Day 8374

Costing it All out!

(Sainsbury's part-time work)

January:
Driving lessons £500 

February:
Flash & Blender course £500 

March: 
Camera £400, Green screen £50, Lights £50 

April: 

Oculus - £500 

Animation Mentor Course £2000

Not including saving for a house, birthdays, travel to see parents, bills etc. The cost of things I would like to get, mostly towards the game and getting better at animation. Some things that are in March & April I can split with my partner also... So extra savings can go towards the Animation Mentor course, which I think realistically I'll be able to afford for Spring 2019.

There are a couple courses on Linda.com and the animator's survival kit pdf, also the flash and blender course comes with an animation booklet. 

That said I'm thinking of opening monthly commissions. If it all falls through then that's okay I can wait and do alternatives, but if it takes off...  ✼ ҉ ✼ ~(✪ᴥ✪)~ ✼ ҉ ✼

Commissions 

- Insert random thought process here -

I'd like to try something a little different and I'm not entirely sure how to explain it. Sorry for the rambling in advance. I'd like to do a kind of, community unlocking idea.
The first 3 commisions every month cost £50, the next 3 cost £40 and the next 3 cost £30 the next 3 cost £20 and the final 3 cost £10. Each month it resets.
So at most I'd do 15 commisions a month, making a max of £450, which in 5 months would be enough to pay for animation mentor. Though thinking about it most pieces will take me around two days minimum...Taking precious time away from the duck game... and this would be pretty much undercutting myself quite a lot.
OR
Having set prices... Charging on a case by case basis... Like I've been doing currently.
Maybe both... Specifically for character art. Maybe Patreon...(Pixel (Maybe)  Sprite - £20 Animated - £60) also worried offering a cheaper option will devalue the rest

Sketch

Bust - £10

Half Body - £20

Full Body - £30

Flat colour

Bust - £20

Half Body - £35

Full Body - £50

Painterly

Bust - £30

Half Body - £50

Full Body - £70

Community unlock- An idea for when don't trust Larry is completed -

Once a month, community unlock begins! Resetting on the 1st of each month.

For 1 x full body character flat colouring (£50).

5 people working together, each commision making it cheaper for the next. The 6th person getting a commission for free! Between them saving £150. (A) £50 > (B) 20% off £40 > (C) 40% off £30 > (D) 60% off £20 > (E) 80% off £10 > (F) 100% off £0 Person A spends £50 (the normal price), Person B gets a 20% discount etc. Until the 6th person can commision a 1 x full body character, flat colouring (Normally worth £50) for free! 7th and 8th people would pay normal pricing, needing to wait for the unlock to reset the next month if they wanted a reduced fee.

Plan: Open normal commissions. 3 at a time.

Create DTL Pareon. Get shit done >:3