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So I'm thinking I need to really be pushing the art side of things a lot harder, so I'm starting the ebay sales soon to try to drum up money, but I'm also feeling the need to push myself in terms of the actual workload. To that end I'm seriously considering taking commisions.
So I have to ask the blatant question, I's my work worth x amount for x size/degree of difficulty piece?
I'm thinking something like $100-150 for a figure with a simple bg, up to 250 for fully rendered bg. Simple half-shot portraits maybe 50-100 depending on the bg and full scenes negotiable.
Are these fair prices, and do you think they're workable given where my work is?
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I started up a tutoring business a while back, just on the side after work. I looked over the market, decided that $40/hr was about fair considering that I was driving to their place and back and so I was actually spending more time than that. (It usually worked out to $20/hr after all was said and done.)
I got lots of phone calls from people wanting to know if I would negotiate down to, say, $10/hr, which is what they could afford. (Which would have been $5/hr after driving time!) No. My time is worth more than that - I'd be working hours and hours and hours to earn bupkiss instead of a few hours at a reasonable rate for my experience and skill at teaching.
Only you can decide what your time is worth - but I think your estimates are reasonable, art is *not* easy work and we're talking hours of work here. It's far better to have fewer well-paid commissions than to work huge amounts for the equivalent of McDonalds wages. You're not doing McDonalds art, you should get rewarded properly for the skills you've acquired!
Hrm. I seem to have slipped into a rant. Sorry about that.
I mean, when you hire an landscaper and you expect good work, you pay him good. So, why not an artist?
And your work is fine.
I agree about the prices!