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Help Me Help You! (a journal about commissions)

Thu Sep 17, 2009, 8:52 PM
  • Mood: Neutral
  • Listening to: "Uncle" by MSI
  • Reading: Western Philosophy textbook
  • Watching: a secret animationnnn
How can I say this...? I NEED MONEYYYY! But between college and possible upcoming Work Study hours, I don't know if there's room in my schedule for a regular part-time job, and it's difficult as hell to get a job right now anyway. Soooo, I wanna take commissions! *wiggles arms*

But I don't know nothin' about charging people for animation, which is something I see as a natural product of my body. XP So while I work on getting a Paypal together, what do you guys think would be fitting prices?

I'm thinking...

ANIMATIONS
* less than 1 minute (like a test animation or an avatar) = $5
* 1+ minute(s) = $10 per minute for the first 5 minutes, $5 per minute for all later minutes
* I'm thinking about a discount if you provide storyboards/audio (or the script, if you want to pay me to animate my characters for you)

SCRIPTS
* $10 sounds fair to me... Having to learn and correctly write for someone else's characters, even if it's a short script, is no easy task.
* (if it's my characters)

STORYBOARDS
* 1-5 pages (or something) = $5
* 5+ pages = $10

DRAWINGS
* $5

GENERAL IDEA
* I'm thiiinking it may cost more if you want me to animate in your style... It's nice if you're giving me model sheets and stuff, but you're also expecting me to quickly adapt to a new style.

If you can't tell, I don't understand the concept of selling myself and I don't hold my work in very high regard, so... any help at all would be appreciated (even if it's just letting me know that you'd be willing/capable to pay for this). And please tell me if I'm underestimating the worth of animations, I can't decide whether or not $10 looks like a lot to me. xD

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  • Current Residence: Somewhere...
  • Interests: CARTOONS!
  • Favourite movie: ALL the Wallace and Gromit movies, and eventually EEnE's Big Picture Show
  • Favourite band or musician: Patric Caird and relatively any band/musician
  • Favourite genre of music: Ska, Jazz, classical, anything that sounds good to me
  • Favourite artist: Too many
  • Favourite style of art: That kind... with the... the thing... and... and the other... stuff...
  • Operating System: Windows XP (doesn't that look like a dead cyclops blowing a raspberry?)
  • MP3 player of choice: You mean there's more than one!?
  • Shell of choice: Weeeelllll, I DO like turtles....
  • Wallpaper of choice: Ed, Edd n Eddy
  • Favourite game: Super Smash Bros. Melee/Brawl or The Mis-Ed-ventures, I dunno, I'm not much of a game person
  • Favourite gaming platform: Gamecube
  • Favourite cartoon character: Ed, Edd, Eddy, Jonny, Plank... shall I keep going?
  • Personal Quote: "HaaaashWAAAAAHHH?"
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:iconlazyrawr:
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:iconprettystencil13:
your one of my fave i know u on the3eds.com to lol

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if im mad bring out some thing related to double d and im happy again my avatar is not mine but i had nothing better as an icon
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Thanks! =D

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:iconsasorispuppet:
yay u are now one of my favorite devi artist :3

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pie is good for the soul
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Thank you! =D

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“I hope you enjoy today’s cartoon; it’s the sad depressing story of a pathetic coyote who spends his life in the futile pursuit of a sadistic roadrunner who MOCKS HIM and LAUGHS AT HIM as he’s repeatedly CRUSHED AND MAIMED! I hope you ENJOY IT!”
:iconfrugele:
your webcam....
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Why thank you! XD

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“I hope you enjoy today’s cartoon; it’s the sad depressing story of a pathetic coyote who spends his life in the futile pursuit of a sadistic roadrunner who MOCKS HIM and LAUGHS AT HIM as he’s repeatedly CRUSHED AND MAIMED! I hope you ENJOY IT!”
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Hello there! I'm Mr Moo Cow from the3eds! I am glad I found your page here, I will +watch you. Your webcam is full of win

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"Humans weren't designed to bring each other happiness. From the moment we're thrown into this world, we're fated to bring each other nothing but pain and misery."

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Hey there, thanks a lot! =D

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“I hope you enjoy today’s cartoon; it’s the sad depressing story of a pathetic coyote who spends his life in the futile pursuit of a sadistic roadrunner who MOCKS HIM and LAUGHS AT HIM as he’s repeatedly CRUSHED AND MAIMED! I hope you ENJOY IT!”
:iconscr3m1ng:
No problem! And thank you for just answering my question about The Gourd!

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"Humans weren't designed to bring each other happiness. From the moment we're thrown into this world, we're fated to bring each other nothing but pain and misery."

- Psycho Mantis

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