You CAN Do It Too! Commissions, Exposure, and... by Sarilain, journal
You CAN Do It Too! Commissions, Exposure, and...
Do you feel like no one cares about your artwork? That no matter how hard you try, you'll never improve? Well, I've been there before.
A little less than a year ago, I didn't even have 100 watchers. It was tough trying to find commissions, even though I priced them around 10 - 100 :points: an hour. Sure, I had some wonderful people supporting me (thank you very much for that!), but when I looked at the thousands of diehard fans the "popular" artists had, I felt kinda useless. It seemed like even a thousand watchers, or just being able to earn minimum wage was impossible. Sometimes I wanted to cry from all the effort I put in. I kept d
Remember how I said I had a few that ideas I'm excited to work on? Well I'm back at school, so they're not going to happen for a while. I have so little time now oh my god I forgot how much I hate all this.
Also little rant, not important.
Today someone started going off at me about how all animated cartoons are idiotic and the artists who make them are stupid losers who shouldn't be making money, and that if you find enjoyment in cartoons you are stupid. I didn't really say much, I didn't know what to say, but I just thought... ok, but do you realise that's hurtful. Like I've never even spoken to you what the hell we have no beef. Are you