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Just got contacted by this dude who wants me to make character art for a cardgame. He just saw my blog and liked my stuff.

How much should I charge him? What do you recommend?

I don't think I'll have to design the characters. He just wants me to take the designs and pose them in three different ways. Two bust shots, one angry, one happy, and then a full body shot.

Full color x 8 characters.

I was thinking around $300USD a character sheet. Sound reasonable?

>> No.3511944

>>3511939
Is that your drawing? Yes, $300 sounds good.

>> No.3511952

>>3511939
charge by the hour nigga

>> No.3511958

>>3511944
The digits have spoken. $300 it is then. Thank you kind anon.

Also, so this thread gets put to good use. Someone once posted an image or a link to a blog that talked about how to price different creative work. If someone could repost it, that'd be awesome!

>> No.3512190

>>3511939
Is that your drawing? No, $300 sounds absolutely insane.

You'll scare the customer away with such silly pricing, be realistic and charge 60$ per piece.

>> No.3512192

>>3512190
this, but unironically

>> No.3512193

300 USD is alright for private clients. I recently charged 700 USD for a pinup illustration but that's almost the upper end for private stuff. Once you get studios trying to hire you, charge more. How much depends on the studio's budget but double the amount is fairly average.

>> No.3512205

>>3512190
But it's not just a piece, but several drawings per character, if I understood OP. Probably for a dating VN.

>> No.3512206
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>>3512190
>$60 for something that will probably take 8 hours or more and be at that level of rendering+polish

I hope this is just really good bait

>> No.3512217

>>3512190
>realistic
>60$ per piece.

found the crab
anyone who can't pay a decent wage for specialized work is not a real customer, a.k.a. one you want to work for and keep coming back

>> No.3512218

>>3512190
dont listen to this retard

>> No.3512234

>>3512190
>charge 60$ per piece.
nonsense

>> No.3512283

>>3512190
t. highschoolfag

people spend time on art, if you undercharge you'd make less than minimum wage. might as well be washing dishes

>> No.3512300

>>3512190
I can make more working a minimum wage job for 7 hours. And that piece sure as hell would take longer than 7 hours

>> No.3512306

>>3511939
How many lewd art will we have once Kizuna reaches 2 million?

>> No.3512309

>>3511944
>>3511958
>>3512190
>baits anons into thinking OP is a prominent porn artist

>> No.3512326

How long would it take you to do each piece?

>> No.3512336

>>3512309
The thread is pointless to OP if that's not his art

>> No.3512352

>>3511939
IS THAT YOUR ART OR NOT, CUNT?

>> No.3512399

>>3512190
>>3512336
>>3512352
/ic/ is fucking retarded.

>> No.3512413

>>3512399
Answer the question, bitch.

>> No.3512415

>>3512413
Seriously, how stupid are you?

>> No.3512427

>>3512415
ANSWER THE FUCKING QUESTION STUPID FUCK

>> No.3512603

>>3512427
>>3512413
>>3512352
how fucking normalfag is this board to not recognize the artist in the OP

>> No.3512676

>>3512603
Shameful, but I still draw worse than some people here which makes me think Im fucking pathetic, how can these brainlets be better than me?

>> No.3512689

>>3511939
so did you get the $300 per sheet OP? It seems a bit ambitious if you don't have much of a resume, especially because those card game dudes seem flakey.

>> No.3512697

>>3511939
>comparatively 37.5 dollars an hour
Kek.
Good luck selling anything.

>> No.3513031

>>3512689
>>3512697
The reason I asked was because I've never done art for card games before, and they generally have a smaller budget. I regularly do work for videogames, where the rate is roughly the same as what I posted in the OP.

I told the guy I had my hands full with a couple other projects, one of which is paying me $10k for 8 character designs and some promotional art. So really, I don't think I'd do it for less than $300 a page the more I think about it.

I already gave the guy the quote, haven't heard back from him, probably won't. But like I said, I'm already busy, so if it's not worth my time in money it's not worth doing.

>> No.3513043

>>3512190
lmao what a fucking faggot, such is the state of /ic/ these days

>> No.3513176

With any sort of deal making you want to make your first offer high, and let them "negotiate" you down to the normal price you'd accept.

