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$30 for a headshot is a pretty average price for a headshot

If only entitled furries knew what industry artists charged. Furry artists lowball tf out of their work!

Same comments I've gotten about my jewelry. 😑 When I have to do all of my own marketing, stocking/listings, paying merchants for my bead supply, etc that costs money! IT AINT FREE! I

And thats the least of it, ngl. I gotta pay taxes, life bills, etc 🤷 People need to learn to just say its not in their budget instead of saying " it costs too much ". Like yes it might be expensive to *you*, but the comment comes across as an implication that (x) thing is not worth the pricetag.

Which is turning around and saying all the time, effort, and all the other background crap isn't worth it. I decide my prices based on multiple factors, I'm not gonna undersell myself. 🍁

Creators! See something I've missed/forgotten/didnt have space for? Comment here. I'd love for folks to fill the list out for those curious about how crazy solo business running is. I'll start! Post box Storage space Sometimes renting work space

Some from the comments on twitter: Taxes Software costs More from me: Convention travel costs Table and registration costs Resources/memberships for business stuff. (Services and such)

And don't get me wrong, I fully understand financial hardships. I know that $30 can be the difference between eating and not. If someone's art is out of your range, you may consider: 1) save for it if you can 2) follow for future opportunities within budget 3) find another artist

Cost of living index forever increasing whilst wages stay the same, as interest rates soar🙃

Just getting/setting up/buying the needed equipment to make a con table look ‘professional’ and ‘appealing’ is expensive!

Website domain payments + time maintaining the site. Electric costs of all the equipment (a powerful PC can cost ~$10 a month to run. Now add room lights, multiple monitors, etc)

Honestly, social media needs to be even bolder. The amount of time that and interacting with potential customers is so much, and a single bad interaction can be draining. I respect the professional comm artists a lot. I don't think clients know how much time commission artists spend *not* drawing

$30? Good grief! $30 will get you 2 movie tickets, no popcorn. Or 2 wood-pulp mass market paperback books. You can't even get ONE pair of cotton socks from the London sock company for as little as $30. $30 for a personalized hand drawn piece of art is a STEAL! (Can you raise your rates? Lordy)

Lol, you can see my prices at wildelementstudios.com - this was for a headshot sketch. They don't take that long, but yes my prices go up/get adjusted a couple times a year. XD

Good for you! (And I was wrong, you can get THREE little mass market paperbacks for $30... but that's only because publishers are worried about the psychology of breaking the $9.99 limit, even though paper, like everything else, is getting more expensive -- hoo boy, I digress)

Was that on here

It happens on every platform.

True Actually had smbd do that to me, but lil different ("ur art is shit, do you want to buy mine")

Not going to lie, I feel like I get 0 coms because my prices are higher than average and I'm smol artist still but like it takes me days, sometimes weeks to finish a piece when you consider all the steps I put into making something worth putting out there.

It's a complex process, and done with care! Your time, skills, etc should all be compensated for the service you provide. Sometimes it's finding a couple different things that have different price points to serve different people, but they should be paying you appropriately, for sure!

Broadening my horizons is my current goal. I got the chance to sit beside some friends at DenFur and try to sell some prints of more broadly appealing pieces. Unfortunately a lot of what's really selling at cons are stickers and pins which don't work great for my usual style uwu.

The amount of people whose eyes go dark when you dont give them Temu prices is outrageous I s2g

Bro....ive seen ppl w headshots for like $100. $30 is totally reasonable. (This is coming from another artist, so 🤷‍♀️)

ARTISTS PLEASE UNDERSTAND. *All* the time you spend working counts. If the drawing itself takes 2hr to draw, but finding the poses, referencing animals, communicating, and getting lighting examples all takes another 4hr than you made a 6hr piece of art. They can find em if they want to save money.

30$usd for a headshot is on the cheaper side

Yup, and I'm Canadian, lol. Which is like 30% cheaper than USD.

THIRTY IS TOO MUCH???😭