Price of Complexities - Determining the Extra Fees

Version 1.0.0 | Last update: 30 June 2025.

Details and complexities are subjective. This page is created solely to reduce uncertainty for clients so that they can gain better insight (hopefully) without the need to ask many, repeated questions.

Table of Content
  1. Character
  2. Background

1. Character

The complexities in the character are contributed by pose, hairstyle details, outfit details, accessories, properties, and so on. Complexities sometimes arise because of the amount of detail they have or due to my personal unfamiliarity with a specific prompt (e.g., unusual poses, uncommon angles, exotic props).

To simplify things for both of us, the level of complexity is divided into three categories: simple, medium, and complex.

Simple

Costs nothing. These are the details I find comfortable to work with without too much effort.

Additional props and outfit patterns are kept at a simple level.
Medium

Cost 5 USD or 25.000 IDR. This is where I start to realize that drawing is not all that fun, and I'd better get paid more to do it.

Advanced gesture and a detailed outfit pattern. Requires attention to detail.
Complex

Cost 10 USD or 50.000 IDR. The detail and complexity in this range are almost equal, if not exceeding, the workload of adding an additional character. Imagine the effort.

Introducing pet-like creatures and make them interact with other objects spikes up the difficulty.

2. Background

As stated in the commission info, I will only accept 'relatively simple' backgrounds. This indicates that I won't create backgrounds that stand out as the main focus of the art piece. The most expensive background in the example below will be the most complex of what 'simple background' refers to.

The complexities in the background are contributed by composition, perspective, structural details, object shapes and details, and so on. I have divided them into five categories, with the first one being free.

Free

Costs nothing. Effortless additions that look good sometimes. Typically just a colorful square or something similar.

Ok this one is a hand writing. But still looks effortless.
Simple

Costs 5 USD or 25.000 IDR. This is the type of background that I find comfortable to work with.

Simple corner of a room, but still requires attention to perspective.
Medium

Costs 10 USD or 50.000 IDR. This is where it starts to feel challenging and laborious.

Numerous objects are present and blend into the environmental ambience.
Complex

Costs ~20 USD or ~100.000 IDR. Definitely a lot of work.

TBA. waiting the image to be publicly posted by the client. Spoilers: I wish you don't ask for something like this.