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capydoodle

capybara #142: it's the small moments that matter

abydraws

from the series: art i forgot to post

camilicy

Would u buy his tangerines ? 🍊

zombiefyedx

Bruno, 18 year old Tiefling. He is a rogue sorcerer who never had a family by his side is whole life until he met his current party. Bruno likes to cover over his scars with gold tattoos, his latest being the claw marks on his face from a tabaxi on the first day he met his new party.

zombiefyedx

That's all the boys now completed! I'm so Excited to get stuck in. I hope you like them!

zombiefyedx

Designed some BTS embroidery designs which is just simpled Members. I have V, Suga, Rm and Jin so far :) hope you like them!

julietteoberndorfer

✨"Colorful Lama"✨ available on my Etsy Shop!

—> www.etsy.com/fr/shop/JulietteOberndorfer

thegroovyarchives

Floral Cross Stitch Motifs From Cross Stitch Designs, Ondori, 1975.

howtobeaconartist

I was wondering if you know of any good places that can print works into poster sizes... I have always wanted to sell my work but not sure how or where would be good to print....I'm in the UK

Kiriska: Have you tried:

Googling “custom poster printer [city/region]”, “poster printing,” “large format printing,” or anything else to that effect?

#printers, #printing, #prints

“Where to Get Things Made” (AANI)

oldmansunchips

Done my first ever convention yesterday as a stall holder!

I learned I lot from this experience, so I thought I’d share what I learned from this:

1. Have a pal!

If you’re doing a stall alone like I did, have a pal with you! Logan helped so much with cutting stickers, making sure I had the correct change, helping organise and display everything so they looked appealing. It’s always good to have a second set of eyes and opinions to help gauge whether what you’re doing is a good choice or not.

2. You don’t need as many prints as you think!

I kinda went mad with prints because I knew loads of people were coming, so I ordered a lot when really you actually just need about 10 prints of everything you want to sell. However, if you do order a lot and you have leftovers, IT’S A BONUS! Because if like me you’re always on waiting lists, if you get picked last minute for a stall you already have everything you need, so there’s no rush to get prints/stickers made.

3. Engage!

This part can be hard for those of us who are on the anti-social side, but it makes a big difference! I was an avid cosplayer before I went into this side of attending conventions, so talking to people at cons wasn’t so bad. If you see cosplays you like, tell them that you love their outfit! Talk to them about the similar interests you have and have a good time, plus it brings people over to your table, and that is what we’re after. You’re there to make money, but also to leave an impression!

There was a moment when a young girl came up dressed as Bee from Bee and Puppy Cat and funnily enough I had a Puppy cat print, so without hesitation I gave her a free print of Puppy cat with her purchase as a one off because I felt if anyone should have the print, it should be her to go with her cosplay. It absolutely made her day, and it even turned out her mum earlier on had helped us with getting change, so the good deed kinda went full circle!

4. Talk about money!

By the end of the convention people were coming up and struggling to buy things without making themselves totally skint, so I would ask them, “Well, how much do you have?” and by bringing this up it meant I could adjust my prices so they could leave with a good impression and a print from yours truly. You don’t need to drop to pennies, but have a chat, shave a quid off and have a happy customer. I know as a con goer money can be tight, so as the person behind the stall I knew I wouldn’t be loosing much by making things a little cheaper.

However, I was in a position where I got my prints cheap enough that anything over £1.50 was still a profit. Don’t loose out on money just to make people happy if you cannot afford it.

5. Bring munch!

Getting to the toilet without feeling like you’ve been away from your stall for 500 years is already hard enough, never mind trying to find a place to grab lunch. Bring some snacks with you to munch on when things get quite because you’re gonna be sat around for a loooong time, and being hungry during that time sucks! Bring food and water/juice with you because you will need it! Don’t forget to look after yourself!

