I got a question, just recently.. it was asking me on tips on selling your own art and stuff.
about.. maybe.. 5-6 years ago. When I was drawing and painting and stuff. It was the first time i saw someone else doing a 'commission'
I was curiious about it, confused, and wasn't sure it was a new thing to me. I saw someone earn 35 dollars by doing a ref. And to me that was a loooot of money! TO me that was like.. 3-4 hours of work in retail. I was like 'Holy shit? why do people buy your art? how did you do it?"
when i asked an artist that, i got well ahahaha i got a bit of a rude answer. I was just being earnest but I believe I must have came off rude. -laughs-
I didn't know people bought art online. So... I studied it up, i looked easy to me (HA). I got myself a paypal, looked around and tried to figure out what was selling and tried to copy it.
And I CANN saaay. It didn't work. I couldn't sell one piece of it. No one wanted it, no one needed it, I just couldn't crack the code on selling my art. I went from cheap to cheaper and it didn't work.
So I said to myself after a few months of this. "fuck it! i'll draw for myself".
I do, i fill my page with all the art I wanted to do for myself cause i had the time! I found it fun! refreshing, relaxing and enjoyable! it was an art haven. A few months later I get a message in my note box.
It asks me how much my art is. Asks me how much it would be to do a peice for them.
IT BLEW MY MIND THE TIME I WASN"T EVEN TRYING TO GET MONEY THERE IT GOES it freaking falls in my lap!
Thats. how i started.. The time I couldn't sell my art.
Thats why i tell you guys to love your own stuff.
When you chase contests, raffles, money, and all that other stuff... you won't get the success you expect...in fact you'll always be under someone elses thumb. Someone elses powers and needs.
and that's not what you want to do with your life. I can promise you that.
Hope that helps : )
