Never Draw Another Art Commission
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- Опубліковано 2 чер 2024
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CHAPTERS
00:00 Introduction
00:13 Story Time
01:55 I will Help you Figure out if Art Commissions are for you
02:19 Commission?
02:43 Question no.1
03:40 Zyro
06:00 Question no. 2
07:18 Question no. 3
08:40 Conclusion
09:22 Ending
Today we have a special video :) I'm gonna be sharing with you my story of making art commissions. I will help you figure out if Art Commissions are for you. I'm gonna take you through 3 questions you should ask yourself to form a decision in which direction you want to take your career and where to make money.
I'll share with you what I think is the best way to improve making money as an artist, and what are the steps that you have to take to continue making your career.
I hope this video was useful.
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My name is Lucas Peinador, I’m a concept artist and illustrator working on videogames. I am originally from Costa Rica, now living in Slovenia.
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"Announcing that your commissions are open is like screaming into the void" is so relateable. I've had great commission experiences but they're few and far between. I'd love to do them but most of my followers are either children or other artists and not really in the buying market :/
Thank you very much for your comment Monica. Hope you get to do more of what you love.
@@LucasPeinador Thank you ^-^
Very good pieces of advice. Commissions ARE exhausting. Luckily, I pick the type of commissions that I like, but it is no surprise that I often spend twice as much time as initially planned on those paintings. More often than not, and even despite a detailed brief before starting, the customer will ask several iterations. It is difficult to know what the customer has in mind... especially when (s)he is not sure herself!
My advice for commissions is:
1) do your research and target the people and companies whom you know will be interested in the style you love; this will help you go through the unexpected bumps on the roads more easily ;
2) Meet your customer in person (if possible) or at least make sure you have 45 min to 1 hour of her dedicated time for a very detailed brief during which you will cover :
i) Her objectives,
ii) her target audience,
iii) style, mood and ambiance ;
iv) the elements to be present in the painting (all of them)
v) what she absolutely does not want, pitfalls to avoid;
5) Agree in advance on a maximum number of iterations (to avoid the customer always asks you more changes). For example, 2 is reasonable ;
6) Make a rough first sketch and send for validation : it is IMPORTANT since you do not want to start over after you finished everything. The sketch should show all the elements discussed and their placement in the painting. Make sure you have a written commitment after this ; Do not work further otherwise.
7) Work your ass off on the commission
8) Optional: send a final black and white version for additional adjustments ;
9) Send the final version with colors and textures.
Finally, about payment. It's up to you but I strongly advise to not accept being paid only in the end, otherwise you may invest a lot of time in the artwork but end up to be the 'hostage' of your own client.
At least, be paid 50% at the order (after the brief) and 50% just after you send a digital copy (not at high definition) of the final work. Like this, you know your customer is serious and, in case you are not paid the remaining 50%, you still can keep the final HD file. If you can, being paid 100% in advance is of course better. 😀
Wow that is a very good comment, thank you very much for sharing.
My first 'commission' was around 9 years ago. It was for my friend just to see my skill. It was just for 5 bucks and I ended up giving the drawing for free because it's so terrible.
Up 'til now, it still haunts me and I made a promise to myself to actually give her an actual improved art... someday.
This is exactly how I feel about commissions. I make them all the time for the money, and although I'm good at it, I always feel like dying through the process, and every time I wish I didn't start this whole thing from the beginning. So it was nice to hear this from you, and really encouraging to stop doing it and start making what I really like yo do!
For just 10 bucks and with no time to really improve the drawing I think it probably would have been a good commission. I mean, if people want something more "professional" looking they should pay more or *at the very least* notify with more time. I think that many people as clients do have to understand some things about this type of work. Drawings don't just get done first try in an hour of work, and if they do, the artist is so good that their prices should be very high.
I was going to say this. Did he leave the drawing until the last minute (unlikely, but possible) or did they commission him late?
oh... on their defense, just like earisu says, I left it to the last moment. If I would have started before I would have been able to correct the drawing. It was completely on me :(
@@LucasPeinador It happens sometimes
Glad you got the channel back!
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I was doing commissions for pet portraits and it was so stressful for me to the point to where I would put it off so often that I went over the deadlines. It just wasn’t for me.
yeah men, it is a very hard thing to do.
También eh visto videos de otros artistas sobre las comisiones y al parecer lidiar con clientes problemáticos es lo que lo hace más estresante, pude notar que eres de costa rica, así que decidi escribir en español, saludos y gracias por los consejos
Hola Juan! haha gracias por escribirme en español, sí, soy de Costa Rica :). Cierto, lo peor de las comisiones son los clientes, si te toca uno bueno, la comisión es súper fácil, pero si te toca uno de los malos, te hacen la vida imposible. Lo que he notado es que entre más baratas las comisiones, más problemáticos los clientes...
maraming salamat lods gumana agad, ang bilis pa nung pagkakainstal
Sorry I don't understand.
Thanks for the video buddy,,,,,,,, dope as always and I'm first 🔥
Congrats and thank you.
