wanting to do YCHs but...

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I know someone else did this, but its got me thinking about it too.
 
I have wanted to do my own YCH’s (NSFWs or SFWs). I’ve got some ready, but I’m not sure whether or not I should yet. I’m getting there with my own skills but I don’t know if I am at the point where I can confidently do YCH’s; I know there are things I should work on more like shadow effects and I am getting there with other effects, facial expressions and anatomy.
 
Maybe its a little early to say since I have a few pictures to my name at the moment, and at my skill, the highest I would go is around the $10 mark for my work and let people go on from there (if bidding).
 
Should I give it a go or wait and draw some more?  
Thanks for the help.
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You should absolutely give it a try! If your muse says that you have more drawings in you, then doing small pieces for others like this is a great way to get your mojo charged up and to get drawing every day.
 
After a month you might not want to do this any more, but if you can do it for a month - doing a new YCH every week or ever other day then you’ll be in an entirely different artistic space next month :)
 
And that’s always worth taking a chance for.
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@Ciaran  
Thank you for your kind response ^^  
I guess I could give it a go. I was thinking of doing them monthly, having SFW or NSFW YCH’s ready for that month. I do find them easier to do since I can take my time with them and upload them when I feel they are perfect. :)  
Would it be a good idea to start with a set price or go the bidding path and use that YCH commission site? especially at my skill level.
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I think for the price, don’t worry about it and just put a fixed price on the first few.
 
If you’re worrying about price, you’re distracting yourself from drawing - right now the price that you’re charging is very secondary to the whole question of whether this is something you want to do, and whether it will be a viable product that your fans want more of. So just look at the price as a “I’m not doing these for free, but I’m also not looking to make a living off of them” that means that you’ll only be doing these for people who at least are willing to put some money down on them, and won’t be swamped by folks asking for freebees.
 
So, for me, to start with I’d suggest just doing them for a flat rate, and $10 seems like a price point where you might be able to create more interest to start with.
 
After you’ve done a few, it will become clear whether $10 is too little or too much.
 
How many of these you are doing in a week or a month will really help you identify whether they’re something you are putting more effort and time into, or something you can do one or more a day of, and at that point you’ll know what price makes more sense.
 
And who knows? Maybe you’ll end up with a range of prices, from “I do one of these a day” images to “It takes me a whole month to finish one of these”.
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Thats a good point, I guess I just want to make it worth it for the commissioner. I put a lot of effort into my latest upload and it looks like people love it. It seems taking a few days to finish something as opposed to an entire day did help with the effort put into it. Seeing that sort of feedback has me planning more pictures to draw on free time.  
I could give the YCH a go, keep the price at a low and see where I go from there. :)
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I TOTALLY THINK YOU SHOULD DO IT! people like all sorts of things when it comes to YCHs. some of the most popular stuff ive seen is simple, cute drawings with a gimmick.. like a chibi with some food, or doing heart hands, or a simple animation or smth. so even if ur anatomies not that good, u could do something cute n simplified to still get the masses excited
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sidenote! i checked out your page afterwards n i dont think you had anything to worry abt!! ur balance of anatomy n stylization is rlly well done, n i think ur anatomy looks great!!
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Thank you so much, I’m glad you like my stuff ^^ that was quite the confidence boost :D  
I take my time trying to get the anatomy to look right, heck sometimes it takes me days to do the sketch because one of the legs looks weird and i try to correct it XD
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