I want to start taking some rough sketch/colored/painted commissions
I would be taking
If I could figure out a base price for fullbodies I could probably figure the rest out from there.
What would you be willing to pay? ;o; What seems reasonable?
depends on how long they take, and if you are comfortable underpricing yourself like most people on art sites tend to??
I unfortunately can't charge by hour, because I'm a very slow worker (which is something I'm working on getting better with, but for the moment I have to base prices more on how well things sell)
I think that underpricing at first is probably a good way to gauge interest before raising prices but I'm also aware of how underpricing effects percieved value. Mmman it's such a conundrum
Well in that case, I say for a fullbody sketch you should at least charge 18, 35 for the painted. It's majorly undercharging but it's also above what a lot of people do, which can somewhat help with perceived value.
Personally I tried undercharging for years and that didn't really effect the interest level, so I just decided to charge something more realistic.
Thank you for your advice ;o;
My watchers have been pretty dead lately and I'm sadly a little desperate for money right now (and so am one of those people you were talking about, I worry), so I am still starting out a good bit below those prices, but if there is interest I won't be afraid to steadily raise them.
I really appreciate your comments
Figure out how long they take and price accordingly, like a rough by-the-hour thing. Underpricing won't help you in the long run.
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Just want to preface by saying this is my estimates so it's not the standard in any way haha.
Fullbody: $7 for sketch, $15 for colored, $20-25 for painted.
Headshots: $5 for sketch, $10 for colored, $15 for painted.
I wouldn't go any lower than these anyways. Of course it also depend on how easy/quick all these are for you plus how many commissioners you get (if you don't get many, consider lowering prices or advertising more - alternatively if you're getting a lot of interest then you may try upping your prices).