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Summer break is coming up and I'm looking for spending cash. So instead of getting a job picking strawberries or whatever, I've decided to allow commissions over the summer.
I feel like a bit of a sellout, and I want to stress that this is just something I'm doing to earn some milkmoney while doing something I enjoy.
I'll be charging based on how much time I spend on each piece, so if you want something drawn, be sure to tell me how much detail and if you want me to colour it and such. I'll charge 5$ for stuff that takes less than 1 hour, 10$ for stuff that takes less than 2 hours and so on.
This picture took me roughly 40 minutes, so that would be 5$. You can see it's just rough sketchwork with little detail and no colour or background.
It's not "selling out" to accept commissions for spanking drawings instead of just doing your own - artists who want to make any money generally have to do this, one way or another.
The only problem is the rotten economy (in the U.S., but the rest of the world isn't in great shape either) has left a lot of spankos without much spending money. I have no doubt some people would like to commission you but can't.
