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[Askren - (Comms Open) @Askren]

New year, new pinned post!

Hi, I'm still Askren, an illustrator & graphic designer. I create fantasy art for #TTRPG & #DnD content and stream graphics. I stream my work on Twitch too!

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I don't really disagree on a conceptual level. But that's where it goes back to the first point. Unless you're THE guy, the one everyone is knocking down the door to hire, then all that sets up is that the companies will go with the next dude who is willing to do it for cheaper.

Which is why as far as I can tell, the only way to actually get paid for real, is to make yourself into that guy, the one that has that infinite demand. The problem is, not everyone can make it anywhere close to there.

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That's the thing too. A lot of these people are saying "Well $5k to 10k is standard for a cover for a product", and like...I mean maybe if you're working with a huge company? But any company I have has said "These are our rates", not "What are your rates?", and it's nowhere near $5k.

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My thing is, while I agree that it'd be great to get paid more per piece, there's a lot of people saying "Well I charge companies $10k for a box art or cover, that's industry normal." to people who are probably lucky if they get any replies at all, or their market is selling drawings of video game characters. Like, would it be fantastic if I could charge $1000 for a D&D character pinup? Totally. Is anyone going to pay that? Absolutely not. So if the argument is "Those are industry professional rates", I don't disagree, but 99.999% of people aren't industry professionals with industry clients. So it kind of makes it two sides of a discussion having completely different conversations.

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@ZoranTheWizard Joke's on you, I keep it pre degenerate-status, so that it can never get worse.

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@SteveSketches1 I'm undercutting you by $1.

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New commission rates:

Left: 6 Gold Ingots

Right: 1 Bitcoin

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This is why it's hard to talk myself into trying to keep doing commissions full-time. Because for the work people want, I can't market it if the rate is too high, but I can't justify taking the jobs if the rate is too low. Some people have the demand to set whatever rate they want, and more power to them if they can get it. But I certainly can't.

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@ClassyKatie About a year ago, I started working on a little stream add-on game thing, and I've put a lot of work into it.

In that same time, month after month, Twitch makes me regret that they're the only platform it can work on, and is probably going to be defunct by the time I'm done.

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@JoelCHoltzman I am going to be available for cover work, and generally do mostly fantasy and TTRPG-related cover and insert art.

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I haven't posted anything in a while.

Here's some TTRPG cover art and stuff.

[uzZzy | Commissions open @uzzzyzzzu]

It costs $0 to support this illustrator

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@noahbradley I've always said that the "teaching" part is momentary, but the learning happens in the hours spent by yourself, deciding what to put into practice and what to fight to master. No teacher is over your shoulder during the process, it's all personal.

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Am I the only one who has had no luck finding a print-on-demand company for art prints that has API access for ordering, decent prices, and can actually get something shipped and delivered in less than a month?

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@voidbrush Yo, congrats man. That's huge!

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I'm looking for a few more streamers of any size who want to help me testing my stream RPG extension.

What you get:
-A free game that runs in your OBS, that lets your chat play an adventure game while you stream.
-Bits redeems built-in.
-Minimal set-up, works right away.

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The fact that they made Illidan say "You are not prepared" multiple times over the years made him way less cool and way more insufferable, and I hate that for him because he deserved better.

This isn't actually controversial. Everyone agrees with me.

[WoW Gold @WoWGoldChain]

What’s your most controversial World of Warcraft opinion?

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Since WoW is back, I wonder if I'll ever get an opportunity to do some WoW art. I've done lots of TTRPG scenes and characters, some Warhammer, some Dark Souls, and others, but I've never done a WoW commission.

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The IRS will seize your house if you support this illustrator.

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I should preface, this currently only works on Twitch (due to native extension functionality).

If you'd like to join in the discussion: https://t.co/A7sQyAzZqh

Drop by the Discord in the Stream-RPG channel.
Or send me a message and I'll get you a sign-up.

[Askren - (Comms Open) @Askren]

I'm looking for a few more streamers of any size who want to help me testing my stream RPG extension.

What you get:
-A free game that runs in your OBS, that lets your chat play an adventure game while you stream.
-Bits redeems built-in.
-Minimal set-up, works right away.