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Moving toward commissions (Advice/help needed!) (Free art!)
10 years ago
Okay so.
In the future, I'd love to be able to take commissions, work here like any other artist does. But I know I'm a long way off that; I've still got a bunch of improving to do.
But I wanted to get a sense from artists who already take commissions as to what it was like trying to get a foot in the door? What worked and what didn't to attract potential customers? (Granted that taking commissions is really an end goal, I'm not planning on doing it right now, after I get some more practice maybe :P)
Also, I'd still love to take requests up until I feel confident enough to start charging, so I'm looking for characters to draw again :P
In particular, unusual/complex characters are welcome (How often do you hear that?!) as well as uncommon species!
Thanks for reading :D
In the future, I'd love to be able to take commissions, work here like any other artist does. But I know I'm a long way off that; I've still got a bunch of improving to do.
But I wanted to get a sense from artists who already take commissions as to what it was like trying to get a foot in the door? What worked and what didn't to attract potential customers? (Granted that taking commissions is really an end goal, I'm not planning on doing it right now, after I get some more practice maybe :P)
Also, I'd still love to take requests up until I feel confident enough to start charging, so I'm looking for characters to draw again :P
In particular, unusual/complex characters are welcome (How often do you hear that?!) as well as uncommon species!
Thanks for reading :D
This is all super helpful! Because yeah I figured a good starting point is to get a variety of examples up, to submit things in as many styles as I'm comfortable offering so people know exactly what they're getting. Plus it'll help me figure out how much time I'm spending on each piece and hence what I might think to charge. (Sound good?)
I am pretty lax with tagging though, gotta git gud with that xD
I don't think I'm at the point to be getting a banner ad, but I'll definitely think about that in the future!
But yes, the main thing for me is that it seems pretty daunting to go from not being noticed, etc. to having customers, so I had no idea where to begin!
And yeah I might give him a go, considering he's so darn CUTE and also I have little/no experience with markings :P
(also I had no idea! I thought it was a pretty rare thing and then I searched FA for it and now WHAAAAAAT)
http://www.furaffinity.net/view/15757522/