Jellyaris's posts

Colored bust: 4000v
Sketch bust: 2000v



I won't draw:
- Couples
- Mecha
- Animals (Pokemon are okay)
- NSFW
- Fetishes
- Realism

Pretty much everything else is free game! Avatars and OCs welcome!

I spent the last couple of nights setting up deviantART, Twitter, YouTube, Patreon (not live), Redbubble, and Twitch. I'm definitely not going to be able to use all of this right away, but having the profile ready for when I am is probably a good idea.

Next I want to learn how to do audio/video recording for speedpaints on YouTube o uo

@Addy: Ko-Fi is another I'll put on my list for later on down the road~ I'm amazed at how many art sites there are, honestly.

@Vii: Yeah, I'm not quitting my day job just yet, lol. It's decent pay and offers benefits, so it's a good safety net. And if I'm doing art on the side, I think it'll be a bearable main source of income :vanora_smile: Commissions and other art income will really help build up my savings, too.

I'm so excited @u@;;

@superbearwars: haha yeah xD I'm going to the support forum to see if that's something they're working on.

How long have you been drawing? And drawing digitally?

@superbearwars: you should accept the trade n__n Voltra doesn't alert you whenever a change is made in a trade, for some reason

@superbearwars: Haha thank you! The first one is really cute, I love it :)

Scrambled eggs and salsa is amazing, okay? Especially if the eggs have a bit of cheese in them, too.

I also really like to dip pepperoni pizza in ranch dressing :vanora_sweat:

@superbearwars: I don't mind paying upfront n__n I sent the trade over. Accept whenever you're ready, no rush~

I'd like to commission you for my current avi! Is that okay?

@Addy: You're right. Just make stuff. Even if it's small, just start.


@superbearwars: Thank you. I knew I wasn't alone in feeling like this, but it's really helpful to hear that others are experiencing it, too. I hope you're able to fulfill your dreams, too.


@Lithinel: You sound exactly like me- anxiety, depression, difficulty with interviews... I hope you do finally land a job so you can get some money in your pocket.


@SirLionelNigelConrad: @Totalanimefan: My job isn't terrible and there's room to climb, it's just not what I want to do with my life. It, nor any other position in the industry, is what fulfills me. It pays more than minimum wage and offers health benefits, so I'm not going to jump ship straight away. I just want to ease into creating more in my free time. Weekends. Holidays. A few commissions at a time. Writing that no one will see until I'm ready for someone to see it.

Maybe one day I'll have enough business where I won't need that full time job that I hate. I could find something more bearable part time and take commissions part time.

My dream is to live off my creations. I know that isn't going to be immediate- or hell, even in a year or two. It could easily be 10 years down the line. I just want to start on it.

Thank you guys so much for your support :vanora_cry: This community is so sweet and so encouraging. And I feel so much better. I've been in such a dark place for such a long time, and I'd kept everything inside for so long... I'm glad you listened.

Jeez, that's horrible. At least the sun looks cool! Take that, solar eclipse!

The west has fires, the southeast has hurricanes, the midwest has tornadoes, the far north has blizzards... What natural disaster does the northeast have? Bears?

@Shadowman: Thank you for all the information. It's extremely helpful. I'm going to research sites like Red Bubble. Guessing it's great for pre-made designs and can take a lot of stress out of bulk production and delivery.

I'm going to have to look into the tax thing more.

The half payment up front and half after completion seems like the best route to go. That way if a buyer gets shady or takes off, I will have gotten at least some payment.

I'm Sasha. I make art, stories, and bad decisions.

I graduated with a 2.7 GPA in a field of study that I don't like. I work a pretty cushy corporate job for a business that gives me no sense of pride or satisfaction and doesn't require the degree that I'm in debt for (or a degree period, for that matter). I feel like my life is just ticking away and that I'm selling my soul by the hour for a meager paycheck.

I want to change that.

I love writing. I love drawing. I have since the 4th grade. I need to create or else I might just scream.

But I'm scared.

I'm scared that I won't be able to finish anything. I'm scared that I won't have enough money to live. I'm scared that if I try to live my dream of being a writer and an artist and find out it's not all it's cracked up to be, that I will have lost my dream- and part of myself along the way.

I'm scared that I won't go through with it at all. That I'll keep working my dead end job that I hate and die before I can ever pay off my worthless degree that I didn't want.

I'm stuck in a spiral of self-hatred and pipe dreams and fear, watching days of my life fall away.

...And I really need a fucking therapist.

So I've been curious about how exactly artists who take commissions for real-life currency handle the process. I have never sold my art for real money, so I'm very naiive on how the whole thing works. I'm interested in doing commissions for fun money on the side, but I have no idea where to get started.

I have a lot of questions, but I'll try to keep it organized:

1. How do you know how much to charge for your art?

2. I imagine for online commissions you'd use Paypal or something?

3. Does the customer pay you up front, after the art is received, or a half now half after sort of deal?

4. How long is too long for the customer to wait for the product?

5. If you provide prints, where do you print the art? FedEx? At home?

6. If you sell your art in the form of buttons, stickers, posters, con material, etc, do you use some kind of service that makes those for you in bulk and then you mail them out to buyers?

7. Where do you get most of your business? deviantART? Tumblr? Twitter? Instagram? All of the above and more?

8. Full time, American artists: how do you report your earnings on your tax returns? Do you keep invoices for tax season and pay it all at once? Is there sales tax on your art? I have no idea how any of that works.

9. Convention/Artist Alley artists: How do you know how many prints to make beforehand?
-What do you do if you run out too soon?
-Do you do commissions at the convention?
-Do you have a slot list that can be maxed out?
-Do you finish them all at your table at the con before it ends, or take them all home and do them at once, or do you draw them at your hotel room at night between events?

I hope this is the right subforum.

@Luffer Nutter: then the item is probably already in your inventory! Take a look!