Two videos on the one day? Truly satisfying ❤️ can we see the final result (and the process) of this drawing you are making during this video? 🤗
Thank you very much. Yes I will definitely publish it in the future.
@@LucasPeinador great to hear that!
2 videos in a day... Bro is on Fire🔥🔥🔥
haha tnx men.
I have a love-hate relationship with commissions.
Haha yes, I completely understand.
Hi! I would love to buy your brushes however I live in the uk and don’t have PayPal, what do you recommend I do?
Can you draw an evil boy on your next video? I really wanna see it!
Hello Lucas
What's your desktop Screens setup
Please tell me.
What is your ipad set up like what ipad do you use and with what accessories and how do you do the references
Everything is in the description.
I know what you're talking about. I did both, requests and commissions (mostly this), and still feels uncomfortable. It is true, it takes a lot of time and mental effort. I barely enjoyed the process till was finish. I don't think worth it even in the medium term.
100% identified with you.
Thanks for the video :)
Happy you liked the video and tnx for the comment
My friend slugz actually only charges 1 to 10$ to 15 I've never really asked for a bigger project than so.. we became somewhat acquaintance's when they sold me a monkey furry and I'm obsessed with monkey lol.
I bought the character from them for $5.. I even ended up getting a full body Commission of the character themselves only humanoid... For $5 more... Ended up getting an icon for $4...and recently got a full body of My Pokemon character and two icons of him for no less then 3$..1$ each .. now they're doing a full on mini red sheet of a new custom character I asked them to make for literally $10.
They didn't want me spending the $10 fully on them and they only asked if I was sure once... I told him I didn't lie I didn't know exactly how to do this... I've only used dirt-poor Amino coin and deviantART.. they understood perfectly... But I always felt like I wasn't giving them enough for what they were offering especially when it was a fully colored thing... IDK I feel like a dummy.
Interesting, thank you for sharing
Man, most of the time I HATE commissions. I never liked to respond to anyone. The main problem in my case is that I have no idea of what I want to draw nor do with my art. I guess, I feel like nobody's gonna like what I like to draw. I've been feeling pressure to draw Fanart of whatever series, cartoon or anime is popular and I only do so when I really really like it otherwise is a dead end. However, I still draw some Fanart here and there just to idk to make my smol pebble turn into a gem for a few seconds.
haha I feel you men
Se entiende bien tu mensaje pero de algo hay que empezar, cuando no tienes un nombre ni experiencia, ¿Quién rayos va a comprar tus brochas?
Hahaha ciertamente, hay que empezar en algún lugar. Por eso mismo empecé con las comisiones yo también, pero creo que si hubiera sabido lo que sé ahora, me hubiera dedicado a mejorar mis skills (fundamentos, anatomía, construcción, quizás hacer mis propias ilustraciones) en lugar de empezar con comisiones tan temprano en mi carrera. Creo que es mejor para tu crecimiento... Por supuesto, si no necesitas el dinero urgentemente
Oh, Gods! THat is why I don't want to take any commissions anymore! + I think Lucas didnt mentioned, that sometimes commissioners, even for the very very cheap commissions are very picky and asking about millions of corrections and fixes and additions. For the beginner artist it might be difficult to say No to commissioner or ask for extra money for the each correctios. LIke they paid you 20 USD and the artist will work for week without extra payment from such a commissioner just to make everyting perfect to him. Oh, Gods.
Yes it is not a nice business.
Ah yes Im currantly caught in this rut, I don't think doing art commissions are bad per se as I've been doing them for the last 2-3 years and I've been lucky that the commissions are decently paid compared to most people and subject matter is not too far off from what i like (DnD). However I think some people are more suited it from other. I myself got really burnt out after doing them 2 years straight with no break. Whilst decently paid my commission works aren't exactly fast to do and a lack of personal work just got me lost in pumping out other peoples ideas. I think if you're someone who can do your work very quickly and enjoy taking on many ideas and drawing them its not a bad way to get some income.
However, as a general business i think its a good idea to have some form of passive income too so that you don't have live off commission to commission or as Lucas said above try to get works from companies that can pay you a livable wage.
Thank you very much Tim for your comment. It is really nice to hear some opinions. Tnx for sharing.
You need to update this videos now that AI art commission becomes more common
Yeah, you are probably right
I clicked on here never doing a commission 😅😅 and I want to do it but maybe this will change my mind 😅😅
Haha did it change your mind?
Yeah it did 😅😅
Can't believe you replied your artworks are amazing thanks for replying
woah!! I got 2 videos in one day
Haha hey Tanush. Yeah, gotta pump them out.
No comisiones entonces XD jk love your work bro
haha, tnx men.
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You kinda need a substantial following, or at least some legitimacy, to make passive income from selling brushes or whatever
Everything fine until that annoying ad. I get it, ads are necessary, but it's so annoying when people start saying some semi related thing to insert an ad. Gotta dislike the vid
Sorry you think that.