#commissions n stuff

[vielle-art]

enoki art dump from the last lil whiiiile, +1 human cyberpunk disguise!!

enoki are a closed species by @/helixel

enoki above belong to @/tez, @/omaewanightmare (3x!), myself, @/tjrapper, & @/juustan !!!

[chipper-asks]

hey idk if this is sudden or anything, but can you explain how you do commissions and get the payment through paypal and all? if you have advice and stuff

Ooh boy ill do my best bc I'm sure the way I do it could be better still.

this got longer than i thought it would so

1: a: I create my commission sheet, make it readable and also stylized to what you want your brand to be. I have a personal opinion that sheets that do Head/Bust/Full body along with seconds of sketch/lined/colored/rendered along with prices for each one is waaaaaay too much information for your client. I get choice anxiety just going to the grocery store, those kinds of grids give me the same kind of anxiety (BUT THIS IS A PERSONAL OPINION.)

It's good to have that kind of information where YOU know it but your client has a simplified menu to peruse. You can discuss specifics with your client later.

b: Pricing? Pricing is hard, but a good rule of thumb is that if you've graduated college with an art degree, you should at least be charging $20 an hour (thats what I do).

c: If you are planning to be a professional freelancer long time, you should be considering your branding already. Things like your color palette, font choices, and icon/mascot. This is not necessary, but a commission sheet that is well designed and easy to read is much more attractive than something with hasty and squashed handwriting.

2: Paypal

Paypal sucks. I dont have any legal advice but I can direct you on where to look.

On desktop once you log in go to Send & Request at the top of the page

On the right side is a set of options and one of them is Send an Invoice

Invoices help you keep track of shit, but they also in a way let you keep more money from Paypal's greedy mitts. Paypal takes a larger percentage from straight sending money over invoices.

From a $65 commission i actually get $62.24 (But I might have gotten something like $59.78 if someone sent it to me straight)

For invoices you need your client's email. Paypal will handle the transaction so you dont need about debit or credit cards once you send them the invoice.

An invoice needs 1: The item name 2: The price of the item 3: If its going to be shipped 4: The description (optional)

1: I advise keeping item names generic. "Flat color commission of [character] is what i normally do. IF YOU DO 18+ COMMISSIONS DO NOT LABEL THINGS AS NSFW OR 18+ BECAUSE YOUR ACCOUNT WILL GET FLAGGED. Label it as you would normally and dont even mention anything of a nsfw nature. Inform your clients of this too in case they are unaware.

2: The commission price you agreed on with your client goes here. I dont worry about taxes (yet.)

3: For digital items you can just click "Not going to be shipped" and you're good

4: I sometimes do descriptions to further explain the item name, but if its not needed I usually dont fill it out.

Other stuff-

5: Tips! Turn on tips! People love to tip! Let them tip you!

6: Formulate a terms and conditions to protect your part of the commission and your client's part of the commission, especially if you have reservations on where your art goes after the commission is over.

Here is mine:

Artist will provide 2 or more sketched drafts of the commissioned work per client's provided information and/or references as applicable. Changes may be requested by the client upon receipt of sketched drafts, and artist will provide sketched drafts incorporating client's requested changes at no additional cost at the sketching stage.

Once the client agrees to finalized version of sketched draft, edits after this stage will incur additional fees to be discussed and agreed upon by the artist and client, no refunds will be offered after this time. Finished artwork will be delivered to the client via email to preserve image quality.

Finished pieces may be reposted online and cropped for icons and banners as long as there are proper credits/links to the artist. All versions of art provided by artist may not be used for commercial purposes (unless explicitly discussed), traced, used as NFTs or for any other cryptocurrency, or claimed as the client's own work

Thats all the advice i can come up with right now. There are definitely more informed artists out there who know more legalize than I do.

[chipper-asks]

I was looking at your commission info and I can see the starting points. It looks like the form is for ready to commit requests? Is there a specific way that someone could contact you about a price estimate in case they’d need to save up a bit? (Also sorry if I missed this in a post!)

🤔Actually I dont have something like that set up, that's a good question.

I'd say for now just send me an ask detailing what you want on my main blog chipper-smol and i'll answer you privately with an estimate

[chipper-asks]

Hiya, I’ve been following you for a while & have a question about your commission form.

Do people answer the hidden question in your ToS?

I’m planning on opening my commissions soon & would like to know if putting a question in is a good idea.

Thank you for your time

- someone who thinks your an incredible artist.

There's like a good 50 - 50 split on people who answer the question and who miss it.

THOUGH I haven't seen a difference between clients who answered and who didn't, everyone is polite and friendly! I get not reading it too cause its a big wad of text and we're all desensitized to ToS's because of those 200 page long ToS's that companies make so its just a habit to scroll past.

It's a net of reassurance for me just in case I get that one difficult client who doesn't want to pay for a big commission and I need to be like "no you have to pay up front, this is a $175+ commission and you agreed to paying up front" cause in the end you just don't want to get fucked over

I would say its a precautionary measure that's completely optional, but it does make me feel more comfortable. So far its been a good idea for me

and thank you! 🦊💕

[buttergriffin332]

Just to let people know, if you want to commission me, message me. But that’s probably common sense XD

[lhzgz]

Super Ultra Mega Huge Art Commission Sale!

From Black Friday all the way until Christmas, you can get some really cool art at their lowest prices of the year (unless some of you wanna give a little tater tot some optional tips—*cOUGH* lD)!

If you want to order, just pop me a message here, or on my dA where you can find info on available slots and payment! /ovo

[lhzgz]

This is a somewhat important question I'd like to ask my followers and any potential commissioners!

Earlier this month, I closed all my commish slots due to school starting (and no one really commissioning anything .m.). However, so far, my work load hasn't been quite heavy, and I feel that I could still manage to continue running limited slots for Traditional Sketches and Digital Doodles.

However, to be quite honest, I feel that none of my requests for feedback on running commissions have been paid any attention to, which is why I've often felt discouraged about keeping it up. Plus, the cost of my illustration pens for Sketches aren't exactly cheap for me when I have to stretch whatever personal money I have left, and they tend to dry out a little faster than standard writing pens after being used for a while, so Inks aren't available for free requests.

Long whiny post short, if anyone wouldn't mind letting me know that they want to buy soon, I'll open up slots again. They only run from $1-10! /owo Anything you pay, or possibly donate, does mean a lot! uwu

[fawnst]

hey uh thought i'd advertise here too

so yeah i need about 30 bucks by tomorrow night (originally i was told by tonight but i talked w/ them and gave me until tomorrow because they only gave me an hour's notice today)

SO YEAH COMMISSIONS

prices and stuff are here! 

payment must be paid through paypal (ignore the points thing that's for dA)

i'll draw animals, humans, anthros, whatever! more specifics on what i will/will not draw is at the bottom and please read the terms of service before ordering!

either send me a note on deviantART or a message on here if you'd like to commission me!