Opinions of this new art style for avatars?

[Pix3M 607]

If you have never seen my works and want to see my older style, feel free to visit my dA page in my sig.

 

I started an art habit with an intention to improve on an underdeveloped talent, so I would eventually reach a point where I have to stop making more of the same retro-esque stuff and try something new and much more complicated. It was suggested to me by a fellow brony, who happens to be really well-read in pixel-art and wanted to help me out, to use a style that does not necessarily use an outline, and to try out some manual anti-aliasing to soften up my works.

 

My results? That avatar you see to the left. That avatar style takes a lot longer to make than old style I used though because of the extra micro-management of pixels that comes with it, so I'm feeling pretty beat.

 

And for commissioning purposes, how much money are people willing to toss at me for an avatar of this new style? I don't wanna make a wild guess just to find myself swamped and overworked from being flooded.

Edited June 23, 2012 by PixMeister

[Bohtty 1,775]

Here is the way I work in freelance with regard to over work. If I have no jobs, my price is low. If I have a lot of work and I am not really looking for more work my price becomes very high to make it worth my wild. If someone pays that prices both win. Vary your price based on how much work you already have.

 

For the price to start at... I would say 5 - 8$ in that style and at that scale.

Edited June 23, 2012 by Bohtty

[Legendary Emerald 622]

Very pretty. Reminds me of the super-detailed pixel art in a lot of the independent games being made these days. It would not look out of place within an RPG.

[Pix3M 607]

Here is the way I work in freelance with regard to over work. If I have no jobs, my price is low. If I have a lot of work and I am not really looking for more work my price becomes very high to make it worth my wild. If someone pays that prices both win. Vary your price based on how much work you already have.

 

For the price to start at... I would say 5 - 8$ in that style and at that scale.

 

Pretty basic economics that I already understand, fyi

[moneyshredderofdeath 414]

Would polling your followers for the most they'd be willing to pay be worth an attempt?

[Pix3M 607]

Would polling your followers for the most they'd be willing to pay be worth an attempt?

 

Watch them dishonestly vote low and watch me get trolled

 

Nah, not sure if that's a smart move. The only method I can think of without having to ask the very people who would probably want one to start with is to look at my competitors, but the problem is... I own a monopoly (lol)

Edited June 23, 2012 by PixMeister

[Bohtty 1,775]

Pretty basic economics that I already understand, fyi

 

Then where is your problem

Watch them dishonestly vote low and watch me get trolled

 

Nah, not sure if that's a smart move. The only method I can think of without having to ask the very people who would probably want one to start with is to look at my competitors, but the problem is... I own a monopoly (lol)

 

Nah, your in an oligopoly because there are other websites that do pixel specific stuff. Go find someone who does commissions and then compare by hours. Edited June 23, 2012 by Bohtty

[moneyshredderofdeath 414]

Watch them dishonestly vote low and watch me get trolled

 

Nah, not sure if that's a smart move. The only method I can think of without having to ask the very people who would probably want one to start with is to look at my competitors, but the problem is... I own a monopoly (lol)

 

Oh, that's very much true. Well, the best I can think of otherwise is to go higher than previous and adjust as you see fit, thu I guess that isn't too different from what Bohtty was getting at.

[False Perception 482]

I'd pay about 4 dollars, 6 at the most. 8 if I had surplus...

[Pix3M 607]

Then where is your problem

 

Nah, your in an oligopoly because there are other websites that do pixel specific stuff. Go find someone who does commissions and then compare by hours.

 

You're probably right that I am not looking outside of my own clique, but the more dissimilar I am to another artist, the more difficult it is to compare. Eh, I'll try that anyways.

 

As for not seeing what the problem is if I can easily adjust my price, I think what I'm concerned with is being flooded at the beginning.

[Bohtty 1,775]

You're probably right that I am not looking outside of my own clique, but the more dissimilar I am to another artist, the more difficult it is to compare. Eh, I'll try that anyways.

 

As for not seeing what the problem is if I can easily adjust my price, I think what I'm concerned with is being flooded at the beginning.

 

start very high then, like 10 or 15$ or just say you will raise the price if you get flooded. Edited June 23, 2012 by Bohtty

[Pix3M 607]

start very high then, like 10 or 15$ or just say you will raise the price if you get flooded.

 

That will probably do. It only feels so strange being able to take this much money so easily after all those years of unpaid work.

[Bohtty 1,775]

That will probably do. It only feels so strange being able to take this much money so easily after all those years of unpaid work.

 

I know exactly how you feel. My web work was exactly the same way.

[Twilight Sparkle ✨ 8,521]

Personally, I think $8-10 is a reasonable price to pay for an picture made by someone of your skill level, Pix, and an amount you'll probably be happy to earn. If the unscaled picture was a bit larger than 75x75, I imagine people would be willing to buy them even for $15.

 

The new style with anti-aliasing looks very charming, although I must admit that using fewer colours and no anti-aliasing had a certain appeal to it as well.

[Pix3M 607]

Personally, I think $8-10 is a reasonable price to pay for an picture made by someone of your skill level, Pix, and an amount you'll probably be happy to earn. If the unscaled picture was a bit larger than 75x75, I imagine people would be willing to buy them even for $15.

 

The new style with anti-aliasing looks very charming, although I must admit that using fewer colours and no anti-aliasing had a certain appeal to it as well.

 

Speaking of the older style, I'm not even sure how much I should offer for the older style if people were interested in them, or I want to offer them at all. While it would make more sense to offer less because it takes less effort to make them, I could see it as 'encouragement' to not work on techniques I should be perfecting instead. Eh, I could probably see in the near future a few artists trying their hand with my old style as it's already started to happen, and they'll probably fill in for me.

Edited June 23, 2012 by PixMeister