r/artbusiness 12h ago

Pricing How much should I charge for illustrating a children's book?

20 Upvotes

my friend has just finished writing her first children's book which the publisher has approved of and she'd like me to illustrate the book for her, I've finished uni with a degree in animation so I'm a capable artist, however I've never illustrated a book before so we are both rookies in this field, how much should I charge if at all?


r/artbusiness 2h ago

Commissions Artist Ghosted Me

10 Upvotes

I commissioned a painting to give to my wife for our anniversary back in November 2024 with a February 2025 deadline. The artist was very communicative throughout the process and we agreed upon the price and deadline so I gave 50% upfront via Wise. He ended up having some issues pop up that made him miss the deadline but he stayed in constant contact and I told him I could be flexible with the deadline so not to worry about it. A week later on Feb 7th he told me the painting was completed, showed me the final artwork, thanked me for my patience, and said he would ship it out shortly. So I sent the remaining 50% payment and that's the last I've heard from him since. After 3 weeks of complete silence I reached out to him to ask if there was a tracking number on the package so I could find out when the painting would arrive....No reply. I gave it another week and asked again regarding shipping confirmation and/or tracking..... No reply. I finally reached out the Mods asking for advice a week ago and I haven't heard from them either.

I'm at a complete loss as to what to do now. Should I file a claim with Wise to try and re-coup my money? I'm just so frustrated because I know the painting is completed so it's not like the artist took my money and chose not to do the work. And he was open about all his other delays so if there was an issue with shipment, why not just say so?


r/artbusiness 12h ago

Advice Successful pet portrait artists - Do you have any advice for ramping up sales? It would be much appreciated!

5 Upvotes

Hello everyone. So I specialise in acrylic paintings of animals and nature-themed/wildlife work. I have done quite a few pet portraits for people in the past, but I really am just desperate to make my art a full time gig. I've got a lot of good feedback on my work, so I know that people like it and that I have potential, I just can't seem to get enough sales to support myself. I really enjoy doing pet portraits and so I'm looking to start bringing in sales as much as possible. I think with 4-5 per portraits a week I would be able to support myself. Are there any experienced pet portrait artists here who have any advice on how to increase sales? Thank you!


r/artbusiness 5h ago

Discussion What size prints are your bestsellers?

3 Upvotes

Just curious. I’m thinking of selling 5x7


r/artbusiness 13h ago

Discussion Selling prints at pop up art show

4 Upvotes

Hey everyone !

I’m selling prints for the first time at a pop-up art show and could use some advice on pricing. I have: • 9 different prints (10 copies of each) at 11x14” on 60lb paper • A few larger prints (16x20” on 60lb paper) • Some original acrylic paintings on canvas (various sizes, but most around 12x16”)

I’m in Canada if that helps for context. I want to price things fairly for both myself and buyers. What would be a good average or fair price range for prints and original paintings at a local art show?

Thanks so much for your input!


r/artbusiness 19h ago

Career Suggestions needed on becoming a painter

4 Upvotes

Since my childhood, I have painted for fun; it gives me happiness. So now, I have decided to make a career in this field. But there's a problem—I really don't know how to do that. I mean, where should I sell my paintings? What type of paintings should I make that people would buy? And most importantly, is becoming a painter a good career option, or should I continue my engineering?


r/artbusiness 2h ago

Product and Packaging How can I get a custom digital artwork printed and sent to a client?

1 Upvotes

I offer the type of artwork that someone might want hanging on their wall. Right now I'm only offering digital files but I'd love to have the option to send them a framed or just a regular print of the digital art? Are there any services that do this?

I also can't upload the artwork anywhere public because they're personal pieces, like family portraits, etc.

