Art Commission Hourly Cost Calculator
Estimate the labor cost of an art commission from planned work hours, target hourly pay, overhead, and revision time. This is a planning estimate and does not set a client price.
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Calculators
Calculators
Planning tools for illustration & creative practice, with visible assumptions and units.
Art Print Margin Calculator
Estimate the gross margin and profit per art print from its selling price and production costs. Enter amounts in one currency and include only the costs you want reflected in the estimate.
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Art Supply Budget Calculator
Estimate the materials budget for an illustration or creative project from your planned quantities and unit prices, plus a reserve for small price changes or extra materials.
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Canvas Size Scaling Calculator
Scale a canvas proportionally by entering its current width and height and a desired width or height. The calculator preserves the original aspect ratio and estimates the other dimension.
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Color Contrast Ratio Calculator
Calculate the ordered contrast ratio from two precomputed relative luminance values between0and1. Either value may be lighter. This does not convert hex/RGB colors or establish whole-page accessibility conformance.
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Comic Panel Spacing Calculator
Calculate the equal horizontal gutter between comic panels arranged in one row, using page width, side margins, panel width, and panel count.
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Digital Artwork Storage Calculator
Estimate the storage space for a collection of digital artwork files from the number of files, average file size, working copies, and backup copies. The estimate uses the same average size for every copy.
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Drawing Grid Enlargement Calculator
Calculate the enlarged width of one grid cell from a reference drawing, its grid count, and a scale factor. This version calculates cell width only.
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Exhibition Wall Layout Calculator
Estimate how many equal-width artworks fit in a single row along an exhibition wall when the layout uses equal spaces between works and matching end margins.
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Frame Size Allowance Calculator
Calculate the outside face area of a frame in square inches from the artwork dimensions and per-side mat and frame allowances. The result is area only; calculate outside width and height separately by adding twice each per-side allowance to the corresponding artwork dimension.
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Illustration Project Time Calculator
Estimate illustration project hours from the number of finished illustrations, average drawing time, revision time, and project overhead. This planning estimate assumes the entered averages apply across the project.
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Image Aspect Ratio Calculator
Find an image's aspect ratio from its pixel width and height, and calculate a proportional height or width for a new size.
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Marker Cost per Pen Calculator
Calculate the average purchase cost of one marker pen from a pack price and the number of usable pens in the pack. This simple unit-cost estimate does not include taxes, shipping, or other fees.
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Pixels to Inches Calculator
Convert a pixel measurement to inches using the image or display resolution in pixels per inch (PPI).
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Portfolio Image Resizing Calculator
Calculate a selected resized pixel dimension using one uniform scale to fit a source rectangle inside a target box. Enter numeric dimensions from100to10000px per axis. Choose width, then height for the two outputs. It does not resize or inspect image files.
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Poster Paper Area Calculator
Calculate the total paper area for one or more posters from the finished poster dimensions and quantity. This arithmetic estimate assumes rectangular posters and reports area in square meters.
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Print Bleed Dimensions Calculator
Calculate one print dimension including equal bleed on both edges. Enter either trim width or trim height, then repeat for the other axis. All values are millimetres; confirm the required bleed with your printer.
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Print DPI Calculator
Estimate the effective print resolution of an image from its pixel dimensions and intended print size.
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Print Run Cost Per Copy Calculator
Estimate the average production cost of each copy in a print run by combining setup, printing, finishing, and packaging costs, then dividing by the number of copies.
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Sketchbook Page Usage Calculator
Estimate how many sketchbook pages you will fill over a chosen period from your drawing sessions per week and average pages per session.
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