It is all about controlling your cost per hour. You try to keep within a good range of 20-25 an hour if you want to make any money off of painting. That isn't including your paint cost let alone any other work you might have to do / life.
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It is all about controlling your cost per hour. You try to keep within a good range of 20-25 an hour if you want to make any money off of painting. That isn't including your paint cost let alone any other work you might have to do / life.
Yeah I'm never going to make that. It's not even a matter of speed entirely, simply what has to go into what I paint. There are only so many shortcuts I can take before the style I'm known for is no longer the style the client gets.
But I enjoy working on the higher end pieces and the time it takes, so I'm not too worried about it.
You should be working hourly or charging much higher for high-end stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beamo
I'm starting to adjust my rates upward based on what I think is reasonable, though I think hourly would scare people away when you take into account that some of those pieces (like Bjorn) can take 300 hours in conversion and paint work. People just don't want to pay that for one piece, so I have to decide if it's more important that I do something else with my time, or adjust my rate down.
As long as my Furiouso Librarian gets in under that rate ;)
I'm with you man, and this predicament is precisely why I've stopped enjoying commission work... On the one hand, I want to provide a worthwhile service and give the customer my best work, but on the other hand I have to look out for myself. I think I'm going to be retiring for a while, and maybe coming back to it later.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beamo
you're well under that rate. :PQuote:
Originally Posted by Hogleg
Truth be told most of us painting stuff for locals are doing it because we need hobby money. Were we to charge fair market, y'all would be painting your own stuff.
true story. I mean I pay some bills with most of mine because I have too much of the wrong stuff already, but yeah.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psyberwolfe
You guys need to start conspiring to drive prices up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Beamo