Re: LustFire Artworks
I usually try not to give critiques unless it's asked for, but I also had a funny experience with another artist with that. I used to hang out on this livestream of a pretty popular artist, drew the cutest little monster/animal girls. One day she said she finally looked up references because she was having trouble with a pose, and she noticed that the way she drew elbows was way too pointy (Among other things).
She improved after that and she was pretty happy about it. A lot of people probably noticed the elbows, but people either didn't point it out because they didn't want to upset her, or they thought it was her style. Well it was not apparently, and because nobody pointed it out to her, she'd been drawing all that time in a way she didn't prefer (And she didn't even know better at the time).
So I think assuming an artist is intentionally doing something a certain way can be as bad as assuming it's unintentional. Well assuming anything is usually bad
When it comes to pricing, as mentioned it's mostly in what you're willing to sell it for and what people are willing to pay as mentioned. There's really no consistent ruling depending on the quality of your work. I've seen amazing artists doing like 10-20$ commissions and objectively terrible or less experienced artists trying to sell stuff for 40-60$. There are also people who sell at "professional" rates which is usually hundreds of dollars per painting.
In short: If people will buy it, it's worth that much. I think a good "starting" price is around 30-40$ for a completed color CG, see if people will commission you at those rates. If not, lower them, if you have a lot of offers, raise them, pretty easy. Not like you have to lock in one set of prices forever, you can even change it after only a commission or two if it seems people are still interested. I think it's better to start out a bit low and raise prices over time rather than start high and have to lower them.
I also think you should just be posting your work up places and wait until people ask to commission you before you offer them, that's usually a good sign.
