Someone told me that character designs shouldn’t cost this much, and that even $200 is already too expensive 🥹
So… let’s do the math
Everyone spends a different amount of time on a design, but let’s take the most optimistic scenario: 1 design = 2 days
30 days/month = 15 characters
15 × $200 = $3,000/month
Sounds pretty good, right?
But now… let’s be realistic
If you’re a fairly popular artist in the community and already have regular buyers, let’s say you sell around 70% of your designs
That’s about 10 characters/month
10 × $200 = $2,000
Still not bad. But…
$2,000 - 5% platform fee = $1,900
$1,900 - 35% (on average) taxes = $1,235
Still a decent amount…
Oh, wait. We forgot about weekends 👉🏻👈🏻
22 working days = 11 characters
~8 actually sell = $1,600/month
$1,600 - 5% platform fee - 35% taxes = $988
Well… I guess that might cover the monthly rent
But we still haven't accounted for:
vacation & sick days
accountant fees
hardware & software
other professional expenses
And all of this assumes that you can actually finish one character design every 2 days AND that you already have a stable base of buyers
So when we talk about whether $200 is "a lot" for a character design, it's worth considering how much of that amount actually becomes the artist's income
Full render YCH auction
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AB $450
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@DemonKind13 The girl in the first illustration is name Iris, and she is one of the main characters in the novella. You can also check out my page, I posted a lot of illustrations from my work 💖