Hey guys! I couldn't find a better way to begin my year than to "officially" start my sideline business of creating drawings and illustrations as a source of income to attempt being financially independent.
So, I created a digital catalog of what services I will be able to offer you. This PDF shows samples of my work in their specific category (which I did try my best to categorize since I'm often clueless where to place them) and their price just in case you'd like to place an order.
If you want to take a look, it's available for viewing and download. Just go to my blog and click the "Commission Catalog" on my navigation bar. It will lead you to Dropbox where you can go check it out. :)
IMPORTANT NOTES and Possible FAQs:
There are things that I didn't put in that catalog for reasons like they're kind of unnecessary to be there but I still hope you'll be aware of, just in case.
1.) Advantages of not haggling your total payment.
It's inevitable that the price range for my works will be too much for somebody and it'll always lead to haggling or in my local term "tawad" or "hangyo". Anyway, I'm not greedy so I can allow you to take away 5-10% from your total order.
However, if you'll be willing to pay the full amount, I'd be happy to say what's in it for you:
Free final revisions - Just in case you're not satisfied with the final composition of a design or illustration, I'll continue to work on your request until you're pleased. The number of final revisions allowed would be a maximum of three.
On-time output - When paying with full amount, I will try my best to work on your request so it can get done within the time frame I've allotted for the kind of commission you've requested. Haggling your total payment may cause me to delay your request because I'll be prioritizing those who pay the exact amount of their orders (plus the shipping fee for printed/hand-drawn orders).
Since I'm still in college and I'm posting this in the middle of my semester, the number of requests I can take may vary. I'm pretty sure IÂ can entertain a maximum of 3-4 orders per month but it depends on the complexity of the pieces I'll be working on. I'm going for a proper queuing system.
3) Other reasons why I made an ordering catalog.
If you've read it, you'll know that I want to lessen the frustration of adjusting prices for different clients even though they're requesting the same type of work. It's totally unfair for me and for a client who is overpaying me for a commission. I can't deny this happened several times already and I'm quite sick of it. I want to start this small business with honesty and fairness for me and my future clients. What took me SO long to finish this catalog is that I had doubts on my prices - were they too cheap? too expensive? I've based them from the average of the lowest and highest payments I've received for my previous commissions. I've worked on several outputs in the past year but decided not to post my works on my blog.
So, if you happen to be that person who think my prices are too expensive, I don't care if I'll sound mean saying this but...Just don't bother ordering. I've encountered freeloaders in the past and it really drags! I can't even begin to describe the horrible feeling and I have only myself to blame because it is I who chose to take their requests in the first place. I've finally known (from reading a Design Taxi article haha) that there are no bad clients, just freelancers who are bad at choosing them - and yes, I've been there.
I know my prices are a cheaper compared to artists who offer the same work I do and I really intended it to be that way because, for the nth time, I'm not an art or design major. I'm not a professional. I do these things out of pure passion only. I do get the feeling that I should increase some just a little bit but I chose not to.
If you don't have a problem with my prices at all, then I'm very happy with the thought. I love getting requests from people who know how to pay properly when it comes to these things.
4) Do you offer other services not included in your catalog?
Yes! But I didn't include those works yet because I don't have a specific price range for them and I don't get them usually like the ones I've put in there. Please, feel free to inquire me about a design job that isn't included there but you have a feeling like I can do it. However, I can't promise that I can do it 100%. I've emphasized on my introduction section that there are a lot of design jobs you should offer to professionals.
5) What type of commissions are you planning to include soon?
COLORED PORTRAITS! I'm already making colored portraits in the past but I decided not to include it because I only have a small stock of coloring materials as of the moment. When I've saved enough money from this, I hope to purchase Faber-Castell Polychromes so I can start practicing and eventually, include them in my catalog in the future.
