Commissions Directory

Hello everyone!
 
We’re excited to announce the launch of Derpibooru’s Commission Directory - a new, easy to use way to help artists advertise their commissions, and help people seeking commissions find artists to draw them!
 
If you’re an artist who offers commissions, we’d like to invite you to create a listing. Simply visit the directory, click on “Create my listing” and fill out the form! Once you’re done, add a few items to your listing (such as vectors, sketches, flat colored images, etc), and your listing will appear in the directory!
 
And if you’re looking to get a commission, feel free to browse the directory and hopefully find an artist to buy art from! Since this is a just-launched feature, there’s not many listings yet, but that should be fixed really soon :D
 
Also, we have added Site Rule #9 to address topics specific to advertising commissions on Derpibooru. Please be sure to review it.
 
*Click here to see the new commissions directory
 
If you have any questions/suggestions, please let us know! I’ll be happy to address them. Though to address a few things that were asked already:
 
Q: How can I show my commissions sheet on my listing?  
A: Simply upload your commissions sheet to the site, then enter the image ID (derpibooru.org/1351815) on your listing.
 
Q: I created a listing, but it does not appear on the results page  
A: Make sure your listing is set to “currently accepting commissions”, and that you added at least one item to your listing, such as a fully shaded commission. Commissions that are closed or do not have any items listed will not appear in the directory or search results.
 
Q: Can I create listings in currencies other than USD?  
A: Not at the moment, but this is something we are currently looking into.
 
Q: I want to offer a different category/image type, will that be possible?  
A: We can always add more. Just suggest what you’d like to offer, and if enough people like that suggestion, it’ll be added.
 
Q: Why use “categories” instead of tags?  
A: We’ve noticed that commissions are generally advertised in very broad terms, while tags are generally very specific. For example, most people advertise commissions as “I can draw canon characters” instead of listing every single character they will draw. While it would be cool to type in specific tags and find artists who will draw that specific thing, it would be a management nightmare requiring artists to add potentially thousands of tags to their listing!

@Joey  
You forgot a closing * after the first Q. Unless you wanted to make all that bold.
 
@Topic  
Cool! This definitely will help lesser known artists get some more commissions.

This sounds fun! I never expect this to happen

@Joey  
Excellent! :)

@Yoshimon1  
Fixed

The mod gods have delivered once again upon us

I don’t really handle commissions, but I figure I’ll just throw a few suggestions out there:
 

D’aaaww it’s a shame I just closed this round off xD
 
Really good to know for next time though.

Expect some changes to the UI in the next few days as I try to figure out where to fit stuff

Sounds nifty. I’ll give it a go.
 
 
EDIT: Wow, I’ve only just noticed that all my commissions thus far have been Equestria Girls-based. Interesting.

Awesome. I was thinking of getting another commission but I for the life of me can’t find anyone.
 
Yes I’m that blind.
 
EDIT: Just a suggestion, but can we get a link to the user’s actual profile? Both the name and more information link to their commission page.

Awesome. I’ll definitely look into using this when I open for commissions again. It’s always nice to draw some pony stuff. :>

@Corrderio  
On the commission page is a link to their profile. Upper left under “General information”.

@Zeb  
But that’s one more click! D:

are colorists even a thing?
 
like would people actually pay for having their sketches painted and shaded? because i always see how much more extra it costs to have your commision go beyond a black and white sketch.
 
because id love to make a few bucks on the side just painting and shading pictures,it would be cheaper than paying the extra 30 dollars on profesional shading,i already paint for fun,so might as well try to make something of it.

This will definitely come in handy. :)

@Cabrony  

 
I have historically done a handful of commissions along those lines. Honestly, that’s pretty much the only type of commission I’d be particularly interested in doing right now. (And frustrating to showcase since you can’t use other peoples’ art to do so.)

Loving it already.

Am I allowed to post a picture (as an example) of a picture I did not upload to site? I want to include an example of my human art in case someone would want to commission that.
 
Edit: Never mind, I see that one can only post with a site image ID.

@Exedrus  
Linking commission info on tag pages is something that should hopefully be released soon. As for notifications, that is a good idea, but with the way watching tags work, I’ll have to discuss the feasibility of that with the other devs.
 
@Machiavellian Mythos  
Damn, your listing is actually really thorough. Nice!
 
@Corrderio  
I imagine that most people would be more interested in seeing the commission listing than the user’s profile, which is why the name links there. Though if there’s enough demand, then a link to the profile can be added. I’ll also ask DoublePipe what he thinks, as he’s a UI expert and was helping me out a lot with how the UI/UX should look for this.
 
@Cabrony  
I’m not sure if that’s a thing or not. It wouldn’t be too hard to add though if people do offer that. Though I’m not sure if that’d be a category or an item type.
 
@LightningBolt  
>tfw when you didn’t mention that once during the whole testing period ;)

@RottenBabe  
Heh, you sneaked in while I was replying :P
 
All images used to have to be uploaded to the site, but so long as it’s pony related, you can upload it.

@Joey  
Okay, but in the portion of the application that comes up if one presses ‘view information’ I can write a description that says maybe ‘contact if you want to see human examples of my art’ since I have yet to get off my ass and draw a human pony? >.>

@Cabrony  

 
Well, artist:hyperstorm_h seems to get a ton of coloring commissions. That’s the first colorist I can name off the top of my head but I’ve seen a lot of examples of their work.
 
Some of their stuff is NSFW, if you were worried about it.
 
Colorist is a very important job, so I think there would be a demand :D

@Joey  
I didn’t even think about it. >~<