Question about commissions, PayPal, etc.

[Kawaiihusky 19]

I was thinking about doing comissions,and I was wondering,how do they work,really? Because I've never done comissions before or paid for one.. like,what kind of paypal account would I need?

[Neikos 968]

Hm.. you're 13 so I wouldn't advise you to spend any money on your own the internet, but I'm not going to withhold that information from you because of that.

 

 

Commissions are really simple, if you are the artist, you put somewhere that you are taking commissions. Often people state 'their price' but that is not needed and often is settled during the initial contact phase.

After that the artist does his dirty magic artist tricks and once he is done he tells so the client. Often he also shows a low resolution version of the piece, perhaps also with black bars over it. ( This is mostly so the client actually pays ) Now that the client knows the work has been done, he normally pays. ( More to that after ) Once payed the artist normally sends the artist the picture by uploading it somewhere or sending it trough mail, w/e.

 

 

Now, for the Paypal account, you will need a 'personal' one, which will be tied to your e-mail account. Once that is created you need to validate it with a bank account. Paypal does that by taking 2 Dollars or something from it. ( You get them back. ) Once the transaction has been registered and processed by your bank. ( Took me about a week. ) You will have to copy a small number from the transaction and give it as proof to paypal, and voila you have a valid and working paypal account.

 

Know though that you need to be 18 years old or else Paypal can shut down the account, thus freezing any money on it ( But lol, why store money on it. ) until you are 18. ( Which can be a long time for you. )

 

I hope that clears any questions you had! Feel free to ask more.

[Ezynell 2,037]

But lol, why store money on it.

 

Exactly, I just use PayPal as a medium between my bank account and anything I want to spend money on.

[Neikos 968]

Yes, Paypal has an annoying habit of just freezing what ever you have and keeping it.

[Kawaiihusky 19]

Hm.. you're 13 so I wouldn't advise you to spend any money on your own the internet, but I'm not going to withhold that information from you because of that.

 

 

Commissions are really simple, if you are the artist, you put somewhere that you are taking commissions. Often people state 'their price' but that is not needed and often is settled during the initial contact phase.

After that the artist does his dirty magic artist tricks and once he is done he tells so the client. Often he also shows a low resolution version of the piece, perhaps also with black bars over it. ( This is mostly so the client actually pays ) Now that the client knows the work has been done, he normally pays. ( More to that after ) Once payed the artist normally sends the artist the picture by uploading it somewhere or sending it trough mail, w/e.

 

 

Now, for the Paypal account, you will need a 'personal' one, which will be tied to your e-mail account. Once that is created you need to validate it with a bank account. Paypal does that by taking 2 Dollars or something from it. ( You get them back. ) Once the transaction has been registered and processed by your bank. ( Took me about a week. ) You will have to copy a small number from the transaction and give it as proof to paypal, and voila you have a valid and working paypal account.

 

Know though that you need to be 18 years old or else Paypal can shut down the account, thus freezing any money on it ( But lol, why store money on it. ) until you are 18. ( Which can be a long time for you. )

 

I hope that clears any questions you had! Feel free to ask more.

 

Exactly, I just use PayPal as a medium between my bank account and anything I want to spend money on.

 

Thanks. It's not a paypal account for me,it's for a friend who needs a bit of money to help with his studies,since he prefers me to make the account for him instead of him doing it himself(Don't know why..).. He asked me if i could help out a bit,I said I would try,and I came up with this epic idea that I would start doing comissions and the money would go to his bank account instead.

[Ezynell 2,037]

Yes, Paypal has an annoying habit of just freezing what ever you have and keeping it.

 

For me they just freeze the account and not let me add anything, but they still let me spend money I have in it. Happened to me twice

[Kawaiihusky 19]

Hm.. you're 13 so I wouldn't advise you to spend any money on your own the internet, but I'm not going to withhold that information from you because of that.

 

 

Commissions are really simple, if you are the artist, you put somewhere that you are taking commissions. Often people state 'their price' but that is not needed and often is settled during the initial contact phase.

After that the artist does his dirty magic artist tricks and once he is done he tells so the client. Often he also shows a low resolution version of the piece, perhaps also with black bars over it. ( This is mostly so the client actually pays ) Now that the client knows the work has been done, he normally pays. ( More to that after ) Once payed the artist normally sends the artist the picture by uploading it somewhere or sending it trough mail, w/e.

 

 

Now, for the Paypal account, you will need a 'personal' one, which will be tied to your e-mail account. Once that is created you need to validate it with a bank account. Paypal does that by taking 2 Dollars or something from it. ( You get them back. ) Once the transaction has been registered and processed by your bank. ( Took me about a week. ) You will have to copy a small number from the transaction and give it as proof to paypal, and voila you have a valid and working paypal account.

