Do people hire artists that don't do shading?

[Silver7]

Like what if the line art isn't bad and I use only base coloring with no shading involved?

Will people still hire commission a artist like that if they don't charge too much? or will they end up not getting much people to commission them?

[Lensing]

That depends on what the customer is looking for.

I would step away from the "if they don´t charge too much"
Offer quality work with self confidence and this doesn´t depend
on if it´s black & white, flat colored or shaded.

I can only say that I sold black & white illustrations for a couple
of years and my colored commissions didn´t have shading like
a lot of comic books don´t have any shading.

[Kelheor]

People will literally commission anything, including a sketch, "flat colors" is a usual option for any art price list. Having no shading is a style choice for some artists too, the same goes for artists who only draw in line art. As Lensing I only sold lined portraits for some time and it stays on my price list because people like my b/w stuff, also it's easier to draw and cheaper to commission.

[moontokkym]

I'm hired to do storyboard and lineart in a comic, it's pretty common for comic jobs to be seperate with a main artist (who does the lineart, sometimes with solid black shading included) and a colourist who does all the colours.

That said, art is a very competitive industry and different jobs demand different specialities, so being a generally good all-rounder can open those first few doors until you find your niche. Comics for example demands consistent quality at speed, even if the level isn't the best, whereas illustration commissions usually requires more work on details and single-image composition. 2D animation is usually really fractured too, with up to ten different jobs for a single frame to speed up the whole process.

[silverraven0]

Definitely if they just wanted flat color or don't have the budget to get shading commission . Done commission where they choose to do just that because of budget. You can just offer what you can do, as long as the price is right and the style is what the clients wants, you'll get clients who will pay just for flats.