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I made Opal a long, long time ago but was just too heavily discouraged to finish it due to breakage from an unexpected move and bad paints.(And just probably not the best clay to use on something like this for me.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She still isn’t finished because there are so many errors it gives me almost the feeling of art block to attempt to finish. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ At that each time I fix something, something breaks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I wanted to sell her but I doubt anyone would buy even if finished. (If I finish I think I'll just update these photos rather than posting new ones.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Usually I say they look better in person but in this case it looks better in photos. She is about 11 inches tall, so the biggest thing i’ve made since HS.

Hey, yeah, I have bad problems going on, just informing and maybe asking for help?

WOOO, guess what, gonna be homeless soon :D like within a month because people like to steal checks meant for rent and not pitch in on rent either, so yeah, I'm screwed. EVERYTHING bad keeps happening... Anyways,a certain individual I know said I should try to get commission work, but I said I'm not well known enough to even get one :D so, they said I should try to "expand my audience" join other fandoms, idk, I'm just always afraid of...uh, most things associated with doing so, but yeah, bad situations, as well as seeing a random post made me realize, maybe I shouldn't be afraid of doing what I want to do and actually trying to contribute to "popular" things. So, I'm gonna TRY, still might cower out but any help would be great,

Important information for Content Creators on Tumblr

okay i know ive posted alot about this just now, but now that ive got it more or less figured out I’m gonna make a better post here and include the tags relevent to my interactions in it to ensure no one else in my fandoms/communities are blindsided like i was. 

I encourage you to make your own, or to just recopy this, tagging the fandoms and communities important to you!

CONTENT CREATORS: TUMBLR IS HIDING YOUR POSTS!

If you make a post with external links, your post will be hidden from searches. If you make a post and link to your redbubble, no one can search for your post. If you make art and link it to your deviantart or artstation, no one can search for you post. If you make any post and just throw on a “hey here is where you find me!” no one can search that post. If you want to recommend a fic or a youtube video, no one can search your post, if you… hell you get the idea. Tumblr has completely shut down content creators on this hellsite and its fucking infuriating.

Edit:  I have just confirmed that the post type “Link” also does not show up in the tags. Thats right, there is an ENTIRE TYPE OF TUMBLR POST that cannot be searched. G-FUCKING-G TUMBLR.

WHAT TO DO?

It shuts down posts with external links, so at first i assumed internal links would be fine. and they are. if you make a page on your tumblr blog called like /links or something you can certainly link to that. But in that way you run into an issue, tumblr mobile is a piece of shit and cant load tumblr pages, and itll just take you back to the mainblog any time you try.

The best solution ive found so far is put all your relevent links in your blog description like so:

and then in every content post, call tumblr out for being a piece of shit and direct them to the links in your blog description.

Edit: In the top right hand side of photo posts you can click on it and include a single link as “source” that should work if you have one link neccessary. though if you need more you are still SOL.

CONTENT CREATOR SUPPORTERS

It is important now more than ever on this hellsite that you try to support your artist and content creators, reblog as much as possible, look to find them on websites off this piece of shit, and generally do your best to spread the word and support them, since tumblr itself is trying to silence them! 

Woo, I actually got a really nice Peridot today, it is perfect for what I wanna make actually, size, shape, etc.

I forgot, I tried making a gemsona at some point in time, might make more, idk. The design is actually based off of a little piece I have (about the size of a grain of rice) it also looks like a winged gun to me so I drew it as so. :D This is how I felt they would look I guess?

Finally got around to posting :D

Anyways here is some shots I saved of my work process, I plan on posting one for each picture I made.

This one in particular was quite fun and relaxing to create. I put the “Minx” backwards though (forgot I was working flipped.)

I plan on maybe uploading a higher resolution version on DA and stuff.

I also took a wonky phone video of me drawing, I might or might not post.