 

Know though that you need to be 18 years old or else Paypal can shut down the account, thus freezing any money on it ( But lol, why store money on it. ) until you are 18. ( Which can be a long time for you. )

 

I hope that clears any questions you had! Feel free to ask more.

 

Um,like,what information would I need to give to the person who's paying for the comission?

[Pix3M 607]

Um,like,what information would I need to give to the person who's paying for the comission?

 

I would suggest taking requests for free instead of jumping ahead to doing commissions. As somebody who has done a fair number of commissions, lemme weigh in.

 

It may be a good idea to practice doing requests for free so you have some experience making art for others. Not only that, but having examples of your work can very easily give people a reasonable expectation of what they can expect out of their money.

 

Most importantly, people have to know what kind of art you are capable of making. You have to make yourself known to the community you want to offer commissions for. If you do not have any of your own artwork to display to the community, I don't know what to tell you. Of course, an easy way to make yourself known is to do requests for free, and share your works with as many people as possible. For every piece of art you've done for somebody, it's another seed planted to make yourself more known.

 

Also, having a pony-creator image for your avatar is not going to give people the right impression. It may be better to have your own artwork be used as your own avatar. If your art is worth something, you should be perfectly capable of creating an eye-catching avatar yourself.

Edited June 25, 2012 by PixMeister

[Kawaiihusky 19]

I would suggest taking requests for free instead of jumping ahead to doing commissions. As somebody who has done a fair number of commissions, lemme weigh in.

 

It may be a good idea to practice doing requests for free so you have some experience making art for others. Not only that, but having examples of your work can very easily give people a reasonable expectation of what they can expect out of their money.

 

Most importantly, people have to know what kind of art you are capable of making. You have to make yourself known to the community you want to offer commissions for. If you do not have any of your own artwork to display to the community, I don't know what to tell you. Of course, an easy way to make yourself known is to do requests for free, and share your works with as many people as possible. For every piece of art you've done for somebody, it's another seed planted to make yourself more known.

 

Also, having a pony-creator image for your avatar is not going to give people the right impression. It may be better to have your own artwork be used as your own avatar. If your art is worth something, you should be perfectly capable of creating an eye-catching avatar yourself.

 

Thanks for the advice. I have done requests before,but they were for school friends. :/ I have a bit of digital chibi-ish anime work,but my mouse suddenly decided to be a meanie,so I can't do digital work anymore. And,I don't think I can draw ponies,well,most non-anthromorphic animals in general.

[Pix3M 607]

Thanks for the advice. I have done requests before,but they were for school friends. :/ I have a bit of digital chibi-ish anime work,but my mouse suddenly decided to be a meanie,so I can't do digital work anymore. And,I don't think I can draw ponies,well,most non-anthromorphic animals in general.

 

Can't draw ponies? Try this out: http://www.art-is-fun.com/grid-method.html

 

I just realized that you have a deviantART account. Eh. I think a quality art class or two will greatly help you out as they can teach you tricks that you won't figure out alone through practice, or at least read really good stuff explaining tricks behing making great art like the link I posted, and I'm sure you'll like the amount of improvement you'll see.

[Kawaiihusky 19]

Can't draw ponies? Try this out: http://www.art-is-fu...rid-method.html

 

I just realized that you have a deviantART account. Eh. I think a quality art class or two will greatly help you out as they can teach you tricks that you won't figure out alone through practice, or at least read really good stuff explaining tricks behing making great art like the link I posted, and I'm sure you'll like the amount of improvement you'll see.

 

Thanks

[Bohtty 1,775]

but my mouse suddenly decided to be a meanie,so I can't do digital work anymore.

 

If your looking to do commissions then I would suggest that you invest in a drawing tablet.

[Kawaiihusky 19]

If your looking to do commissions then I would suggest that you invest in a drawing tablet.

 

Where can I find a tablet? Also,I'm much better traditionally,but I don't have a scanner,and it's really hard for me to upload traditional pictures. :3

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I am a magic ninja unicorn. :3

[Bohtty 1,775]

Where can I find a tablet? Also,I'm much better traditionally,but I don't have a scanner,and it's really hard for me to upload traditional pictures. :3

~~~

I am a magic ninja unicorn. :3

 

Best Buy, Fry's and maybe Target will likely have a tablet. The brand you want to get is Wacom. Their cheaper tablets are called bamboo. You could also order then from amazon. They will likely be in the 50 - 100$ price range.