>> No.3513188

>>3512206
>>3512217
>>3512218
>>3512234
>>3512283
>>3512300
>>3512399
>>3513043

since when are these samefaggin DA underage faggots allowed on /ic?

>> No.3513192

>>3512190
>>3512336
>>3512352
>>3512413
>>3512427
>/ic/ full of 0 brain cell morons
oof

>> No.3514927

>>3512190
Dom't listen to this low balling idiot.

>> No.3514928

>>3511939
Ask what his budget is OP and then go from there.

>> No.3514938

>>3512300
I work as a geriatric nurse and I would do an art job for half the money per hour anytime of the day.

>> No.3514968

>>3514938
That’s 100% cus your art sucks

>> No.3514972

>>3512192
This, but ironically.

>> No.3514973

>>3512205
He literally said it’s a card game, you idiot.

>> No.3514978

>>3512697
>3 hours per card
Post work.

>> No.3514980

>>3514968
If my art was good I would do it even more so since I would enjoy it even more if I was good.

Wash the ass of an old angry retard or do the thing you enjoy for half the money? Only a retard would pick the former.

>> No.3514984

>>3514938
how much do you make per hour?

>> No.3514988

>>3514984
Depends. I earn a lot in night shifts, up to 50 dollars per hour. On average I get around 40.

>> No.3514991

>>3514980
Protip: both involve washing a retard’s ass.

>> No.3514993

>>3514988
...half of that would be more than $300 per sheet, retard.

>> No.3515000
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3515000

>tfw i i comission for 10 dollars
>tfw not in US
>tfw conversion rates and fees make the 10 usd into 8 usd
>tfw full body portrait with color
I made it guys, right?

>> No.3515001

>>3514991
That's actually the easiest part of the job anyway.
>>3514993
That's irrelevant to what I wrote. Art is a dream job while working a generic minimum wage job is "shall I kill myself instead of going to work?" tier. Anyone decent would take such a job even for a large pay cut instead of doing a shitty job for more money.

>> No.3515009

>>3515001
How is it irrelevant, you utter retard?

>should I charge $300 dollars per 3 cards (<$20 per hour)
>no, you should charge $60 per image
>I can make more than that in 7 hours (<$10 per hour)
>well I hate my job, and I would do it for >$20 an hour. I can’t draw btw
Are you a literal fucking imbecile?

>> No.3515017

>>3515009
Whatever you say, obnoxious angry man.

>> No.3515029

>>3515000
charging the same amount for a commissioned work as a fucking sandwich.
kys

>> No.3515031

>>3514980
yeah no kidding but no one wants shit art so obviously you would be willing to work for below the industry standard LOL

>> No.3515033

>>3511939
How long is it going to take you to do? 10 hours? $30/h is a pretty average rate, if not low if you live in CA.

Is it going to take you 30 hours? $10/h is absolute fucking garbage.

>> No.3515034

>>3513188
pretending to be retarded just makes you a fucking retard. Maybe, just maybe, you'll realize this one day.

>> No.3515265

>>3515000
Lol me too. I live in the US but just starting out, it's really fucking hard to get customers. And a lot of them don't even leave reviews even though I ask them to and they say they will because they were really happy with the work

I even add full-color full-detail backgrounds. I bust my ass and try to make each piece better than the last but still hardly anyone buys lol.

>> No.3515326

>>3515033
Take me about 4 hours a sheet desu.

Already gave him my rate btw, he replied back, said he's interested, and that he's waiting to hear back from other artists as well.

So we'll see I suppose. Either way, I'm not stressing. Already got all my bills covered with this vidya gig, so anything more is just extra really.

>> No.3515396

>>3512190
Have you never offered commissions? Do you have any idea how long line art alone takes? He said he was drawing 8 characters.

>> No.3516332

>>3513031
>But like I said, I'm already busy, so if it's not worth my time in money it's not worth doing.
This.

The only instance where you should undercharge is if you are starving or are being kicked out of your house for not paying the rent and NEED it ASAP.

>> No.3516335

>>3513176
Fuck that. I offer the normal price I want directly and they have two options, accept it or not. I'm not wasting my time with jewish mind games.