Free art commission pricing calculator. Enter your target hourly rate, base hours, piece type, extra characters, background complexity, usage license, and rush surcharge; outputs a defensible commission price broken down by each multiplier.
Use when a client asks for a quote and you want a consistent, defensible number instead of guessing — especially useful for comparing personal vs. commercial pricing on the same piece.
Unlike the 3D Print or embroidery calculators, there's no physical material cost here — pricing is purely time and license-value based, closer in spirit to a freelance rate calculator than a materials calculator.
Base price = hourly rate × base hours × a piece-type multiplier (bust ×1 up to full scene ×4) × a background-complexity multiplier.
Each additional character adds 60% of the base price rather than a full duplicate, since composition and background work are shared across figures in the same piece.
The combined price is then scaled by a usage-license multiplier (personal ×1 to commercial ×2.5) and a rush surcharge percentage on top.
A commercial buyer profits from the artwork indefinitely — on merchandise, ads, or products — so the usage-license multiplier charges ×2.5 for commercial use versus ×1 for personal, non-monetized use.
Each additional character adds 60% of the base price rather than a full duplicate charge, since pose planning, lighting, and background work are already shared across the whole composition.
Most artists charge 10–30% on top of the normal price for a significantly shortened turnaround. The calculator applies your entered rush percentage as a straight surcharge on the final price.
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Half-body piece, simple background, personal use, no rush, $25/hr rate, 3 base hours.
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Suggested price: $135.00.
Base price = $25 × 3 hours × 1.8 (half-body) × 1 (simple background) = $135. With no extra characters, a personal-use ×1 multiplier, and no rush fee, the final price equals the base price.
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