How good should I be at drawing before i start doing commisions?
>>7917539Depends on what people want from you. Also there's a whole thread for questions like this >>7884923
>>7917539Damn, that's some cheap Casper the Ghost drawings right there.
>>7917539>Sketch -> Line art
>>7917539when people start asking if you take commissions
I've never seen anyone order a sketch or lineart, or flat color even. Why do artists still include this
>>7917539>Extra $3 for tracing the sketch>Extra $3 for bucket fill>Extra $5 for fucking airbrush pillow shading
>>7918056They exist but it's not as common (maybe 1 out of 5 or 1 out of 10). Usually it's literally because the commissioner is broke but still want to commission that specific artist. These dont get posted often
>>7917541Board’s slow enough as it is, let people make threads>>7918056For broke teenagers
>>7918111The best part is the eyes being shaded like they're hollow
>>7917539Consistency and content is more valuable than quality. I've seen absolutely dogshit artists who've been at it for 10 years and never noticeably improved who make bank off of comms just because they can shit dozens of them out in a day, and because they draw relatively uncommon things that have target audiences with low standards.
>>7917539Good is relative. There's always a market for something. Reminder there's a guy who commissioned anon $1,000 just to make 100 wojak edits
>>7918056Arbitrage and third world countriesMaybe some guy's lines are really good for 100, and his color is an extra 100But you could take the lineart and pay third worlders for color untill you hit someone you really like for cheap, maybe you could get great color for 20-30It's like lego pieces or building your own pc, but in commissions
>>7918056>why are there basic services when the premium service existsThis is like marketing 101 retard. You offer the stock options, and then show the buyer what they can get for just a few dollars more.Heated seats, power steering, etc. The auto industry has been doing this since before we were all born. You get the customer in the door with the cheap price, and upsell.>Oh you just want line art? Yeah I can do that, but look at this, I can do some great color for just a little more. >Oh wow look how great this looks! Should I add some shading? A background? Another character?And this works even better if the customer LIKES what they see. No, you aren't going to upsell a piece of crap with rendering.You know what...I take that back. black people still put $1000 rims on a $500 car, right?