6. Take notice of what people are buying and asking for!

I got small prints made sometime last year and I was always someone who bought big prints so I assumed they would sell more than small. Wrong. Small prints is where it’s at! They’re cheaper to be made (Sometimes even free depending where you go. Places like photobox do 30 free small prints when you first sign up, so whats to loose?) and take up less space! Notice what people are buying and keep track so you know what to get more made of etc. A lot of people asked for smaller prints of some of my big prints and sadly I only had them in one size, so I lost out some sales because of that.

7. Have a good time and be organised!

That’s it, just have fun and be organised so that everything runs smoothly from set up to packing it all away. Chat with other stall holders, kill time by drawing, stay well fed and hydrated and just go with the flow.

I’m not a professional, this was my first stall but I certainly learned a lot! I hope this helps some of you guys out there, and if not then whatever, y’know?

mymoonjelli

Do you have any advice for artists looking to open their own online shop?

Yes! Quite a lot actually

1. Your product photos are EVERYTHING. Make sure they look clean, vibrant and professional. People can’t touch the products so your photos have to really sell your items.

2. Don’t sell anything under $5. It’s not worth your time, and if your price point is under $20 do not give free shipping unless it’s for a sale or promotion.

3. Test your shipping method before sending customers orders. Make sure your way of packaging is fool proof by sending test orders to online friends or family. Have them confirm everything arrived in tact.

4. Don’t overspend on packaging/presentation. While it’s really cool to do and rewarding to have fully branded items come in nicely wrapped packages with logos and all that, the price isn’t worth it until you’re selling lots of items and can afford to buy in bulk. However, while you’re new, something that can get you started with positive reviews is hand writing thank you notes with orders.

5. Your reviews are VERY important when you’re starting, do the best customer service you can so your early reviews are all 5’s. One 1 star review can really screw you up and unfortunately to prevent it you might need to bite the bullet and take a loss on an order to make the customer happy. Like if their order doesn’t arrive or they made an error in reading your listing and it’s their fault not yours, gotta just eat the cost when you’re new.

I can answer anything else but those are probably the most important things c:

hixxiart

Pricing your Art

So @dreriart made a post about commission pricing and I thought since it is doin’ the rounds I’d copy-paste this thing I wrote on DA over to Tumblr because for some reason I … never … did that … before?? So one recurring thing I see a lot in the art community in many different formats is ‘how much should I charge for my commissions?’ What normally follows is a lot of bad advice. Terrible advice. So I’m here to give you some good advice and tell you all about how to value your skillset and price accordingly. This guide has been written with the intended audience of folk who are just starting out with commissions, but I hope it will encourage other artists to give themselves a fair wage and, of course, a lot of this can be transposed over to other creative professions as well. So let’s answer the question of ‘how much should I be charging people for work?’ The answer to this is deceptively simple. Here are the questions you need to ask yourself to form an appropriate response:

Where do you live?

How old are you?

For obvious reasons I cannot assist you with these. But once you have these you go to Google and you type in the following: ‘minimum wage per hour in <location name>’ Which is more than likely going to bring up an official government page for your area. Here is the one for the UK since that is where I live.Now what? Well. How old are you? Because some locations have different rates for those in different age brackets. But essentially all you need to do is get the following info: How much is the minimum wage per hour for my age in my area? Now that you have this, how long does a piece take you? You do not need to be exact. A rough guesstimation will do. This will form your base price of: Minimum Wage x Estimated Hours Therefore if I take five hours to paint a portrait and my min wage is £7.83 then my base price for a painted portrait is £39.15.

That is the absolute minimum you should be charging for your work.

And please take into considerations the following:

Working outside your comfort zone will up times taken on a piece.

If you’re working with traditional materials, how much for paper/canvas/paint/pens/etc?

Minimum wage is quite often garbage anyway.

Whenever I say this though, I often get a variety of responses in the negatory for this method. I have answers for each of them. So, let’s run a sort-of-FAQ on this method shall we?

I’m not good enough to price that high.

