds of topics In short: I was shortly(/temporarily) invested in the fact she had a crazy idea😅

[@junky802]

Draw the elf horse. That sounds awsome

[@B.a.z.z796]

FINALLY Everyone I asked told me to just put a price and start

[@NewChannelInDescPlsSub]

How to start commisions 1. Draw good

[@The_Sour_Bean]

I’ve noticed that you draw with procreate, I recently got procreate and absolutely adore your art style! I’m still trying to find my art style and I was wondering if you had any procreate and style tips! 😅 (also I would like to know how to stop making everything look so pixelated)

[@ylpheuckrunotar5314]

regarding the pixelation, I would suggest changing the canvas size depending on how many details you think you're going to add (can't say the exact numbers bc everybody's art is different, but you can play with the width and height numbers and figure out what's the best for you), it's usually offered when starting a new artwork, I believe Procreate should be no different :) hope this helps! ☺️

[@houndgirl7365]

You don't have to have a style. If you really want to develop one though study light/shadows. Play with effects and see what you naturally go towards when you shade! You can look at how other people do it, but that might lead you to your own imitation of their style (granted this as well can lead to you developing yours especially as you pick what you like and apply those techniques). Overall there is no way to tell you the only thing you can do is find what you gravitate to naturally and work on being consistent in your techniques to truly develope a style. As someone who has done digital art for 13years this would be my advice from one artist to another.

[@whimsickels]

I found where she shared some of her favorite brushes, so in case you also want her textures like I do: Free on Procreate: 6B Pencil, Bonobo Chalk For purchase: Jingsketch's Thin Ink($15 usd), and Max U Conté from the Painter's Max Pack ($8 usd)

[@SearaChar]

against the pixelation: go to "crop & resize", find a canvas shape you like (where the proportions of width to height look good to you) and tap the little chain icon between the width and height values. This will lock in the proportions the way they are currently. Then, expand the canvas until you reach about 40 maximum layers. That should give you a good resolution. Additionally, you can set the dpi value to 300. I'm not sure what that does, but it makes the picture look better, and you need to do it if you're going to print it.

[@nexferna7695]

I’m curious, how do you go through the whole “Money First” route? I’ve seen different ways of going about this such as asking for half up front and the other half after finishing the drawing. I’ve also seen people send the picture but with a watermark. What’s the most common/best way to go about that?

[@conmilktea]

Someone once asked me for free to draw them a picture of an elf character tied up in a basement missing her legs and left arm specifically crying... then when I went to his page it was full of drawings matching that description 😭 wtf

[@JadeAnnabelArt]

Honestly some people be like that. I had one guy who I'm 90% sure had a foot fetish. He always wanted this one character 'in sandals, has to be in sandals'. It was a request so I did a banger job but hid the feet behind some foilage cuz he creeped me out and was super demanding. When he complained I said I charge for feet pics XD

[@Luukskywalker]

​@@JadeAnnabelArt Omg, these stories are so funny and strange lmao. I think you handled it well 🤣

[@annanowak9620]

If we are talking about commissions then I have some questions. For example if the artist draws digital then when someone wants to have something drawn it will be just a digital drawing not printed right? We need to send it to their e-mail or something like that? But e-mail quality is too bad. Through instagram the quality is also bad. So where? And what should be the deadline? And the drawing cannot be printed because of the poor quality (I draw on procreate). But if they don't want it to be digital? Are ypur commission like a digital art? Are most commissions digital? Or printed and sent?

[@RACOONAFIED]

I've done commissions It's digital nothing is printed and sent as is, the deadline is made by the artist or specifically asked for by the artist

[@milez5586]

Someone asked me to draw mpreg once.. well it happened a bunch but that's besides the point.😭

[@Nico_was_here1201]

TYSMM

[@Zora.pk76]

Okay thank you cuz that's what my job maybe until I can be a game designer I want to learn how to commission stuff for make my own commission granted I'm a hand drawer this so it's pretty hard in

[@saltytearsofsoap8997]

I would gladly draw a elf horse human

[@ryanhowell4492]

Cool

[@rand0m.crumbs..307]

I understand the different body amount one but idk how it’s supposed to look like

[@lilfox1804]

I wanna start comissions but my bf said nobody will pay me if I put the prices in my bio because idk wtv. Also I ask for half payment upfront. Is that ok to do?

[@4tarobyte]

You do generally want your prices in an easy to find place like a comm sheet or Google form, juuuust maybe not your bio? And 50% or 100% upfront is a good hard rule to have, don't get scammed!

[@neondennon]

I don’t see enough artists list what medium they can take payment through. I see just “-Money” way too often. I’ve asked a lot of artists before and I’m kinda at the point where I’ll pass on commissioning them instead of bothering them with “Can you take Venmo?”

[@blindeyes9385]

Self horse anime furries are the people that will pay the best and never haggle you

[@hirohiro5034]

​@@lyneysloophole Fr fr

[@strawberrycake777]

Is that an eyebrow over hair I see 😳

[@Atmos_Glitch]

Bro what did you me when you said elf horse anime drawing hmm? What horrors were people trying to subject you to?!

[@dragonsquid8453]

where are good places to post commissions? i have a very small following on instagram so even though i have my commissions posted no one dms me, ive tried posting them on subreddits multiple times but they always get lost in the sea of commissions, ive even tried posting them on promote me sections of a couple discord servers but no one really checks those, my commissions have been up for around a year and a half now and ive only gotten 3 commissions, all by people i know

[@KIMIsheep]

This would be so good I also seem to have that problem as well. I suggest not even putting your full effort on instagram as I've seen that after 2018 it became an algorithmic hell to even build a decent following. As of now I'm not sure yet what's working for me either atm.

