05/12/2020
A customer asked me how much it costs to do a portrait commission.
π π²: 1000-1500 php
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: Masyado namang mahal, drawing lang naman niyan.
π π²: How much do you think it would cost you?
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: 100php mahal pa nga ata... Madali lang naman yon diba?! Saka mura lang naman mga gamit.π
π π²: Ganun ba? Ok, since sabi mo madali Lang naman pwede namang ikaw ang gumawa. π
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: Pero hindi ko alam kung paano...π
π π²: Sige For 500php tuturuan kita, try Naten baka nakasave ka pa and youβll get the knowledge na kailangan mo. π
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: Sige, pwede na din.π
π π²: But to get started: May mga kailangan tayong gamit:
-βVellum Board (50 Php)
-Steadler set (1k plus)
-βCharcoal Powder (500plus)
-βTombow Monozero eraser(500Php)
-Fixative (300 plus)
-Kneaded Eraser (50Php)
-Set of Brushes (200-500)
-Drafting table (5k-10k)
-set of Mars Lumograph Pencils(500-1k)
Etc.
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: Hala.π£ But I don't have all these equipment. Bibili pa ba ko niyan, eh drawing lang naman gagawin ko. π
π π²: Well then for another 1000php more I'll rent my stuff to you para makagawa ka. π
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: Sige Sige π
π π²: Okay! thursday I'll be waiting for you to start doing this work ha.
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: But I can't on Thursday I only have time today.π’
π π²: I'm sorry, but I'm only available on Thursday to teach you and lend you my stuff. Other days are busy with other patients na kasi. π
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: Okay! That means I'm going to have to sacrifice my Thursday and give up my other tasks. I will be loosing my 1k salary that dayπ£
π π²: ah I forgot. To do your job yourself, you also have to pay for the non-productive factors.π
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: Totoo ba? Ano naman yun?π²
π π²: Electricity, Manpower, Food etc.
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: Jusko! Ang dami ko namang babayaran at masasayang na oras bago ako makagawa!π² Sige na nga Yung mga gamit ok naman na?
π π²: Sure, nasa akin naman na yung ibang gamit, but for the Drafting table you need to have one para may paggawan ka nang mabute at ma-ensure na safe yung drawing na gagawin mo. Pinakamababa na table na glass is 5k-10k dipende pa sa materials π
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: Lamesa Lang tapos ganun na agad price ? π
π π²: Actually may wood naman but it costs 3k pataas. π
πππππΌπΊπ²πΏ: 500 sa turo, 1000 sa rent ng stuff, tas marami pa ibang fees Di pako makakapasok sa work, ang hirap palaπ tapos muka pang ang tagal-tagal nun gawin nakakangawit π’ hays, Mas mabute nga pala na kayo na nga gumawa para sigurado π
ML: When you pay for a job, especially sa drawing, you pay not only for the material used, but also:
- Knowledge
- Experience
- Study
- Tools
- Services
- Time to go
- punctuality
- Accountability
- Accuracy
- Guarantee and quality
- Sacrifices
No one can degrade other people's work by judging prices.
Only by knowing all the elements necessary for the production of a certain work, can you estimate the actual cost.
πΊππππππ Art and Artists
Credits to the real owner
