BlueXIV's Commissions

I wouldn't mind commisioning you, but before I do I would like to know. What is your opinions on a group picture? I don't mind group pictures at all, but as you can see, I'm a bit busy right now with so many commissions lined up X_X. It might be a while til I can get to yours unless you win an auction

Small update (with no pictures D. I finally got a composition I like for her necro, except... well it's a bit too epic. If I do choose to do this, it might take me atleast another week to finish up because of all the details D:

I was pretty busy with my work this week, so I didn't get much of a chance to do anything... hopefully this weekend, I can finalize a color sketch...

I AM SOO SLOW D:

I think I am having so much trouble with my commissions because everyone is requesting wallpaper size. While the size isn't really an issue, the landscape format is.
It's really hard to focus on one character in a landscape composition :\

I'm not really sure what to do about this, but...

w/e dont offer it
:P hahahaha

OR

change your prices to encourage less of the larger work.

Changing prices probably wouldn't affect commissioners much; we're all pretty much made of money. Haha when more of us realize that you'll regret that admission! xDDDD

Changing prices probably wouldn't affect commissioners much; we're all pretty much made of money.

Time is meaningless when quality is at stake. Of course, it's not at my own expense, but you should take all the time you need for art. Always. If it takes BlueXIV that much time to do a commission, and if his/her art is of high enough quality, then it makes sense to raise the bar in order to prevent being swamped by commissions. Furthermore, it also makes sense for Blue to raise prices if people are willing to pay it. I also disagree with your sentiment that everyone here is made of money - I definitely think many are not, although there are a few who are rich. If Blue was charging 800-1 mil a commission, would you be so quick to buy one?

Your second statement is also false. Although quality is important, there comes a point where the returns from time invested is not really acceptable. Indeed, it is not a given that there is a strict linear relationship between time invested and quality.

I think many artists would also disagree that time is meaningless. Their time is important, they are doing work for a client who is only paying them a certain flat fee, and therefore it is in their interest to limit the amount of time they spend on a particular work unless they have some sort of extra personal interest vested in it.

Nah it's not really the size that is the problem, since most of the things I do is actually at a higher resolution than I give. The main problem is the landscape composition. I've actually spent like 3-4 hours so far just fiddling with composition and scrapping pieces because they either didn't fit, was compositionally unsound, or didn't showcase the characters.

Anyhow, I don't really want to raise the prices too much, because I find some of the characters with no money are actually the coolest to draw. My worst nightmare is to draw someone with chaosgloves/obbyarmor/tormentedshield/voltaicspear because it looks like pretty much everyone else :\

I'm just fiddling around with the idea of prices right now, nothing set in stone yet. You could raise prices and then say you will accept commissions based on two things:
1) First come, first serve
2) Whether you want to draw them at all

I don't know why I keep saying 'raise prices!' but yeah, if you really do spend a lot of time on each piece it only makes sense that you are more selective about what to draw and benefit off of it. Win win?