[@lounirs]

I have like 4 followers on Instagram so i feel you. I am also posting on DeviantArt and there are a bit more people following me, and I posted a drawing and said I wanted to be commissioned or something like that, and someone actually dm me to know if my commissions/ requests were opened. They actually wanted to request something, which I did, but yeah, DeviantArt is pretty nice imo. And you can also post reels for Instagram, especially if you follow art trends (me and my bf in different universes kind of stuff) I've never tried it because I don't really like reels but I really think it can help. Good luck!

[@sourcreamrat]

What if I want to charge a certain amount a minute or hour? Is that ok? Because what if I do a portrait with a character who has a tone of accessories or characteristics and it takes me like 2 hours…. Edit: of course I would charge a certain amount ever hour/minute for different requests, like a full body I would charge more a hour/minute

[@vmann8168]

Usually a 50% deal is used for products in excess or expiring. I think people are getting carried away with their business ideas.

[@elcatrinc1996]

Any platfomr besides paypal that doesnt doxx me?

[@Svp3rstzr]

I would draw nsfw and gore for money, but the problem is I’m still learning with art, and I suck at gore and nsfw, plus I have like no social platforms except for KZbin, Roblox, and Snapchat 💀

[@thesleepyreader]

Do you know anyone that does scenery commissions?

[@yeeuncho7062]

For those who are getting commissions, do u guys get paid thru venmo or something else? Is venmo not safe to get commission payment?

[@Zombiedino65]

I’m trying to charge in the $100 range like the professionals do. Where can you charge those kind of rates?

[@JadeAnnabelArt]

Honestly when you have a big following it really helps. Like, the super popular artists seem to get away with those prices because they're well known, and trusted in the community. If you're a small time artist, yes you deserve that amount, but people aren't as willing to give away that money to someone they don't know as well.

[@spicybeantofu]

Yeah like where tho? I used to do it at school now I'm an adult and barely go outside. Where do you even list you have commission openings?

[@redruby2100]

Uhh Jackie's pictures don't look too bad, let's see :D *after seeing the price* Oh hell nah :D

[@Soothsayerrr]

Question I’ve had that I’m not seeing a lot of, how does one handle taxes when taking art commissions? It seems like a lot of people don’t seem to worry about it but I’m very afraid of like it counting against me in some way

[@4tarobyte]

This depends on your location but in the US, if you make under $600 through one income stream you don't have to report it to the IRS, iirc. More research needed lol

[@Soothsayerrr]

@@4tarobyte id heard that too, in my state, Texas, it’s confusing, cause on the off chance that maybe I make more than that, I need to have a venders license and I need something for that license, and idk exactly the right way to go thru that process here, or anywhere. It’s just hella confusing. You basically need to register as a business.

[@4tarobyte]

@@Soothsayerrr I'm not familiar with Texas stuff but there's def lots of artists there! Maybe the Artist Alley Network Discord might be able to help?

[@Soothsayerrr]

@@4tarobyte I’ve never heard of that? Where do I find a join link?

[@BunnyKip]

I always feel like i need to price my art so low to sell it. My arts good, the problem is i cant get any viewers. Does anyone know how to get customers and advertise good? I try using reddit n stuff but in the end nobody even sees my post so then i just end up doing crazy prices like a dollar

[@fosterghost4287]

Worales el ajodreja

[@DudesOnline]

If you can't say "nsfw", I don't think you're suited for the toung twisters they say in Bojack Horseman

[@Kiri-no-ki]

Ok but what if you're Indian? Cause idk if digital commision is popular here

[@4tarobyte]

If you're on the internet, you have an international audience

[@SmokescreenTfp]

wtf dont u have a links to the artist u used as examples?? wtf find them??

[@JackieDroujko]

If u look slightly up u can read their IG handles.

[@joemama6216]

Furrys:😈

[@modifiedb0y]

“nf…. nsfw”

[@xaviersanchez-ig7li]

idc if they want it with a underage or a dog i just need to make my own money

[@thebestcommenter22]

bro you made me realize ive been saying nsfw wrong since 2017, i said it like NSW or NFW

[@aaronmckenziepowell07]

It’s because you’re doing it for the money

[@psuedo_levi]

70$ 💀💀💀💀💀

[@rayaaz2831]

💀💀

[@BunnyKip]

Art takes time and she needs to eat and buy essentials 🤷‍♀️

[@ryeyumi]

she literally works for disney, you don't have to buy it if you can't/don't want to lmfao

[@FZ0889]

You mistook your fashion design skills for animation. You should be a fashion designer, not a KZbin animator

[@bigassjoe]

nah who's buying that for $70

[@brimerwelpippy4972]

Coming from a dude who plays hentai games 💀 just say you don't respect artists fool.

[@bigassjoe]

@@brimerwelpippy4972 why should I respect artists

[@brimerwelpippy4972]

@@bigassjoe Cuz they give you the closest thing you'll ever get to a bitch

[@bigassjoe]

@@brimerwelpippy4972 but I already got your mom buddy😏

[@brimerwelpippy4972]

@@bigassjoe D.... Dad?

[@_INKY_THE_IDIOT]

What’s up with you and weird anime horse girls dawg has vaush been offering money for that or something ☠️

[@gibocvh392]

that stick gifure is no art and the person that drew it is no artist

[@Snuzzled]

Damn, I went looking for @saadartist_bae (the one who drew the transformers art here) because I loved that image and wanted to follow them but I can't find them. Does anyone know what happened to them? Did they change their name?

[@RiceTrees]

WTF? I'm convinced KZbin is spying on my brain now Literally haven't drawn in months, and I just woke up from a dream where I did a commission and this was in my reccomended...