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"Laboratory Story" NSFW Comic Fury Zine has been out for a few days!
It's NSFW and has a bunch of comics, including one by myself!
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Have you ever wondered what the strongest house plant was?
I am proud to officially announce CHLOROPHYTER: HERBAL ASSAULT! An indie fighting game made on the Ikemen GO engine... about plants.
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Chlorophyter rollback update is live!
While there aren't many major obvious changes, it was still a huge endeavor to upgrade the engine. So I suppose this is officially Chlorophyter 2.0.
This will make it easier to add new modes in the future, so stay tuned.
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I’ve been seeing a lot of people using the phrase “art is a luxury” but I think they’re all mixing up luxury with wants.
Art is not a need. It is a want. Your needs, like food, water, bills, rent if ya pay it, should come first. Anything else after, like video games, art, other hobbies etc. is a want.
Some art could be considered a luxury item because some art is more expensive than others and that is okay. However, keep in mind that using that as reason to justify high prices can limit your demographic and hurt your business.
Yes, as an artist who takes commissions, you are a business.
Now, you should be able to price your art as you please, but don’t expect to get a lot of commissions with rates that rival the price of a used car or two months worth of salary. And if you are going to charge that much, your art better be professional grade quality and you better be double or even triple checking for mistakes or you will get backlash.
This is where having lower priced tiers/products might be a good idea, especially starting out. You’ll widen your demographic, theoretically increase your turnover rate and will probably get more commissions and therefore, more money.
You can still have your higher priced tiers for those who can afford it but those lower priced tiers can really help boost your overall business.
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lol. Lmao, even.
Anytime people say that the prices artists demand are outrageous, some wise asses come in and say "Just find somene cheaper!"
Here's someone cheaper and the result? "Raise your prices! Your low prices for quality art make us look bad!"
But think about the artists, they'll likely say. They don't think about the artist either. It's purely selfish self-interest because here's some quality art for lower prices while they keep chargings an arm and a leg and look like scamming leeches. They'll peddle the bullshit that they care about the artist, but all they care about is maintaining the 'virtuous' look of their ridiculous price lists.
Artist can charge whatever they feel like and it's their right... but not when it's low enough to make them look bad. Hypocritical and self-centered. It's this sort of sentiment that does more harm to the artists.
At a time when they need to solidify and entrench their position in the market, they do their utmost best, down to pestering other artists, to price themselves right out of the wider market and remove themselves from it. It's like they're trying to maximize their profits while they can and cash in before shit goes up in flames because they know they're fucking it all up.
Their own worst enemies, as always.
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9 Days Till THE RETURN OF THE ADMIRAL- (Even tho he never left.) With..the Admiral Pizza Platinum edition 1&2 Reprints! There will be Comic books! There will be Trading cards! There will be Pizza clothes! Don't Miss out! #comics #comicbooks #pizza
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Halloween update and the final of chapter 6!
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Pages 48 & 49. rip bro
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So I have seen this post shared with quiet a lot of negativity so here is my two cents as someone who rarely does non-commercial commissions anymore
I would be more open to regular commissions if I could feel not guilty about charging what I need. Artists gotta pay taxes, pay fees, income tax, etc.. on all commissions so just keep in mind an American artist is not pocketing the full amount of the commission. Considering how cheap mine are, I often work for under minimum wage on them.
I have been tempted to open commissions with prices I would be happy to do the commission for and see if anyone wants one. This shows that everyone says "charge your worth" until you throw out a number they think is too much.
idk their monthly costs or such since things vary so much by state, but based on MY bills... 1 full illustration would pay my scheduled bills for about 2 months. Would I charge that much per illustration? No, would I love to go ham on an illustration and charge like $1k to spend 80ish hours on it and get to be proud of it? Yes!
A big reason I don't do commissions often is... To charge affordable rates I have to not spend too much time on them. Which can produce results I, myself, don't feel reflect what I can do. I gotta fit commissions in between my job and conventions which can feel crazy constrictive.
If this artists gets the amount of work they want then this works for them! Y'all should look on fur affinity at some commission prices just saying....
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11 Days till Admiral pizza Platinum edition 1&2 ! Comic book reprints of new & old stories from the life And times of Admiral Pizza! #comics #pizza #comicbooks #mermaids
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Yo soy mexicana y tienen mi permiso explícito todos los extranjeros de celebrar día de muertos y poner altares como se les hinchen los huevos.
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