The prices are way to high. That is like, my biggest issue. I understand you need to make the money, as most people do, but if you’re charging the same amount of money for a cheap tv remote for something as simple as a damn sketch you’re kinda pissing me off already. And I promise you, I’ve seen worse. One example is an artist (not saying their name to piss them off sorta.) who charged 20$ for a line art sketch. Which jumped to 50$ for a simply shaded image, +$10 per character. Which jumped to a staggering 70 bucks for what most people would charge 30$ for. Then it jumped to 100$..then 120$….then 160$. So on and so forth. And their art wasn’t even good. And when they started making posts saying “why isn’t anyone commissioning everything’s reasonable” blah blah blah, I just sat and laughed.
Listen: artists making commissions: make the prices lower than you think you need to.
Art is a luxury, not a necessity. It doesn’t need to be affordable for everyone.
On top of that: prices online are way below what professional artists are charging / being payed. Just saying.
This is entitlement.
this fucking guy
DRAW IT YOURSELF IF IT’S TOO DAMN PRICEY
Who fucking charges lower than 30$ for a commission? You fucking slime.
If it’s too much money learn to draw yourself you nasty piece of dog shit. An artist’s time and effort is worth the money, because art isn’t something that magically appears on a canvas. It takes planning and time and process.
Also you don’t EVER get to decide what is too much for art when you’re not the artist.
Also, this is kind of how supply and demand works. If you think you can do better for less money, then put the work in to draw as well as that person and see if you feel comfortable charging that little.
Jesus fuck, is this Tumblr artist culture in a nutshell?
Like, I get it. Insert Andrew Ryan’s “sweat of brow’ quote here and all, but the dude literally described someone who is charging $50 for a shaded image!
$50 dollars for not even a color picture, but a shading!
You can get a good AAA game with much more professional artistry to look at for that price.
I don’t care how much time and effort you put in a single artwork when I can get double the quality for half the price at a local convention! Commission prices are frankly outrageous, especially when complete works aren’t that pricey.
>“Also you don’t EVER get to decide what is too much for art when you’re not the artist.”
Bitch, you ain’t the goddamn market! You adjust prices depending on how the customers are buying. Your work cost as much someone will pay for it! That’s basic business 101! Imagine if buying art supplies ran on the same logic…
“YOU DON’T GET TO TELL ME YOU CAN GET AN AFFORDABLE, MORE POWERFUL WACOM TABLET! YOU DON’T GET TO SAY IT’S TOO EXPENSIVE! YOU AIN’T THE ONE THAT MADE IT!”
For all intensive purposes, they can and they will. That’s why it’s not your job to set a price, but to show off why you’re worth the price!
THERE HAS NEVER BEEN PERMISSION GRANTED for anyone but COMMISSIONERS to use their art for MRPs.
Someone on WoW, Horde side on WRA right now is using my art, after taking out the watermark, for his MRP/RP description and I’m getting real sick of it.
THAT IS THEFT.
DO NOT REMOVE My watermarks. DO NOT USE OTHER PEOPLE’S ART. Or I stg I will beat you with a wet noodle boy, so help me.