Yes you are. Who says? Your government, for starters. Also me. Here’s the thing. No matter the quality of your art, you deserve a fair living wage for your work. There are lots of people out there with no understanding of the time, effort and tears that go into honing artistic skills. Digital art, making comics, mastering musical composition, sculpting, or whatever it is all takes time to learn and we are constantly growing and improving. And if someone wants to hand you money for what you are producing guess what? You ARE good enough. That is the proof right there. Another human being wants to give you cold hard cash for something that only you can make. If it puts a different perspective on things for you, think of job roles that would be traditionally minimum wage. Probably the one most people will go to is ‘burger flipping at McDonalds’ as an example of a low skill occupation that is stereotypically easy and for those who failed in life etc. etc. (spoiler alert: it isn’t, but that’s a journal entry for another day). Why should this theoretical failure of humanity earn more than you doing a job that ‘anyone can do’? Because art is absolutely more difficult than cleaning out a McFlurry machine (that’s a legit fact by the way: I’ve cleaned one of those and art is way harder). Also, art is a luxury product my friend. No one needs to be buying commissions of their MMO character. They want it? They can play by our rules. And they will.

My family member/friend/random internet guy said that’s too expensive and I should lower my prices.

Your family member/friend/random internet berk is a fucking idiot at best, or intentionally trying to get you to undersell at worst. Firstly, I’d be willing to bet that the person who said this to you is not an artist. If so, what makes them more qualified than another actual artist to tell YOU how to price yourself? Because you trust their opinion? Yeah, but what if their opinion is formed on a factually incorrect assumption of how much art costs/the time it takes to produce because that is a HUGE deal in our community right now. And what if they just want you to stay cheap because it threatens them? Or, as a consumer, want you to stay cheaper for their own selfish purchasing habits? What then? Tell them to fuck off.

But there is someone better than me charging less! Why should a client pick me over them?

Spoiler alert: there will always be someone better than you charging less. There are thousands of mega quality artists out there. I’m considered expensive for what I produce, especially as I live in a country with a currency that translates highly to other currencies. Yet people constantly ask me for commission work. So what gives? Here are some reasons why a prospective client might chose you over someone else:

You are nicer than they are.

You are faster than they are.

You’re working in a niche sector.

They know you personally.

They like your art style better.

You have lots of good feedback.

A friend recommended you.

They aren’t even open for commissions right now.

They had a bad experience with that artist in the past.

You’re easier to purchase from.

You have a larger following and purchasing from you exposes that audience to them by proxy.

There are lots of other reasons but price isn’t necessarily often the deciding factor for a lot of clients. Don’t spend your life being concerned with how other people are better than you or you’ll never be happy. I’m nervous about pricing so highly! What if no one wants my art?If a client doesn’t want to pay you a fair living wage for their luxury item purchase then that’s a client you can probably do without to be honest with you.Someone complained about my prices being so high! What do I do? Refer them to this:

rowanlea-101

Something worth noting is that minimum wage is normally used for people who are employed (not self employed). So people who work contracted 16, 24, 37 or 40+ hours per week for an employer.

Anyone who is not guaranteed work for a set amount of hours per week is absolutely within their right to charge well over the minimum wage, to cover those hours that they are not guaranteed.

Ever wonder why the plumber is so expensive? Or the electrician? The pc repair guy (£60 to transfer my data? Really? All you do is plug it in and leave it for a few hours..)

That’s why. Because most traders/self employed people don’t have work lined up 9-5 mon-fri (though it’s great news if you do!). If my lovely pc repair tech only charged me £20 to transfer my data, or £5 labour (half an hour) + >insert price of laptop screen here< to repair my screen, he’s never going to make enough money to stay open, because he doesn’t have people coming and going in his shop all day every day.

