Back, and need opinions on opening commissions...
11 months ago
General
Six months after losing my official job, and still no new leads nor interviews that end successfully on jobs I've been applying to, I may need to try to force myself to return to doing commissions, although with some stipulations...
- I'm still not at my usual drawing speed and motivation, partly due to my hand still not at 100% after years of work abuse, and I'm still having depressive episodes that kill my will to do anything...so I can't do same day/overnight turnaround on most drawings like I used to...it'll likely take a week or two to belt something out...and I'll probably avoid comic and very large sequence commissions...
- I'm unsure yet how much I should charge per image...could use some opinions on what people feel like some of my drawings would be worth...I'd like to have a solid base line, and want to say I'd charge minimum $15-20 per hour spent on an image, but that's for when I can fully dedicate myself to an image...
- I can't see myself getting enough income this way to make it work like an actual job would, but depending on how well it does go, I might try to invest in doing art streams again and make it as close to a job as possible, until I can find proper employment once more...(if I can...)
Just to mention it, this isn't an official 'open for commissions' journal, just getting opinions and if anyone wants to be first in line for them if I do open...
- I'm still not at my usual drawing speed and motivation, partly due to my hand still not at 100% after years of work abuse, and I'm still having depressive episodes that kill my will to do anything...so I can't do same day/overnight turnaround on most drawings like I used to...it'll likely take a week or two to belt something out...and I'll probably avoid comic and very large sequence commissions...
- I'm unsure yet how much I should charge per image...could use some opinions on what people feel like some of my drawings would be worth...I'd like to have a solid base line, and want to say I'd charge minimum $15-20 per hour spent on an image, but that's for when I can fully dedicate myself to an image...
- I can't see myself getting enough income this way to make it work like an actual job would, but depending on how well it does go, I might try to invest in doing art streams again and make it as close to a job as possible, until I can find proper employment once more...(if I can...)
Just to mention it, this isn't an official 'open for commissions' journal, just getting opinions and if anyone wants to be first in line for them if I do open...
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All the same, it's good to see you back! ^^