Does this look like 40 USD worth of art to you guys
>>8078080Values and prices are arbitrary, if the client paid 500 dollars for that, then its a 500 dollar worth piece, no matter what you think.
Is this just one mongoloid shitting up the board or what?
>>8078083this is my first post on this board
sounds sort of cheap for fetish art, i could easily see 100 usd if the artist wouldn’t normally take this kind of specific nsfw request and this was a an unusual fill for them. i’ve typically seen when an artist is forced to draw something they firmly don’t want to, that they double the normal rate or something like that. your presented pricing could be a little low at 40 and still make sense for a fetish request if the commission slots were intentionally marketed to the artist’s mutuals and supporters so everything was more temp and lowkey including the pricing, or in the circumstance that the artist usually draws the same sort of content as this commission and regularly takes nsfw fetish art comms and it’s business as usual. in these cases sure, 40’s fine.but yeah, this >>8078082 is always the answer to these threads unless you’re genuinely asking for an idea in pricing your own work as a start up.
yes>butdoes not mattersomeone WILL pay for it
I never got the mentality of people being angry when others sell their art for prices they deem "too high". If you think your art is better than theirs that just means you can raise your rates higher than them which sounds like a win for everyone assuming your not some nodraw negging people to draw free shit for you
>>8078080this is pure supply and demand. set your prices to a level where you will get the level of commissions you would want to do for the money you get.
>>8078155>I never got the mentality of people being angry when others sell their art for prices they deem "too high".>poorfags who want art from a certain artist but don't want to pay for it>lowballing third worlders who do shit for scraps because ???????????>poor third worlders that just lash out at anyone getting the "bag" they feel is unworthypick one
>>8078155I think it's a poor people thing, rich people pay hundreds of thousands for garbage and other rich people don't bat an eye.
>>8078080This has negative appeal
>>8078162>>8078155>>8078102>>8078082Don't forget he also has to compete against AI generated images as well.Someone could train a Lora off his picture, and now generate infinite pictures based on whatever fetish the OP was going for.And before y'all get mad at me, I'm just telling you the truth. If you're charging $500 and not getting any clients, it's because the clients have already found their solution. Which is prompting.
>omg please talk about ai already
i have an idea
>>8078080The problem is not the person who posts the price, but rather the one who pays it.
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>>8078290 > I am crying
>>8078290damn bratty zoomzoom
>>8078244You are literally saying that the rich are stupid; the rich only buy art worth millions in order to launder money.
>>8078155they are just jealous
>>8078557If you make art that can be easily generated by a robot, you were never good.Which is 99% of artists these days.
>>8078575Literally any art can be generated by a robot, it's just a matter of feeding it with enough data. Even if you were some innovative artist, it would take one (1) guy with personal vendetta to feed your entire gallery to an AI
>>8078080There's no way I'd pay for anything with word balloons that sloppy. Typography is a craft, please cultivate it.
>>8078579Except there are innovative artists who already use AI in their works. A single prompt wont match it.But stuff like the OP >>8078080 that is something a robot can spit out easily. He better not charge more than $1 for that...
>>8078575You literally live in a place where you can't move more than 2 inches without it smelling like shit
>>8078620You have the wrong person. Your family lives in Mumbai since you know all about smells.
>>8078162>>8078082Retards like this don't know what arbitrage means and you should never take anyone that tells you "it's supply and demand" seriouslyYou can absolutely be angry because someone has the exact same skills as you, the exact same style, you draw with the exact proportions, it's the exact same drawing through and through, it takes you both the exact same time as wellBut your cost of living is $4000 dollars per month and his cost of living is $800 dollars, you both charge in dollars, and he charges 80% less than any number you price your equally equal art.You shouldn't be mad at the dude probably, but you can absolutely be mad that your country doesn't have arbitrage countermeasures.
>>8078707>But your cost of living is $4000 dollars per month and his cost of living is $800 dollars, you both charge in dollars, and he charges 80% less than any number you price your equally equal art.No one forced you to live in New York City or San Francisco. Either eat the costs or get your ass on an airplane and move.
>>8078717>Relocating to Mumbai so you can actually "live off your art": your dreamI will be impressed and give mad respect for that one.I could see myself doing it.But I wouldn't do it out of the blue tho. I would do it with an established fanbase, a packed patreon and a couple months of commission backlogs.The problem is the 20yo that lives in a normal city vs the 20yo in rural china.The point of the argument, is that the competition is ahead from the get go
>>8079015You can go live in Eastern Europe and live like a Slavic King instead of going to Mumbai
>>8079015You've been brainwashed if you think only Mumbai is close to affordable. Coastal cities have always been for the elites and established millionaires. Why so many artists think they're entitled to live there when they barely have a following or make ends meets is puzzling.Just get an internet connection and move to appalachia. At least you won't starve to death from paying rent.
>>8079029This is also good advice. Poland is still a good country, and it's way cheaper than New York. So is Tokyo. Maybe more anons would be successful if they learned this secret.
Artists are not competing with each other. It makes no sense to compare yourself to other artists. If you need $2000 to make it worth your time, you should do so.Your fans (I wouldn't even call them clients) commission you because they want YOU to draw something for them. The "supporting an artist you like" aspect is often far more important than the drawing itself.They are not looking at other artists as cheaper alternatives because those artists are not YOU. The guy who charges 100 times less than you isn't your competition. He is actually in this thread trying to make you believe that you are losing sales to him.
>>8079032>You've been brainwashed if you think only Mumbai is close to affordable.I'm not """brainwashed"" I don't give a FUCK about any third world country and picked one from memory in the shittiest country on earth with literal shit on the streets
>>8079015You are a piece of shit that's not even in the running, you are a saboteur, fucking sack of shit, DIE
>>8079032>>8079034>>8079062I love how you think $4000 a month is "new york costs" when it's fucking less than 50k a year, below the fucking average income for the countryYou are all kids with no sense of scale, thus proving the initial post as well, mind youNever take fucking kids advice on anything, let alone anything related to economy
>>8079069You don't exist outside of /ic/, your tricks only work here demon
>>8079055Maybe you are a third worlder. Because your comments come off as unhinged and irrational.
>>8079069>I love how you think $4000 a month is "new york costs" when it's fucking less than 50k a year, below the fucking average income for the countryMost artists don't even make $50,000 a year but still want to live in expensive places like New York.Do you understand why that's now a moronic idea you punk?And giving up 98% of your paycheck each month means you have no savings leftover. That's suicide in this economy.
>>8079034it's a good country because you aren't here.fuck off.
>>8079079>use mumbai as offhand remark>"you are BRAINWASHED!"You might be indian if you got this salty over it
SAAR MUMBAI VERY AFLENT WEALTH YOU BITCH BASTARD I RAPE YUO FANILY
>>8079034you are so naive holy fuck
>>8079092Wait, you're Polish and paying $4000/month to live?You are stupid.
>>8079127There are literal Mexicans and Guatemalans who are able to move across borders in search of better life.If you're unable to move your fatass and find a better area to live, then you deserve to go bankrupt.
