YWH Price Check

Hello to a community of beautiful people, I wanted to get the populations' insight on what you would price my "YWH" art piece at. It's been a very long time since I've picked up my tablet pen let alone finish a piece so it is hard for me to gauge the quality of my art. I've skimmed the Art Sales board but I'm still hesitant as I don't want to be steep with my prices.

I'm offering the following with shading that'll be similar to this piece by me. I don't know yet if the recolors will be limited or if I'll just continue the sale until I have a new piece finished. Clients would get a version with the pumpkin foreground and without.

(If it is not obvious, please note that this is of course a rough WIP version)

I may include the option of just having a single wolf with the model featured in the foreground for those who don't have/want two wolves featured.

Thank you in advance for any feedback and pricing suggestions! :-) 

EDIT: This piece, after what feels like a century, is almost ready to be shared with the world. I am still torn about the pricing of it and would love to hear more feedback on what you would pay for a recolor. 

Ooh it's lovely! With only one other example it's hard to say exactly, if it was a one time sale 40-80gc (depending on the difficulty and if you'd add accessories etc)

If it was a recolour thing I'd say around 15-20gc :D

I can't speak for the community since the site is still fairly new and the economy is constantly fluctuating;; 

But personally, for both full-bodies to be shaded and cleaned up like your example, I'd happily pay 20-25GCs, possibly tipping 30-40GCs, maybe even the 50GCs mark depending on the quality of both the full-bodies, the final background and whether its a one off or a multislot. Obviously a one off can earn far more than a multislot, but depending on how you price and how many multislots you can sell; it's more about what kind of time you want to invest into the lines and recolouring, rather than profit ^^

Since the economy is fluctuating, I can't emphasise enough how something worth or selling at 30/40GCs one day could sell for 60GCs the next, or dip to 25-15GCs. It really depends and hopefully you'll find a sweet spot where you both feel the artwork is worth your time, but still within a range the economy can afford/is willing to spare. 

Id also keep a close eye on conversion rates if you hope to accept SC payment as well or even items. SC to GC conversion rates fluctuate a lot so it'd be something to be mindful if you want to ensure you don't massively undercharge, or overcharge (unless it's on purpose) in one currency. 

If you're not sure whether to make YWHs limited or until you have a replace, there's no reason why you can't sell them off and as you go decide if you want to limit slots or not. If its quite time consuming, the economy is dipping or it isn't hitting it off as well as it did, I'd personally limit slots as you could better spend your time into making something new than continuing something on the side that you don't find evens out anymore. 

Your shading and style looks gorgeous though, I can't wait to see what you do decide to do <3 Obviously this is just my opinion, and I definitely think you should take a bit of time to work out how you want to price things.

Some people undercharge for attention then raise the prices, some people do sales/limited time or first few people discounts, some price higher and then dip accordingly; but there's no reason to feel that once you set a price, that's it. You can go with whatever your gut says, and adjust it to suit ^^

But good luck <3 That's some beautiful artwork and honestly, I'd love to buy a piece like that, either as a limited YWH or an "unlimited" YWH. Making a one wolf only variation would definitely work well, albeit I think the two wolves are adorable *^ *

@xXDruidXx Thank you BUNCHES for the input, even with the difficulty of only having one fully done example of mine to go by. :,-) Your recommended price range for multiple recolors was along the lines of what I was thinking about but I was definitely nervous it would be too expensive for people. I appreciate you reassuring me that it could be reasonable! 

@Hallbjorns I can't thank you enough as well for such a detailed and thought out response, I really can not be more grateful for it! You mention a lot of points, like the fluctuating market, that I didn't even think about factoring in. I've never really sold my art before so to know that it takes a lot more forethought than just sticking a random price tag on it is very helpful, I'm glad I sought out advice here before going in blind with the possibility of underselling my work. 

That is one of my worries as I am interested in taking multiple methods of payment (GC/SC/USD) and the conversion rates right now (especially for SC) have just been all over the place. It gets the head spinning trying to jump from thread-to-thread to try and assess what people are using for their on conversions, it just is so different for each person. "Finding the sweet spot", as you put it, does intimidate me some no doubt!

You've given me plenty of ideas and suggestions to go off of, again a lot of them being things I would have not thought of. I feel a lot more confident in whatever final decision I come to as far as what I want to do with this piece and any other pieces I put out in the future. I think I was stuck in the mindset that whatever method I decide to do with this YWH I'd need to do with any other but if anything, I'll just need to experiment with each sale and see what works best with this community and how the economy is currently sitting at the time, as you explain with great clarity in your post.

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I know I've said it once already but really, thank you both for the input. <3

I would EASILY pay 25-35GC per wolf, so 50-70GC total. Of course that makes it less accessible to some users, but your style is immaculate.

Maybe instead of a one-wolf option, have one be a canned black/white/normal looking wolf? Maybe Tala? Just throwing ideas out there, lol.

I have no advice on the pricing but I just wanted to pop in and say your art is beautiful! I’ll keep my eyes open for your future sales. :)

Holy christ, just want to say that shading is a huge yes <3

Im very glad I managed to help a bit. I'd definitely say take into consideration how long this piece has taken you! How long would it take you to recolour in designs, how will you take into account how complex a design is. How will you handle the complexity and range of hues found on WD wolves, would you accept OCs, how do you feel about lineart edits/accessories, how comfortable are you with expression tweaks.  And generally how you're settling back into art, are you up for doing many recolours/would you be able to keep up with them or would you rather only do a few and focus more time into making new lines? 

Id definitely say focus on what's worth your time foremost, then consider the market afterwards. As said previously, you're more than free to tweak your pricing as you go, but it has to make your effort worthwhile. And no doubt for that kind of Holy grail shading, people will happily work to match <3 It's coming along gorgeously though. Cannot wait to see the finished piece! :)

Your style is amazing, I'm in love with your shading.

I would say around $10 for a recolour, which would be 40GC. Honestly I would pay more, but you would get far more sales keeping it on the lower end and having recolours unlimited ^^

How long does it take you to colour usually? You'll want to price yourself fairly for the time spent.

@Sigh Oh geez, thank you kindly for that as well as inputting your thoughts! I really like your idea of making the secondary wolf an NPC for people who want a one-wolf-only option, would save me the time of moving things around to make the option available. 

@Eelai sdfsdfd I really do appreciate the compliment, it is very uplifting as it has been so long since I've drawn anything so I've been unsure on what others may think of it. :,-)

Hallbjorns You're back!!! Thank you AGAIN for the kind words and feedback. <3 "And generally how you're settling back into art, are you up for doing many recolours/would you be able to keep up with them or would you rather only do a few and focus more time into making new lines?" THIS. This has been on my mind as well for the duration of me completing this piece - I have seen a lot of people do a certain amount of slots at a time which I will definitely follow suit with on my own post, and keep them fairly limited since I am not as familiar in what kind of work load I can take on (especially with also having a life outside of Wolvden). 

I've been thinking about allowing minimal lineart edits though I'm not positive I'm up for anything at a larger capacity than that. I am excited to see how things play out as I rediscover what my limitations and capabilities are again.

@Doods I am grateful for the compliment, thank you for that. :-) I was thinking along the same lines - I likely will lean more towards the single recolor around the $10 / 40 GC marking and then doubling that price with a slight discount for the double wolfer, it is good to know that someone else was sharing that mindset as it doesn't sound as unreasonable in my head then!

So gorgeous!! I'll be keeping my eyes out to see if you happen to set up a thread <3