The link in bio built for illustrators

For illustrators the best link in bio is a gallery with a deposit attached. Folio puts your work on a grid, your commission terms next to it and your payment details behind a password, so accepting a brief and collecting the deposit happen in one place. It's free and Folio never touches your money.

Commissions need a gallery and a deposit.

A bio list can't open or close commissions, and it can't collect the deposit that makes a commission real. So the whole business runs in DMs: the style questions, the terms, the price, and finally a PayPal address typed into a chat window. Every commission artist knows the client who approved the sketch and then went quiet. The gap between "I'd love one" and money received is where commissions die, and a row of grey buttons does nothing to close it.

The blocks that matter for you.

Lead with a gallery grid in the styles you actually take commissions for, so clients ask for what you want to draw. Add a short commission-terms text block with prices and turnaround, an "open for commissions" note, your Instagram or shop, and a Pay-Me block for the deposit. One link answers the three DM questions you get every week: can I see more, what does it cost and how do I pay.

What to put in your link in bio as an illustrator

1. 1

   A gallery of 4 to 8 pieces

   Show the styles you're selling, not everything you've ever drawn. Clients commission what they can point at.

2. 2

   Commission terms

   A short text block with prices, what's included and turnaround. It saves the same DM exchange every time.

3. 3

   An open or closed note

   Say whether slots are open right now. It sets expectations before anyone writes to you.

4. 4

   Your Instagram or shop

   The feed proves you're active, and prints or adoptables get their own link.

5. 5

   A Pay-Me block

   Your PayPal or bank details behind a password, so the deposit doesn't depend on a DM going well.

Set it up in ten minutes

1. 1

   Claim your handle

   folio.link/your-name. Sign in with Google or a mail code, no password to invent.

2. 2

   Upload your gallery

   Drop pieces onto the grid. They keep their aspect, no forced crops.

3. 3

   Write your terms and add Pay-Me

   Prices and turnaround in a text block, payment details behind a password.

4. 4

   Paste the link everywhere

   Instagram, X, Bluesky and every "commissions open" post.

Take the commission deposit up front.

A commission without a deposit is a request, and requests get forgotten between your sketch and their reply. With Pay-Me you share your password when you accept the brief, the client unlocks your details and pays you directly, and you start drawing knowing it's real. No fee taken out, you keep 100%, and Folio never touches the money.

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