If you’re considering being a part or full time artist, then perhaps consider not just how many hours it takes you per piece, but how much of your time you want to spend on commissions. If you plan on spending 20 hours per week on it (not just the art itself, but consider things like liasing with customers and promoting yourself as well) then calculate the hours with the minimum wage (in the above instance, it would be 20 x £7.83 = £156.60). Then you figure in that week you can hopefully (and realistically) complete let’s say, 3 commissions. That would be £52.20 each. Already that’s more than the base price stated above (which I am not saying is wrong at all). But you’ve covered yourself for the additional work and downtime hours, and given yourself a real expectation that of what income you’ll be earning per week.

hixxiart

This is a TOP QUALITY addition to my post.

howtobeaconartist

Why Ship from Home? I’m self-employed. I personally receive all my products, process them, take pictures, list them for sale, pack them, and ship them out by hand. Being a one-manned business…

catchymemes

whifferdills

https://www.the-pro-creator.com/2019/01/I-hate-adobe-and-so-should-you.html

dungeonsdonuts-deactivated20200

For all my art peeps.

alliaofrph

writeinspiration

WRITING HELP/CHARACTER

writing a bitchy character (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10)

writing a cocky character (1,2,3,4)

writing a emotion character (1,2)

How to play a hippie

Playing the quiet character.

Portraying the shopaholic.

Portraying a mute character.

Portraying a kleptomaniac.

How to play the stalker.

Writing distant, indifferent characters.

How to write a character who stutters.

Writing a character who is sassy.

A guide to playing a southern character.

Portraying characters with crushes.

How to portray a teen mom.

How to play a character who is mean.

How to portray a character high on cocaine.

Writing a character who is high on amphetamines.

Playing an efficient male character.

Portraying the asshole.

Playing a character who suffers from shyness.

How to play a mentally ill/insane character.

Writing a character who self-harms.

Writing a happy character.

Writing a character who suffers from night terrors.

Writing a character with paranoid personality disorder.

How to play a victim of rape.

How to RP a blind character.

Writing a leader.

Writing a character with Dissociative Identity Disorder.

Writing a character with depression.

Writing a character who is homosexual.

Writing a character with schizophrenia.

Playing a fe/male character.

Writing a character with Nymphomania.

How to write a worry wart.

How to write a character with HPD.

How to write a bad ass character.

Playing a pansexual.

Tips on writing a drug addict.

Tips on writing the pregnant female.

Writing insane characters.

Playing a character under the influence of marijuana.

Portraying a character with diabetes.

How to play a prankster.

Playing a character who has been adopted.

Portraying a vampire.

Playing a character with an eating disorder.

Portraying a character who is anti-social.

Portraying a character who is depressed.

How to portray someone with dyslexia.

How to portray a character with bipolar disorder.

Portraying a character with severe depression.

How to play a serial killer.

Writing a tomboy.

Playing a pyromaniac.

How to write a mute character.

How to write a character with an OCD.

How to play a stoner.

How to write an asexual character.

How to play a bitchy/vicious character.

How to play a character with HPD.

Playing a pregnant woman.

Playing the burn-out.

Writing a “nice” character.

How to play a gentleman.

How to play a shy/introvert character.

How to play a naive character.

Playing characters with memory loss.

How to write a character who smokes.

How to write pirates.

How to write characters with PTSD.

How to play a character who isn’t ready for sex.

How to play the geek.

Playing the manipulative character.

Portraying a character with borderline personality disorder.

Playing a character with Orthorexia Nervosa.

Writing a character who lost someone important.

Playing the bullies.

Portraying the drug dealer.

Playing a rebellious character.

How to portray a sociopath.

How to play a swimmer.

Portraying a ballerina.

Playing a promiscuous male.

Playing a character with cancer.

How to portray a bubbly character.

How to portray a power driven character.

How to portray the shy character.

Playing a character under the influence of drugs.

Playing a character who struggles with Bulimia.

Portraying a hippie.

Portraying sexually/emotionally abused characters.

Playing a character with asthma.

Portraying characters who have secrets.

Portraying a recovering alcoholic.

