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Tips For Nabbing a Commission Slot
6 years ago
Things that improve your chances:
1. Higher budget
This makes sure that my bills get paid, and also tends to be more high quality, interesting images to put in my gallery, which is good for drawing in more business. I map out how many commissions I'll take by monthly budget, so if I can keep the number of commissions lower, I will.
2. Being a repeat customer
Specifically, those who have been very pleasant to work with. I enjoy people that make my job easier. If I see a username and feel myself perk up, I wanna pick them.
4, Watercolor Style
Aside from being the higher budget style, this is also the style I prefer to develop and represent myself with.
5. Natural and/or Well-coordinated Character
This doesn't inherently mean a simple character. I appreciate complexity and a splash of color, so long as it's well coordinated and balanced. Neon wuskies with an odd assortment of tattoos and rainbow piercings are not an aesthetic I'm even remotely drawn to.
6. Female/Trans Characters
They're rare in my consumer base (women especially, both cis and trans), and I spent 16 years near exclusively drawing women because I love female bodies. Combine this with a desire for diversity and variation in my gallery, along with wanting to work on a very different thing every day. I tend to appreciate variance from the lean, big-dicked male.
7. A Challenge
In addition to paying bills and providing you with a quality piece, I'm also trying to constantly improve. Subject matter that is new, interesting, stimulating and dynamic (with a few exceptions, that I'll mention further along) tends to have a lot of appeal to me. I have already established about 80 times that I can, in fact, draw a dude standing there with a smug face and his penis out.
8. Artistic Freedom
I have more fun, I get to experiment, and I can let inspiration take its hold :D I work a lot better with leniency, and artistic freedom pieces just tend to come out higher quality and feel like they go faster. Hence why they are discounted!
9. SFW or Mature (as compared to NSFW/Pornographic)
This ties a lot with seeking a challenge and doing something new. I'm okay drawing porn, but lord does it get repetitive. This is largely due to the fact that most customers tend to want the same angles and positions to show everything, namely, the almighty erect penis, and whatever hole it happens to be entering.
SFW and mature pics, however, tend to have more diversity, intrigue, and a focus on a mood or theme.
Things that hurt your chances:
1. Certain Themes/Genres
Despite seeking a challenge, I have basically nonexistent interest in horror, violence, drug use, and to many's dismay, most sci-fi, cities, or anything involving scenarios with a bunch of crisp, man-made structures. I enjoy natural things, and just find it nearly impossible to get psyched about drawing a building or vehicle.
2. Copycat Commissions
That is, a commission where you link another piece, from another artist or myself, and say "just like this". Linking an image and wanting something with a similar aesthetic to it is fine, but wanting me to basically treat a completed piece like a YCH is nearly always going to be rejected. I have a decent amount of career goals, and redundancy is not one of them.
3. Last Batch Commissioner
Despite what I said in number 2 above, I also like to make sure I don't have newcomers excluded because of the slots being taken by frequent buyers.
4. Being difficult to work with
I have a ridiculously high threshold for actually banning people. But if you were more difficult to work with than the canvas I was drawing your picture on, I'm not going to feel particularly motivated to pick out your form.
1. Higher budget
This makes sure that my bills get paid, and also tends to be more high quality, interesting images to put in my gallery, which is good for drawing in more business. I map out how many commissions I'll take by monthly budget, so if I can keep the number of commissions lower, I will.
2. Being a repeat customer
Specifically, those who have been very pleasant to work with. I enjoy people that make my job easier. If I see a username and feel myself perk up, I wanna pick them.
4, Watercolor Style
Aside from being the higher budget style, this is also the style I prefer to develop and represent myself with.
5. Natural and/or Well-coordinated Character
This doesn't inherently mean a simple character. I appreciate complexity and a splash of color, so long as it's well coordinated and balanced. Neon wuskies with an odd assortment of tattoos and rainbow piercings are not an aesthetic I'm even remotely drawn to.
6. Female/Trans Characters
They're rare in my consumer base (women especially, both cis and trans), and I spent 16 years near exclusively drawing women because I love female bodies. Combine this with a desire for diversity and variation in my gallery, along with wanting to work on a very different thing every day. I tend to appreciate variance from the lean, big-dicked male.
7. A Challenge
In addition to paying bills and providing you with a quality piece, I'm also trying to constantly improve. Subject matter that is new, interesting, stimulating and dynamic (with a few exceptions, that I'll mention further along) tends to have a lot of appeal to me. I have already established about 80 times that I can, in fact, draw a dude standing there with a smug face and his penis out.
8. Artistic Freedom
I have more fun, I get to experiment, and I can let inspiration take its hold :D I work a lot better with leniency, and artistic freedom pieces just tend to come out higher quality and feel like they go faster. Hence why they are discounted!
9. SFW or Mature (as compared to NSFW/Pornographic)
This ties a lot with seeking a challenge and doing something new. I'm okay drawing porn, but lord does it get repetitive. This is largely due to the fact that most customers tend to want the same angles and positions to show everything, namely, the almighty erect penis, and whatever hole it happens to be entering.
SFW and mature pics, however, tend to have more diversity, intrigue, and a focus on a mood or theme.
Things that hurt your chances:
1. Certain Themes/Genres
Despite seeking a challenge, I have basically nonexistent interest in horror, violence, drug use, and to many's dismay, most sci-fi, cities, or anything involving scenarios with a bunch of crisp, man-made structures. I enjoy natural things, and just find it nearly impossible to get psyched about drawing a building or vehicle.
2. Copycat Commissions
That is, a commission where you link another piece, from another artist or myself, and say "just like this". Linking an image and wanting something with a similar aesthetic to it is fine, but wanting me to basically treat a completed piece like a YCH is nearly always going to be rejected. I have a decent amount of career goals, and redundancy is not one of them.
3. Last Batch Commissioner
Despite what I said in number 2 above, I also like to make sure I don't have newcomers excluded because of the slots being taken by frequent buyers.
4. Being difficult to work with
I have a ridiculously high threshold for actually banning people. But if you were more difficult to work with than the canvas I was drawing your picture on, I'm not going to feel particularly motivated to pick out your form.
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