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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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XD silly, I always reply to my messages (though lately i've been a bit late at it cause i've been sick XD) and thank you so much :3 I really appreciate getting your messages 
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Oh, I wish you the best of health then ^.^ You don't need to force yourself to reply to this if you're sick. You should focus on getting well Now I feel guilty for making you even sicker...;A;
Son't doubt that your tutorials help~ They're probably the only reason I survived dA... ^.^
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Thank you ^^
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No problem ^.^ I should be the one thanking you actually...
Um...will you be my friend? It's okay if not really ^.^ I perfectly understand...
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yesm :3 I'm a firm believer that you can NEVER have too many friends
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very very helpful ^^ thank you for sharing!
I just did not get the price thing, how exactly do you decide how much your work is worth?
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a starting point would be minimum wage x the hours it takes you to complete a piece - but of course that's just a relative idea. You can also just wing it and say okay.. my time is worth so much $ each hour. You can also take a look around DA and find artists at a similar artistic quality and copy their prices XD
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okay, thank you very much! <3
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Thank you so much for this. I have gotten a few commissions outside of the internet community, but I really hope to start commissioning here on DA in the near future and I honestly don't know how to start. You have helped me immensely. Thank you.
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Wow this is amazingly helpful!! I think I need to go edit my own information now XD Really though, it's nice to have someone experienced to help guide those less experienced. Much appreciated.
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Hi~
I love this tutorial 
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Thank you ! A "flatting" is when you take a color-less picture (like a black and white drawing) and add simple base colors to the picture (sort of like a coloring book) that becomes your "base" for all further shading.
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Just plain colours without any shading c:
There's no shading, thus there's no depth, meaning it's 'flat'.
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omg thanks! i was wondering the same thing
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Thank you very much 
It's very usefull ^_^
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Hi, I run into this tutorial of yours and found it very useful as I'm planning in the future to take commissions
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you are very welcome :3
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Your tutorials are always so awesome :3 thanks a lot for it ^^
I've been considering doing commissions for 6 months xD but I was unsure about how I would do it, and if I would have the time to do it, since i'd have to study more on the 2nd semester.
Anyway, I'm now actually going to open commissions, but I dont have a PayPal account, making one would be too much trouble and I dont know if it would worth it, so I'll just make point commissions for a while to see how it goes.
So I read that $10 would be like 600 points. But does people actually have that much points? Most people does from 20 to 200 points.
It's first time I try to do it, and I dont have many watchers (about 40 xD) so you think from 50 to 200-300 points are good enough for a first time?
And sometimes I take almost a month to finish a drawing, will that be a big problem? Plus, how many slots should I open? I'm really confused about it xD
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some people do, yes XD, i usually have 600-2,000 on me at any given time. whatever you do, don't sell yourself short, if you wouldn't do a sketch for $2, then don't do one for the equivalent in points. Slots really depend on you - how fast do you work and how comfortable are you with having a queue line. I usually take 5-10 people and if i'm not working very fast, i start turning down commissions until I have a bit more freetime and things are moving faster :3
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oh thank you >u<
btw, to have a PayPal account, do you really need an international credit card or there's another way? .-. seems like people at my country don't care abour PayPal so..
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an international credit card? not even sure I know what that is XD, no to have a paypal account all you need is an email address and possibly some sort of bank account. - you can have an account without a bank account (they can send you a check in the mail for your money) but having a bank account is preferable XD then people just plug in your e-mail address whenever they need to send you money, and it's transferred to your account directly.
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This was super helpful. Now all I need to do is practice like the wind. XD
Is it considered a turn-off for people if you only want to work in a category that you know? Like drawing characters from a certain tv show or movie or book rather than OC's?
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it can be - sometimes people really like your work but don't like the subject matter so much XD and it's harder to get commissions etc if you refuse to go outside that box - that's why it's good to learn and practice a bunch of different stuff so you feel more comfortable working on other things even if 90% of the time you still work in your given category :3
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thank you so much for doing this, i've been into commissions for a while now, buti don't usually get so many customers; i'll try to follow some of your advices! ♥
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it surely did, thanks! ♥
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Definitely a major help to me! I greatly appreciate it!
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I wanted to really start making commissions but since I never had any idea of how to tell people about it, I always put it off...
but after reading this I feel a little more confident that I can make it ^^
thanks for this wonderful tutorial
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You are very welcome :3
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love it its so helpful and detailed
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n_n np ill prolly actually use it some day
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This is amazing!! Thank you so much for posting this! I was having trouble coming up with a formula for prices, and this works perfectly! Thank you oh god of commissions!
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lmao you are very welcome
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+faving this! It's going to come in handy; it's a great guide!
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awwies thank you
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