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Pricelists Industry vs Fandom.

Finally made.

If anyone would care to donate a coloured comic page for the comic industry standard list I’m willing to accept one and will give credit c8 I would’ve made one if I had an example but I don’t -A-

But yes that’s off my chest.

Of course this is based off my own browsing over price lists and how I work unfortunately my commissioner homie went idle so I can’t confirm the most vs the least one can spend.

I’ve only found one artist thus far that charges nearly as close to industry standard. Even then it’s under the standard. As far a I’m concerned anyone under the standard shouldn’t have complaints about expensive art. Fandom average is hardly one you can live by.

Would you like to get paid $30 for 3-7 days worth of work?

Yeah hey, everyone look at this. This is what EVERY artist should be able to charge, even if just the lower rungs.

Gosh

ahahah ok, this actually made me remember one moment that happened on a local Con this summer, we were doing commissions there, and we were drawing A5 format chibies for 5LT(2$) they were lined, colored and looking all nice and this girl comes to us asking about prices and we tell her that chibi drawing is 2$ and she said: wow that`s too expensive and walked away.

ahahahah if only she saw this post :”D

mandatory reblog

seriously though. I sell my stuff for so cheap when I could get away with much more. Mostly because my friends are either highschoolers or college students and I can understand not having access to or having the money in general, but I’ve sold a print of an unfinished piece for $175 before to an artist/art collector friend, so I know my stuff is worth or close to being worth industry standard prices.

Its hard to see people whine at me that $10 is too expensive for a fully shaded single body when i should be selling them for more 8( But I know a lot of other people enjoy the prices because they can actually buy stuff at that price, so it’s worth it for them more than anything.

Pay attention.

Everyone who whines about artists ‘overpricing’ need to see this.

Every fandom based artist I’ve seen has been under charged. Understandable, we know our audience isn’t always wealthy. However. Someone saying something like “$20 for 3 hours work is expensive!! ” is infuriating. Think about it, what does that turn out per hour?

Long story short - if you cannot afford the LUXURY of buying art (Yes your own custom art is a LUXURY item, look up what that means if that surprises you!) then you do not deserve to buy it and should focus on buying your necessities first, because custom art, iPads and designer fashion is not for you that you absolutely MUST buy. No artists deserve to drop the price just because you’re still struggling to pay the bills/don’t earn any money to start with (trust me, I’ve recieved the 11 year old sob story “but i dont get money to buy stuff so make me art!!! almost monthly  now). Remember, there is a human being doing work for you here.
To close, have a fable about Picasso (who was a talented artist not just for abstract works, remember)

“Picasso was in a park when a woman approached him and asked him to draw a portrait of her. Picasso agreed and quickly sketches her. After handing the sketch to her, she is pleased with the likeness and asks how much she owed to him. Picasso replied $5,000. The woman screamed “but it took you only five minutes”. No, madam, it took me all my life, replied Picasso.”