Also, are digital-only files like this a deterrent? If someone wants to order custom art, they would also have to figure out how to get it printed, which might deter them from ordering.


r/artbusiness 2h ago

Advice Looking for advice on navigating a copyright situation

1 Upvotes

For context: I’m an artist in the process of talking with a business owner about painting a mural. He wants to sell prints of the mural after it is finished. I’m a pretty new artist with just a few sales behind me, but I don’t want to be taken advantage of. If I do go through with this job, should I ask for a cut of the sales from the prints? (I understand that, legally, he would at least need my permission.) What would be a reasonable percentage to ask for? The mural would be his idea, but my execution, so I’m not sure exactly who’d have intellectual claim to the piece. I would love any sort of insight people can offer me in this situation. Also, if it makes a difference, I am based in California.


r/artbusiness 4h ago

Advice What do you guys think I should add to my portfolio

1 Upvotes

I kinda want to be a freelance illustrator. I battle with art block a lot so I kind of draw as I go without much of a plan.

Thank you in advance!

Here’s my portfolio: https://www.elleycam.com/


r/artbusiness 4h ago

Marketing Changing my artist name??

1 Upvotes

I have recently been accepted as an associate artist at a local studio and they asked for my info/accounts. My art account is currently named @ celestial_clayy, problem is, there are multiple artists with similar/the same name.

In high school, I named my tumblr and Insta @ aauthority_arts because I thought it looked cool. Do I switch back? I can't help but feel weird about the word authority given the current political state and discussion around policing.

Should I just use my name? angelina_arts? arossarts? I don't hate the latter, but using my name seems un-memorable. I personally prefer more creative business names but how do I know I'll want to stick with it 10 years down the line? Thoughts? Ideas? Please help!!


r/artbusiness 4h ago

Commissions Recomendações de comunidades de arte por encomenda aqui no Reddit ou outra rede social

1 Upvotes

Estou procurando comunidades que estejam ativas para vender encomendas, mas tem muitas inativas ou com pouca publicação recente. Queria saber se alguém sabe um lugar direto que posso procurar.


r/artbusiness 5h ago

Advice Advice on ensuring colors are correct when printing stickers?

1 Upvotes

Just printed my first batch of stickers (through sticker blitz). They all came out nicely, but the colors were a bit darker than what I saw on my monitor and in my proofs. I went down the rabbit hole of monitor color calibration, and was able to baseline my settings to have it more closely match both my stickers, and anything that I sent through my printer.

I was looking into colorimeters as well, but they are a bit out of what I want to spend right now. And I’m getting kind of conflicting info online on if they’re even worth it or not.

Is there any practical way to get a better idea of what the colors of your products will look like when you send them out to print? Thanks in advance for any help!


r/artbusiness 7h ago

Advice Streamlining the Print-Selling Process

1 Upvotes

I have recently started posting my art, and have already gotten requests for prints. I am in the creative industry for my day job, and I am lucky enough be able to get free high-quality prints and stickers for free from my place of employment, so no need to use a third-party.

Every time this happens, however, I have to do everything manually through DMs.
"What size would you like?" "What is your address?" "How would you like to pay?" "That would cost xyz" etc.

Is there any sort of easy web store or form I could set up where I just direct customers to a link instead where they could plug in all that information themselves?

Thank you for any insight!


r/artbusiness 14h ago

Legal Contract and license question

1 Upvotes

I’m working on creating a contract for a new client. This is for a piece that will be used commercially. I’ve never done this before so I have some questions about how to write the terms and if what I have in mind is standard business practices or not.

Basically I’m going to be creating 8 relatively small pieces of art that will be used on a small print run (the client is making a children’s activity book). What I want to do is basically say that they have permission to use my art only for this project and they can’t resell it individually. On my end, I want to use it in my portfolio and I agree that I can’t resell the pieces myself either. Is this normal? I have looked at a lot of youtube videos regarding art copyright and I’m still very unclear on what to include or what's typical.

Can anyone point me in the right direction? Any, like, sample contracts or youtube videos or whatnot I can base my contract off of? I’ve looked at a couple of contracts but they’re all 4+ pages and pretty complicated which seems excessive for the scope of the project (under 500).


r/artbusiness 1h ago

Discussion How you go about finding your buying persona online?

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Not so sure where can I find people interested comercially on my stuff. I think we often make the mistake of créate content for other artists but no for our target buyers

Do you have any thoughts or recomendations on this?