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Published: 2011-01-10 18:45:21 +0000 UTC; Views: 123216; Favourites: 4502; Downloads: 1787
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You guys asked for it XD so here it is. I hope it helps someone XD I tried to be as thorough as possible :3See above for a USD to Point conversion calculator for your convenience :3 Provided by *charfade be sure to drop them a thank you!
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This is great! And super helpful. Thank you for doing this!
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I just want to thank you so much for this tutorial, this is a huge help for someone new to commissions.<3
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awwies you're welcome
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You are a heaven's send, Dear. I mean seriously, I really needed this! I have been having such a hard time with getting people to commission me and I had no idea what I was doing wrong, thanks for clearing up a few things! Another excellent tutorial!
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Great tutorial, thank you very much for taking the time to make this!
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You said, "THis is a competitive market," which is gramatically incorrect
:3
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That's not grammatically incorrect - though it may be miss-typed. (just like your spelling of grammatically)... but this isn't a writing tutorial either, it's a commission guide... so I don't see how your comment is relevant or appropriate.
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After reading all of Step 1, my heart just sank. I guess there really is no career future for me as an artist.
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awwies, don't get discouraged. If you don't think you're up to starting commissions right now, then practice. The more you do art and practice it, the more you improve. You'll get there ^^
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Have you been through my gallery and saw anything you liked?
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To be honest, I'm not much into cartoons or fanart, so I'm perhaps not the best person to ask ^^
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This was very helpful! I have one question, if you don't mind: what is the average pixel dimensions/resolution you use for your commissions? And how large does that translate into prints? Thank you.
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Thanks! I usually start with around 1500x1500 300dpi for the work I do, but it varies from artist to artist. usually 300dpi prints well, as for translating to prints... i'm not sure of the dimensions needed, but most art programs can tell you the conversion to inches if you play with the canvas size settings.
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Thank you very much for the quick reply. 
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Wow, i just read another one of your guides "Survival Guide", you are now my new favorite person, thanks very much for sharing with us your years of experience, your tips and advice really comes in handy.
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XD you're welcome, and thank you :3
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Very helpful!! I'm not ready for commissions quite yet, but when the time comes I'll definitely look back at this.
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thank you
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This is a very helpful guide, thank you
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If you run a search, there a BUNCH of groups on DA just for people to advertise their commissions
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Wait, wait, do a search for what, "advertise"?
By the way, very helpful guide, the colors are a little bit harsh on the eyes, but good read overall.
Thank you
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XD search for "commission"
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I didn't think of that, thank you! I'll give that a try!
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Thanks for the great information! I want to do commissions after I improve my art skills, and your guide answered some of the questions I had about commissions.
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You're welcome
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Hi there, I've considered doing commissions sometime, but not until my skill is a bit better. Anyway, I had just one quick question which I believe you answered in the tutorial, but I think I missed it, sorry. XD The question that I have is that because I'm a digital artist, how does the person who commissioned me get their art? I mean if the commissioned work is on my dA, wouldn't other people be able to get it too?
Sorry if it's a simple thing, but it's the simple ones that always escape me! XD And thank you so much for the tutorial, it'll help me so much when I get to really doing commissions, and stop doing just requests all the time!
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whichever way you want is the short answer
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Very helpful problem is im not sure if my art is good enough for comissions... being that you seem wrather experienced would you say im ready?
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XD I try not to judge people's work for commissions (i get asked all the time) the best judge you have for that is YOU, or your watchers. If you feel like you can take on the responsibility of doing commissions, open them
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Very VERY useful, thank you! I will be using this information soon.
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This is really helpfull, exactly what I was looking for
If you don't mind, I have a question...
I already prepared something,
but I'm not sure if my art is good enough : [link]
So, what do you think ?
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Art is subjective ^^ Only you will know when you're comfortable selling your work. If you aren't sure if you're ready, then take some time to keep improving, and come back to it when you're confident that you are at that point in your work ^^ You can't go into selling your work if you don't believe in it.
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I guess I have a pretty low self esteem
I've been asking around and it seems some people
actually want me to do commissions.
Thank you for your time
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^^ you're welcome 
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Thanks, you really helped me
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you are very welcome
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I'm starting to draw furries or trying to learn how to and eventually I'd like to comission them, thanks for this clear guide on how to do so. I think it'll really help me in the future~
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you're very welcome :3
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This is fantastic! Thanks so much; one cheeky question though, other than advertising on dA, could you recommend a few other websites to advertise on?
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I wish I could, but honestly I don't go anywhere else with my art XD
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Oh wow!
That's really surprising! It's just that I remember talking to someone when I set up commissions previously and they were talking about how advertising to sell your art on dA of ineffective, considering that majority of people on here are artists themselves.
But now I know that really it doesn't have to be like that and it really is down to how you get your info out there; thanks again!
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XD The thing about deviantart is, because there -are- so many artists here, a lot of people have figured out that when they want a commission, this is the first place to check.. it's certainly more efficient than trying to find individual artists on google :3 here they can shop around, compare prices, and meet a huge array of artists.
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Yeah, that's a good point actually 
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