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So You Are Opening Commissions, But Need a Know How?
Or Perhaps You've Been Doing Commissions But Are Looking To Improve?
Well here's a little helpful guide I put together from experience as a customer, and an artist.
I'm not writing this to get on to anyone, no, I'm writing this to help people.

What To Say:
Well, just saying, 'Commissions Open' leaves a lot of room for confusion, be a little more pacific.
Tell about what your best at drawing, I'm best at drawing humans, but I love drawing animals too.
What your willing to draw, such as chibis, animals, (What animals) couples, ect.
And what your not willing to draw, such as fetishes, gore, nudity, ect.
Also, you might want to write about if you need to see a picture of what your drawing, a reference pic, and if you want to be paid up front.
Another thing to think about is if the costumer wants a certain pose or picture to be drawn or if you have creative control.

Pricing:
Well, how much do you think your art is worth? Your probably overpricing or underpricing it.
And what way do you want to be paid, points or paypal?
If your going over a dollar paypal isn't to much, you can use Google wallet for easy access and set up. If your pricing at a dollar or less then points are a great idea. What do you consider to be a lot of points? Is 10 points a good price for a simple chibi drawing? It's certainly the lowest I would go. Underpricing is okay, and can help with the number of commissions you have, lower price more money, maybe? But overpricing scares away customers and can leave a sour taste in thier mouth.

Quality:
What kind of quality is your art? I price lower on my traditional art even though it's drawn more well, based just on the fact that the colors do not look as well scanned. And If your going to do traditional art make sure that the picture you upload is good quality. A big NO-NO is drawing commissions on notebook paper or graph paper. The lines on the paper is distracting and makes any picture look like it's worth less. Unless you draw every picture you upload on this paper then you do not need to draw commissions on it. Try to draw it as well as the pictures you draw for yourself, not any lower. Perhaps even higher. Digital art can be priced more or less, if you do a lot more detail work and shading on traditional then you need to price traditional higher, but digital artworks' colors will pop more so it might be priced more.
Just a basic rule
Make sure your commission pieces are just as high as quality as your regular art that you drew for you.

Speed:
You don't to necessarily rush on commissions. If you promised them a date try your hardest to have it up by that date, if you have problems let them know, they should understand, we're all human. I would just try my best to get the pictures up and finished within 30 days of them commissioning you, if its going to be longer than that you may want to consider lowering the price a little for the inconvenience.

Other Important Tips:
Don't be afraid to turn down a commision that your not comfortable with or if you aren't in the mood to take commissions, just be polite when turning them down.
Don't be afraid to show the costumer a WIP, or work-in-Progress, to see how they like it or if theres something you need to change.
If the customer accidentally Overpays you, and ask for the excess back do the right thing, or maybe offer them an extra commission. But if they don't ask you they could simply be being nice, or paying you what they think it's worth, when they do so, remember to thank them.
This one's a biggie, whenever you post the final picture make sure to let them know that it's done by tagging them or sending them a link, they'll appreciate it and you'll get feedback a lot faster.

Hope I helped and If you have any questions or want to see my commissions for examples or as a guide feel free to comment below! Thanks for reading, and please favorite if it was helpful.
~ Drizzle-the-Glaceon
Art Expert

Description
So You Are Opening Commissions, But Need a Know How?
Or Perhaps You've Been Doing Commissions But Are Looking To Improve?
Well here's a little helpful guide I put together from experience as a customer, and an artist.
I'm not writing this to get on to anyone, no, I'm writing this to help people.

What To Say:
Well, just saying, 'Commissions Open' leaves a lot of room for confusion, be a little more pacific.
Tell about what your best at drawing, I'm best at drawing humans, but I love drawing animals too.
What your willing to draw, such as chibis, animals, (What animals) couples, ect.
And what your not willing to draw, such as fetishes, gore, nudity, ect.
Also, you might want to write about if you need to see a picture of what your drawing, a reference pic, and if you want to be paid up front.
Another thing to think about is if the costumer wants a certain pose or picture to be drawn or if you have creative control.

Pricing:
Well, how much do you think your art is worth? Your probably overpricing or underpricing it.
And what way do you want to be paid, points or paypal?
If your going over a dollar paypal isn't to much, you can use Google wallet for easy access and set up. If your pricing at a dollar or less then points are a great idea. What do you consider to be a lot of points? Is 10 points a good price for a simple chibi drawing? It's certainly the lowest I would go. Underpricing is okay, and can help with the number of commissions you have, lower price more money, maybe? But overpricing scares away customers and can leave a sour taste in thier mouth.

Quality:
What kind of quality is your art? I price lower on my traditional art even though it's drawn more well, based just on the fact that the colors do not look as well scanned. And If your going to do traditional art make sure that the picture you upload is good quality. A big NO-NO is drawing commissions on notebook paper or graph paper. The lines on the paper is distracting and makes any picture look like it's worth less. Unless you draw every picture you upload on this paper then you do not need to draw commissions on it. Try to draw it as well as the pictures you draw for yourself, not any lower. Perhaps even higher. Digital art can be priced more or less, if you do a lot more detail work and shading on traditional then you need to price traditional higher, but digital artworks' colors will pop more so it might be priced more.
Just a basic rule
Make sure your commission pieces are just as high as quality as your regular art that you drew for you.

Speed:
You don't to necessarily rush on commissions. If you promised them a date try your hardest to have it up by that date, if you have problems let them know, they should understand, we're all human. I would just try my best to get the pictures up and finished within 30 days of them commissioning you, if its going to be longer than that you may want to consider lowering the price a little for the inconvenience.

Other Important Tips:
Don't be afraid to turn down a commision that your not comfortable with or if you aren't in the mood to take commissions, just be polite when turning them down.
Don't be afraid to show the costumer a WIP, or work-in-Progress, to see how they like it or if theres something you need to change.
If the customer accidentally Overpays you, and ask for the excess back do the right thing, or maybe offer them an extra commission. But if they don't ask you they could simply be being nice, or paying you what they think it's worth, when they do so, remember to thank them.
This one's a biggie, whenever you post the final picture make sure to let them know that it's done by tagging them or sending them a link, they'll appreciate it and you'll get feedback a lot faster.

Hope I helped and If you have any questions or want to see my commissions for examples or as a guide feel free to comment below! Thanks for reading, and please favorite if it was helpful.
~ Drizzle-the-Glaceon
Art Expert