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"stress" by yoan capote - made of bronze and concrete

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low-poly, ps1-ish Batter

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You know that funny feeling

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OFFTOBER DAY 2. Impurity

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street corner (2024)

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Day 7 - Antlers

Tip jar

List by @whitejawz

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Oh Colin.....

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Our first contributor preview comes from one of our guest artists, @cobaltbeam , and their delightful drawing of the 501st!

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Malevolent sketches that went nowhere but I still like

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well, good luck! 📀🩷

prints!!🗡️

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babbler

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some oranges for thai of the dye variety <3

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Who is left

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fail loser guy

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wow peepaw

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Howdy

you don’t have to answer, but do you have any advice/directions on getting paid as an artist? I saw your art and it’s good. Especially that one with König with the text “you *really* should’ve knocked” I’d like to sell my art and get commissions, but I’m so lost on what to do and how to do it and how much to charge. Should I try to join a bunch of fandoms or something? Which platforms are the best? How do I know my art skills is good enough/ready for commissions? 😅 ah well, thanks for reading my ramblings

Ahh that's not an easy question to answer! So, take all of this as my personal opinion and nothing more hah

Joining fandoms is surely a way to get more people to see your art, and reach more people who may be willing to commission you or buy prints. But if that's the end goal to you joining a fandom then I dont recommend it, since it would get real boring real fast if you're not liking the fandom for yourself first.

As for platforms, I get the most commissions from instagram, but the most comments from twitter, and the most engagement from tumblr so...uh... not sure what to recommend

And for the last part, that's the real issue. The whole thing is absolutely subjective. I see people that get commissions from someone I wouldn't give a cent to, and also people with incredible skills that don't get paid nearly enough.

That is to say that it's not about your skills being enough, but rather if what you're drawing appeals to someone willing to spend money for it.. and you cant control that. It depends from the person that sees your art.

I hope this was of some help, I'm sure there are people that are way more equipped to answering these questions, but that's what I'm thinking at least!

Best of luck!♡♡

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hi, just wanna say I absolutely love your artstyle! have you ever considered posting speedpaints or art progress videos? as an artist who's still relatively new to digital art, I always love seeing them, I love knowing the process of artists I admire

I have some speedpaint videos on my patreon, my process is so messy though I'm not sure it would be very useful for people hah