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Donator Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 00:30:23 )
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@MoodyBats: That's good to hear :3 And I see, searching for hand (or literally anatomy in general) reference can be quite a daunting task if one wanted to make sure if they didn't drew the hands look too strange ^_^;
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Voltie — Moody Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 00:51:21 )
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@ChiffonOrange: for me I can find the hand reference.
But usually its the wrong angle lol.
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Donator Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 03:12:24 )
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@MoodyBats: Ah I see. Same about the angle part xD Hmmm.... mind if I ask you for a question? If you don't mind that is :o
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Voltie — Moody Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 04:34:57 )
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@ChiffonOrange: But maybe I can draw all angles after this piece
so I can get a better sense of that particular pose.

Ask away. I'll try to answer it as best to my ability.
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Donator Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 04:51:36 )
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@MoodyBats: Uhh... How do you start doing an art commission/shop? Sorry if it seems out of place since I'm curious ^_^;
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Voltie — Moody Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 05:20:13 )
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@ChiffonOrange: Well, you make a topic in the mini shops.
Though I kinda guess when it comes to my own prices if you mean price wise.
I have an art shop if you want to use that as a reference for your own I can link to you.

For me I try to guess what sort of amount I feel is enough and now low balling myself but not charging too high.
Sorry, I'm really bad if you just meant how to make it in just topic wise. :vanora_sweat:
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Donator Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 05:33:00 )
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@MoodyBats: I see :o And that's okay ^^ though do people usually accept paypal besides volts, items or ohmns when it comes to commissions? Since I don't know how pricing works ^_^;;
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Voltie — Moody Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 05:44:48 )
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@ChiffonOrange: I don't think voltra does, but I think places Like Gaia do as long as you also accept Gaia cash
or something along those lines.
But understandable if you are not wanting to do it through Gaia.
Though I think Most social media accounts you can do RLC.
I don't know very much with RLC as I myself have not started doing those yet.
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Donator Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 06:34:04 )
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@MoodyBats: I see. That's understandable. *nods*
I'm not a fan of social media though and seeing DeviantART, Twitter, Ko-fi (that site seems pretty interesting :o ) or Instagram (not sure about the latter) are the only ones that allow RL commission. And thank you for your answer and advice, MoodyBats. :)
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Voltie — Moody Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 16:08:11 )
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@ChiffonOrange: For freelance artists there isn't really many options to do commissions without twitter, Instagram or even tumblr.
Social media is a kind of must with commissions.
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Donator — AAAAAAAAAA Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 18:06:39 )


    yeah you need some sort of social media presence, it's an endless cycle of self-promotion and honestly exhausting lmao

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Donator Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 18:32:51 )
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@MoodyBats: I see. *nods* About that Tumblr part, I don't think lots of artists (maybe some of them?) have one since I saw most of them moved to either Instagram, Twitter or etc. these days :o

@pachi: Hmmm... it does sounds kinda exhausting like what you said xD
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Voltie — Moody Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 18:53:24 )
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@ChiffonOrange: Some artists still have tumblr.
It's not good to just stick in one place like just Instagram or just twitter or deviantart.
So I am on all of them that way people can find you on any social media platform.
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Donator — AAAAAAAAAA Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 20:15:44 )


    ehg i still dump my art onto tumblr but it's a shell of what it used to be lol
    their nsfw ban was. pretty bad lmao

    honestly none of the current platforms are really that good for artists
    we get fcked over by algorithms on the daily

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Donator Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 21:24:59 )
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@MoodyBats: Ah, that's understandable :o *nods* Most artists tend to have two or more social media accounts in order to reach out their audience.

@pachi: Oh, that ban. Ugh. I didn't like how they manage that site tbh and I'm sorta glad that I didn't have a tumblr haha *sweats profusely* And you're right, the algorithms are the ones to blame. *nods*
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Voltie — Moody Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 21:28:13 )
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@ChiffonOrange: Plus for me with tumblr you can add multiple links
where other people can reach you at.
So that's why i find tumblr somewhat useful.

For now i don't have a big audience, but that is fine since it's not an immediate thing
but very slow and gradual.
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Donator — AAAAAAAAAA Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 21:45:43 )


    imo having your own website just for a landing page that can link to your social medias is useful too, can be a carrd or wix or whatever but having a space for yourself outside social media accounts is pretty important

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Donator Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 21:54:08 )
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I see. I'll think about it later, perhaps after the lockdown is over. Just don't know when will it disappear
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Voltie — Moody Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 21:55:33 )
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I've been making my own website using wix.
but it probably won't be made public for a long time just because
i don't have enough art to showcase.
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Donator Posted 5 years ago ( 2020/05/14 22:10:11 )
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Ah, that sounds quite reasonable. Maybe it's because you were busy at that time so it's understandable. :o
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