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commission update october

Tue Oct 27, 2009, 10:03 PM


Hi guys :bucktooth:

Due to some craziness (which you probably don't know about unless you're on Thorns or one of my friends) I have been having some difficulty handling my entire life, but I am plugging away and hope to have every single one of my September+earlier commissions finished by the end of the month. I have started my October queue and finished several of the pieces owed, but I still owe many of you your character portraits. As I only took on October commissions on the condition that they have no required time constraints, this is hopefully not too big of an issue. Don't worry, everything will be done in time for the holidays.

Those were officially the last large-batch commissions I will ever take. In the future I won't be able to commit to any schedule for small jobs, so it's not really fair to take them anymore. My price list is officially not applicable anymore. I am still somewhat available for larger, long-term commissions.

In the "real jobs" front (ie, not DA), I find myself suddenly swamped with requests, as well as one very exciting prospect that I can't talk about yet. It's been chaos here at the Thunder Cave, but I'm looking forward to the Halloween costume party (I'm still going as Mrs. Lovett) as a tiny bit of respite from the business of my life right now.

Aaaaand my obligatory plug: If you like writing, go join Thorns. :D

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:iconlilfirebender:
~lilfirebender Oct 29, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
Ya, I've been pretty lucky over the last few months. Up until recently it was much harder for me, too.

So many amazingly talented artists, with Bachelors degrees in art and illustration, have been dropping their rates as low or lower than mine. It was killing me.

I really need to just get out there, though. Do some of the art shows this summer and stuff. There are far better jobs available locally and my gallery does not get that much traffic.
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:iconthundercake:
`thundercake Oct 29, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
yeah it's killing me how cheap people are willing to sell their work for...I guess that's capitalism. It's a shame though.
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:iconlilfirebender:
~lilfirebender Oct 31, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
I'm probably one of them. I work for about $5.00-$10.00 an hour on commissions, which is pretty sad. But...at the same time, I want regular commissions. At least I've never dropped my price. I've only gone up.
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:iconthundercake:
`thundercake Nov 1, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
ah yeah, same here. my rate for dA commissions was way lower than my real-world rate. It was a huge loss to do them, but dA projects are way more fun..
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:iconlilfirebender:
~lilfirebender Nov 6, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
DA projects usually are more fun. And...eh, it's only a loss if you're putting off real world jobs to do them. If not...the bit of extra cash doesn't hurt.
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:iconhailfall:
Ow too bad, i was hoping to get that commission done from you, what we talked about in PMs :(
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:iconthundercake:
`thundercake Oct 28, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
If we started talking about it, you're still good :) I have an unofficial queue of people who couldn't pay just yet but wanted work in the future.
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:iconhailfall:
alright. Thanks hon, thats good to know..
I should be able to pay soon though cause ill get paid soon
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:iconthundercake:
`thundercake Oct 28, 2009  Professional Digital Artist
:D ok! looking forward to it.
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:iconhailfall:
Well i sent you a note ^^
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