/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

ive been working in illustration for a couple years now, have a lot of commissions on my list and lately im loosing clients. why? because so many people undercut prices.

ive just had a commission taken by a young illustrator, she offered 5 percent of my price and other illustrators (ive had friends compete in the tender). apparentaly, she didnt even ask for licensing.

this is becoming the norm, for a commercial key visual that takes someone six hours to make going as low as 10 eur per work. ive had clients ask me if i can go as low as 5 eur per shootingboard frame, quickly denying this work, ive discovered that they had the student do it for 4 eur per frame by the end.

besides being just a crying rant, this is also a warning to anyone who wants the sell their work. DO NOT SET PRICES WITH NO EXPERIENCE OR ANALYSIS ON MARKET, youre fucking the game for the rest of us.

tell me your experince with illustrators working for 1/10 of what they could be making.

im so fucking mad.

What does it mean to you to 'make it'?

Does 'it' mean making a shitload of money, or a fulfilling career, or just a life of drawing anime titties all day long?