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Marker-Guru — Commission Guide revised
Published: 2006-10-10 19:08:34 +0000 UTC; Views: 27262; Favourites: 532; Downloads: 1188
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This tutorial is getting more attention lately, so I've updated it. and reopened comments. I will close commenting agian if people get all holier than thou again.Apparently I cant change the gallery because they'll never load. you'll have to download the doc until I can.
I'll add more FAQ as they come along as well enjoy.
FAQ
I get SO many notes about more questions. I'll add them!
Q: How do I set up paypal?
A: It's different for different countries! I'm Canadian and from what I hear the American paypal is very different. other countries .. who knows. you will need to follow the instructions that paypal gives you, and ask them if you have questions.
Q: Can you go through my gallery and tell me if its worth opening commissions/I'm good enough/ how much to charge?
A: No, I can't. Sorry but pricing is something you have to manage on your own, and it's up to you to open commissions for your OWN reasons, not because i said you're cool
Q: What option should people use when sending money via paypal?
A: I'm not sure which ones have fees or not, but i generally choose "other" or gift"
Old Tutorial Translations:
In russian - Translated by Bat-Mau
In Indonesian - translated by shukugumo
In Czech - translated by Myrthilla
In Spanish - translated by - JacquiJax
in French by LoukvennMoon
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Comments: 145
A very nice and thorough tutorial on the ins and outs of commissions! Thanks for sharing the knowledge!
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Just one thing: How do we even make a commission?
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Never mind, I figured it out.
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How do you put a price for requesting commissions? I've tried so hard and gotten so frustrated with it.
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Well, its a very personal thing.
I put a couple of methods in the pricing section of the tutorial. you can do per square inch, compare to other commission prices or an hourly rate. Lots of ways.
It is frustrating but its worth it to figure out. Once you have a system that works for you its easier to tweak it later on. a little frustration now will save you more later.
its not something I can just give an answer straight out, unfortunately
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I've figured some of it out...
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I had no idea JPEGs were shit. I save my PSD files as JPEG for uploading and they turn out fine. o.O
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They're not a lossless file type. As they're saved they lose data. For longevity it's not optimal.
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Awesome! I was searching for something like this, felt so lost for days x_x im a bit nervous because i wanna do my first commission round and i didn't know how to start... im in financial needs so im gonna put my skills into something good and fun, thank u!
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this is amazing, but i have one small doubt...
i am pretty confident about my skills in traditional art (shading+copics) and digital art (cel shading as well as the painter-ly style) but i am also confident in my animation skills (2d very short animations; mostly looping). The huge question from my side is: what do i offer up for comiision?? is it ok if i say that i will draw EVRYTHING which i mentioned above? or should i draw only one of the three categories??? Im sorry about my english, but i sincerely hope you understood this.... I need help on this part. I am thinking of startng a journal entry for commisions soon. Thanks.
PS: I suck at backgrounds, so will people neglect it if i say that i wont do backgrounds???
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You offer what you're comfortable with.
If you don't want to do backgrounds - characters alone only are something you could do.
Basically, offer what you're comfortable with. Then you can't go wrong.
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thanks! ^_^ I did that and the results were great!
thank you indeed for your time in making this! ^_^
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To the PS part: maybe charge more for backgrounds and say that you won't do complicated ones C: there are tutorials for background.
I suggest EVERYTHING. you're good at all of them - and more than 1 choice will lure them in C:
hope I helped.
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Thanks a lot for the reply!
Great news: I set up commish for EVERYTHING XD
And i'm already full 6 slots! xDD Thanks to your awsome guide, i am now on the road to save up for my education loan! ^_^
Thank you so much!!
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good luck <3. you better thank for the guide - I just helped a bit. and congrats on your commishes!
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Yeah you bet i did! I went to their prof and dropped a thank you xD
and thanks a lot! ^_^
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Thanks for this tutorial it was really informative and helpful thank you for doing something like this for noobs like myself..
Will
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Thankies for that. I want to start to do comissions, and I wanted someone to help me with, and your guide was perfect for me.
Now I hope I'll have the confidence in myself as an artist to start this, and hopefully, go for the good way OwO.
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Wow. Clear and to the point. I like it. Thank you.
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That was really helpful - thanks so much! I'm curious as to what a PSD is though, Google confused me a bit xWx;
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PSD is the Photoshop layered file
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what, so they can make changes to it and stuff? O: cause on youtube they have tutorials using the lasso too and I'm just so confused >W<; *n00b fail!*
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It means they can turn on and off layers, or make some changes yes.
lasso tool is just a way of making selections of an area.
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refreshingly clear and super informative! thanks for this, i really appreciate it. if i ever think i've reached the level where i have the skills and confidence to start commissioning, i'll be sure to remember this. thanks again~ ♥
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I'm not sure if this has been questioned or answered but, for artists who uses paypal to receive money, do they use the 'gift' option or the other option that paypal offers for a fee?-
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I'm not sure which ones have fees or not, but i generally choose either gift, or the oh so wonderfully non committing "other" option
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Hm...thanks for the answer. It was really helpful!
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hey this is a very informative journal, it has a lot of helpful info on doing commissions. Thanks a lot for the help! Now check my site at... lol jk
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I've been seeing a lot of people with paypal I wanted to get one for the commisions but don't really know how it works.
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you can transfer money from a bank account to your paypal account and viceversa.
its easy, and very simple. when you sign up it walks you through
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thanks for clearing that for me and great job with this it was so much help!
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I'm a bit confused on how I would do commissions for CG. I read in the article posted above that I can send them the psd or a printed image. But I can send them a watermarked image and that should be ok? And my printer isn't that good XD I'll get to a stage later in my drawing life when I can do sketches and send them or use traditional media. I also realise that the sentence before the one I'm typing contrasts with the one you wrote about "I'm not good enough" but I'm not to happy with sketches atm but I am practising ^^
I hope all of that made sense. If you want me to clarify anything I can
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Generally speaking, if someone is Paying for art work, you shouldn't watermark it. sign it yes, Always sign your work.
If you can print professional quality prints are nice, but i think I high res version is best, sent over email.
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