Portraying a sex addict.

How to play someone creepy.

Portraying a foreigner.

Portraying an emotionally detached character.

How to play a character with social anxiety.

Portraying a character who is high.

How to play a strong, female character.

Writing a character with a hangover.

Playing angry characters.

Playing a character who is smarter than you.

Playing and writing autistic characters.

Portraying a trans character.

How to portray a dominant character.

Playing a character who is faking a disorder.

Playing a prisoner.

Playing the opposite sex.

Portraying a character who has PTSD.

Playing a character who stutters.

How to play a depressed character who self-harms.

Portraying the “dumb” character.

How to portray a lesbian.

How to play a blind character.

How to play a sexual assault victim.

Writing a compulsive gambler.

Playing a werewolf.

Writing a character who is drunk.

Playing a Brit.

Portraying a character with amnesia.

Playing heroes.

Portraying a witty character.

How to play a vampire.

How to play a character who is manipulative.

Portraying the natural born leader.

Portraying the character who is flirtatious.

Writing a nice character.

How to portray a character who has asthma.

Playing a character with ADHD.

Amnesia

Children

Losing Someone (2)

Physical Injuries (2, 3)

Sexual Abuse (2)

Fight Scenes (2, 3, 4)

Horror

Torture

How to Describe the Body Shape of Female Characters

Character Appearance Help

Words to Describe Voice

Character Development Exercises

Art of Character Development

Introducing Characters

Characters You Need to Reinvent

Making Characters Likable

Heroes and Villains

Understanding Body Language

Mental Illness in Writing

Conflicts and Characters

How about some writing resources for those post-NaNoWriMo blues?

pnfpn

“I have all these OCs! But no story…”

bruh

make a fighting game

k8katbloggity

But what if half your ocs are softys and not made for fighting?

combinecremator

dating sim

clonedroids

this post changed the game

luckycaricature

Hey btw if you don’t know how to program, you should check out [novelty], which is a free Visual Novel creation software. Absolutely no programming required, and it’s super easy to use, I played with it some when I was a teen but the only reason I didn’t do much with it is cuz I made my story complicated and had like 5000 different branching routes that kept spawning new routes and made myself confused LMAO

But yeah, it’s a WYSIWYG with a really straight-forward GUI, if I remember correctly.

It even comes with some free backgrounds and characters and stuff, and this is what it looks like:

Did I mention it’s super duper free? It hasn’t been updated since 2010, but it has basically all you’d need to make a simple visual novel.

Just make sure your DirectX runtime is updated, cuz it can act buggy if it’s outdated, but this program is so old that I doubt it’d even be an issue lol

pixel-cat-1

holy shit

becausedragonage

This is so cool? Can you imagine fanfic in this format?

scripturient-manipulator

shoothisisanemptyblog-deactivat

@becausedragonage @ashidoodle can I recommend Choice Script? It’s like a choose your own adventure coding program. The finished product looks like this, where every option sends you down a different path:

They are literally books you can play. You can even insert your own character’s name and pronouns and that would make writing reader inserts so much easier And as a writer who can not art, writing and making dating sims and games is more convenient.

The coding is also super simple and easy to learn and all it requires other than the program files is a text editor. And just like that you can start typing up like you would your own fanfics or stories. Plus it’s very versatile so you can make your game/book as simple or as complicated as you want, and even implement stats and inventory systems.

AND CHOICE SCRIPT IS ALSO SUPER DUPER FREE. THE COMPANY EVEN PUBLISHES YOUR FINISHED GAME FOR YOU AND GIVES YOU ROYALTIES IF YOU CHOOSE TO SELL IT. THE PROGRAM STILL GETS UPDATED AND THE COMPANY PUBLISHES BOOKS EVERY MONTH INCLUDING THE FANMADE ONES. THERE’S ALSO A FORUM FOR PEOPLE TO POST WIPS AND TALK ABOUT CHOICE SCRIPT AND GET HELP.