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@mocarro

You may think there is such thing as "too much horse art." I kindly disagree.

If you could ask whatever you want, what questions would you ask a self-taught artist doing art/commissions on their own?

Let's assume you can ask your art idols.Feb 11, 2024

#question

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equus_maniac

2yr

How do you prioritize your works? Commission, personal and otherwise. How do you manage it without having existential dread the whole time?

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reedshrine

2yr

How did you feel about making your hobby a job?

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pina_marzo

2yr

How many commissions do you need to fullfill in order to make a living? How do you deal with motivation? Do you have time for personal drawings and projects? How do you find clients? How do you calculate the price? What do you do if you get ill or have an impeding problem while you have a pending commission? How many commissions do you take simultaneously? How do you estimate how long a commission will take you? How many time can a client ask for modifications, and what do you do if they ask to modify the drawing further beyond your set limit? What other earning sources do you have? How do you find buyers for your art products? How do you deal with takes or permissions to sell? What do you do if your main platform that you use for advertisement shuts off or changes so drastically that your activity on there becomes unsustainable? How much marketing skimms do you have to develop? How much marketing labor do you need to do confronted to the artistic labor quantity?

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