Do You Have Any Advice For Opening Commissions? I Feel Like You Have Them Very Professionally Set Up,

do you have any advice for opening commissions? i feel like you have them very professionally set up, and i have pretty bad social anxiety, so it might be helpful to hear tips for communicating with customers and such, or setting up a fair tos!

hi so, maybe i do have some advice!!! <33 thank you so so much for the kindness & seeing me as professional lol i’ve been doing comms for 2-3 years and i must say.. still getting the hang of a lot of things. you go through a lot of trial + error trying to figure out what works best for you, so remember theres no truly right way to go about comms! they should all fit the needs, pace, and benefit of you and your work ethic!

what i did personally is start off at some lower prices just to test the waters and get the ball rolling. i priced rendered characters at i think, $24 per character? possibly lower, i cant quite remember. and then i gradually went up as i started to progress in my art style more + had more people coming in.

with customers, i have a lot of anxiety as well! im autistic, so i never like making a customer feel like i dont truly care abt the commission by accidentally sounding too flat or anything. i tend to RLLY overthink it lol so we make sure we are extra talkative + kind about their comm! giving them compliments on the character, showing genuine excitement so they know theyre in good hands! (we love engaging esp when the customer seems VERY excited or enthusiastic abt the commission!)

a lot of irl turmoil tends to happen in our life which can make a comm delayed sometimes. could be severe mental health problems, just being busy w/ shit in general. its important to just keep your customers up to date, especially if its going to take a realllyyy long time or the customer likes frequent updates.

i used to be able to get shit done in like a night. but, with an actual line up/queue of comm work we progressively started taking longer and longer esp as we transitioned from a teenager starting out and into a busy adult with persistent mental health issues. (plus our art becomes more complex as time goes on, so that has to be taken into account) tbhs, depending on your availability and how much effort goes into your work, and as the demand grows, you need to charge accordingly and just be honest with your clientele.

as for TOS do what makes you comfortable! make your limits known and put your foot down when a request or any topic makes you uncomfortable. dont let your customers get inappropriate with you or try to make you feel bad if they dont wanna pay for what they ask for, etc. i also recommend requesting payment after sketch/half and half when starting out just so you can get some experience under your belt + assure future clients that youre professional n wont scam them! (if you plan on switching to payment upfront in the future)

just remember that u are not a machine, you are a human being making art for someone else. putting love n effort into your craft, time and effort. take your time getting the hang of comm stuff, things dont have to be perfect in your setup at first.

Participated in the #FirePinkyPillsRedraw art trend!

Ignoring the obvious— she is an awful, creepy person. BUT she also got my beloved book accurate plus sized William all wrong and I am quite frankly appalled. That man is not fat that is a skinny man with a gut taped on, Pinkypills!!!!!!!! Get it together.

stole this from twitter but would anyone like to do this…

Just beholding this. The way you did rainbow cake is SO pretty… and I can’t get over how pretty Circus Baby’s cheeks are UGHHAH. 😭😭💖

I was so excited to do this DTIY by @psiirockin because they are actually one of my favorite FNAF artists. So, I can only hope that they like it ^_^

hi hello! so this is more of a question about your commissions but I am a fictive that selfships, one of the people I selfship with is from the same source. if I were to commission art of us would that be considered proship?

I mean, I wouldn’t think so.. If it’s just someone from your source that you ship yourself /your character source with then it’s not a proship? I wouldn’t think? If it’s not incestuous/pedophelia/shipping yourself with someone IRL who doesn’t consent/etc then I don’t mind drawing it!

Proship at least to me is the support/drawing/etc of relationships that are unethical/immoral so as long as it’s moral..

You will have to DM me or explain in my forms if you’re still unsure! I know fictive related stuff can be tricky to navigate sometimes.

AUGHFHGH???? OOMF THIS IS SO BEAUTIFUL THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR PARTICIPATING!! 💖🌈 Your Circus Baby is so without flaw I adore her, as always!!!

stole this from twitter but would anyone like to do this…

(you can do this with your circus baby + elizabeth designs as well idm!!)