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Comms Open Soon and Monitizing Hobbies
2 years ago
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TLDR: comms most likely opening within a week. Will update here and on other socials
I think I'll always like painting and drawing as a hobby. Drawing to relieve stress and slowly watching myself improve has been super rewarding.
But over the past couple of months I, like a lot of people out there, am starting to become more financially stressed. I'm not in any immediate danger but I'll either have to pick up a second job - which would eliminate a lot of my free time to draw - or try to lean in into earning extra income through drawing. I have some serious concerns about trying to monetize this hobby so i'll be doing it very slowly. If you are an artist and have these same thoughts, I'd love to chat about this.
I think the silver lining to this is I'm excited to start painting people's characters again. Keep an eye out for comms opening via google forms in the next week.
I think I'll always like painting and drawing as a hobby. Drawing to relieve stress and slowly watching myself improve has been super rewarding.
But over the past couple of months I, like a lot of people out there, am starting to become more financially stressed. I'm not in any immediate danger but I'll either have to pick up a second job - which would eliminate a lot of my free time to draw - or try to lean in into earning extra income through drawing. I have some serious concerns about trying to monetize this hobby so i'll be doing it very slowly. If you are an artist and have these same thoughts, I'd love to chat about this.
I think the silver lining to this is I'm excited to start painting people's characters again. Keep an eye out for comms opening via google forms in the next week.
I think it's smart to open a Google Form and select the ideas/characters you're most inspired by at the time, rather than accepting commissions on a first-come, first-serve basis.