#slimmeroo

oh man imagine blade runner presented like the animatrix, a really sick animated anthology

*VIBRATES LOUDLY* GIVE IT TO ME. NOW.

UGH I JUST—! I want Blade Runner to be as good as it could have been you know? There was so much done right, but then there were these really dumb/gross/sloppy parts and—!! FRUSTRATED YELLING!

lookit that tiddy tho

lizard tiddy is love

holy shit i thought it was a kinkshame not a ROAST

i know right? this joker was supposed to be batting me on the nose w a rolled-up newspaper, not shanking me in the kidneys

same

i can say from experience that Helga Pataki "oh how i hate him.... and yet, how i love him" syndrome is 1000% Real

rainbow quartz is helga pataki

ILL DRAW THIS IF YOU DON’T

you should draw it anyway bc i will actually freak out if you do

Yeah,  the character limit on that answer thing doesn’t give a lot of space for a detailed rant about professional practice. So get ready for a bigass rant with stuff you hopefully haven’t heard already, I guess. You obviously have got plenty of talent to make it in pretty much any creative field that you would want to enter, but that’s only one part of the whole shindig. 

Your initial post seemed focused on small online commissions, which, tbh, I haven’t heard of anyone making a full living off of those alone (at least not a decent living for very long), it’s a mix of things for a lot of people. Freelancers get inventive. If you want to be treated like a Professional Artist and price like one, then you have to act like one in every thing that you do, online and IRL, even if you don’t feel like you have the chops for it yet, aren’t paid like one yet, etc. Many people get “Imposter Sydrome” and feel like they’re liars by being confident and positive about their work and any successes, but it’s just what you gotta do. Fake it till you make it, in so many ways, body language, a strong handshake and eye contact talking about your work, not apologizing or making negative statements about yourself, asserting that yes my art is worth something. 

It can be hard charging more, you may feel like you will get more work if you charge lower, but there’s certain price points where it’s just a waste of time to work at. No one can give you exact numbers, but going by an hourly rate can help you. Pay attention to how much time your work takes, maybe allot only a certain amount of hours to one piece, because if the price point is already set up front (which is typical), the more hours you work, the less you get paid per hour on the piece. Art is a luxury item, and people who expect it cheap are entitled or just ignorant. Make sure you aren’t charging minumum wage, you are worth far more than that.

Getting into more specifics, selling prints isn’t a bad idea, you get multiple sales from one artwork. Some people look into places like Society6 and others, but pay attention to how much dollar you can actually make from sales there; things can get tricky and end up being a waste of time and money. 

Also, if you didn’t already know, Furries got hella bank. I don’t know exactly why, but they do. It’s a niche subgenre with a LOT of demand, but there’s room for stylistic flexibility so you don’t have to be a sellout. I know a couple of people  personally (nastyjungle and Spencer Wan) who managed to make a pretty penny over summers between school just doing weird furry porn commissions on the internet and at cons. 

It’s ok to be a “nag”. Send other people messages like the one you sent me here, even people you don’t know. Other sudents, professionals, art directors, it’s their job to be easily accessible. Talk is cheap, and you’d be surprised how many people are happy to offer advice after being buttered up a bit.