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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 8415118" data-attributes="member: 20564">So, among those that do commision character art I've noticed that there's a big push not to undervalue yourself from the artist community.  Artists new to commisioning sometimes way underprice themselves to get some customers, get some experience, and end up making a lot less than a livable salary.  Spending 4 hours on a $10 work is not sustainable.But an issue is that there's enough of these to recalibrate for some what they expect to pay.  So what works out to be $10/hr for a bespoke piece - not an outrageous sum at all - gets seen as overinflated.Virtual self-publishing and easy distribution lets anyone gets their ideas to market, and there's enough people out there that just by distribution some will be really good.  But that doesn't mean that the prices reflect something that would sustain an industry.  And without the industry, we don't have new editions.  D&D easily could have had it's last published edition as AD&D 2nd from TSR, which also means no OGL and no Pathfinder-as-it-was.This isn't saying you are doing anything wrong or to try to shame you.  I'm pretty much assuming that you have bought core books, you just don't buy past that.  I am just pointing out that there is value in supporting the industry, both large like WotC and Indie, to help our hobby as a whole move forward.</blockquote>