provided you have an adequate enough skill level, where is a good place to do some lower end commissions for people with lower expectations?
go on deviantart and draw furries and anime.
You will not get a helpful answer unless you vastly elaborate on what you do, and the industry you are looking to break into.
"Commissions" can refer to many different things. I hope you're not thinking of some Tumblr-trash personal-commissions for like $10.
Try searching, seriously, artists do a great deal of things besides making art and most of it consist of finding people that can give you a job.
Also try Upwork, I saw some fat fuck with red beard called David North there charging $22/h for his illustrations and I'm suspicious he is also owner of this site and portfolio:
http://www.davidnorthillustration.com/
And before you ask - yes, he has earned on average $50 per piece.
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