Really low prices make me less likely to commission an artist. Me: I’m not an artist. I do commission artists - I spend around $300-600 a month on digital art commissions. I sometimes find an artist who has really impressive work, or a unique style, or something else that makes me think “I should commission this person.”. Then I look at their prices and they are crazily low. As in less than 20 dollars for a colour full body character. And I don’t commission them. Because I can’t pay prices that low and feel good about myself for doing it. I know it takes hours to draw even one character. Plus the time it takes to study the brief, look at the references, communicate with me, etc etc. No way are they making even minimum wage this way, let alone a living wage. I commission art because it’s fun. It’s my hobby. If I’m knowingly paying someone slave wages to support my hobby, it isn’t fun. To artists who undercharge: Please reconsider. I’ve heard many reasons why you decide to do this (see below). But if you price your work like you don’t respect it, you won’t get clients who will respect you or your work either. You charge peanuts, you get monkeys. To commissioners who push for these prices: Have some respect. Not just for the artists, but for the other commissioners out there. You’re giving us all a bad name. If you can’t afford decent prices, don’t be mean about it. Save up, or find some other hobby. Or hey, learn to draw.

Comments I get whenever I say the above:

“No-one will buy commissions from me at decent prices.” - That’s a pity. But you realise by underpricing like this you are making your problem worse, by contributing to the “art should be dirt cheap” mindset that seems to exist in dA and other places? (okay mostly dA, that place is a cesspit) Besides, there are other things you can do than keep lowering prices. There’s tons of advice in dA: ‘Official’ Pricing Your Commissions or Artwork Thread Finding Freelance work: pricing and self doubt! And other places: How to get commissions: A guide Getting the Most Out of Commissions If none of the above helps you… maybe you need to reconsider if you are at the right stage in your development to be offering commissions. Sorry.

“I’m only doing this for fun, I don’t care about the money.” - Good for you. But there are others that are trying to make a living doing this. Have some consideration for them, yes?

“It’s the clients pushing my prices down.” - Gah. Then your clients are awful people who don’t respect you. It’s a trap though - you charge low prices, you get cheap clients. There’s only one way out of that trap.

(Commissioner says) “But I want this drawn and I can’t afford higher prices.” - I want to live in an exact replica of Wayne Manor, but I can’t afford that. So, um, I don’t. Simplify your idea, or don’t commission it until you can afford to do so without ripping off the artist.

(Commissioner says) “By paying less per artist I can support more artists.” - No. Just… no. You are not supporting artists, you are exploiting them. Paying less per artists lets you exploit more artists.

“Just tip the artist.” - I have done that, but it sends the wrong message. Tipping isn’t the norm in this game, so when I tip artists assume it’s because they did an extra-awesome job, when in fact I’m tipping them because they did their normal-awesome job. Plus if an artist is charging one-third or one-quarter what they should be, do I tip them 300%?

(Image by me. Not an artist, remember? The price list is made up, but based on real lists I’ve seen recently.)

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Guess who I'm making now 8D This is the "sketch" so I know how I want it to look.

Difference between Tumblr and Facebook: Tumblr: I can vent, talk about my problems, etc. And people are supportive and understand and respect the fact I have problems. That if I say I wanna talk to people but when someone messages me I get to anxious to reply... People don't scold me for it. Facebook: I could be saying anything, maybe things exactly the same here or even more mild and the only time people message me is to say "maybe if you believed more in god and stopped wanting to be depressed you wouldn't be so miserable" or "stop woe is meing all the time" or "I messages you so stop writing bs of how no one tries to talk to you" there is such thing as I don't get notified AND anxiety when I finally see the message...at that when it is something blaming me for my problems I don't feel inclined to reply either.... It's sad....

More Inktober stuff, lots of brain farts for some of these, eh, still enjoyable :D I never really show my sketchbook stuff, then again I gotta start drawing in em more in the first place, but I have (had) near death pens while drawing all these, had them for awhile, getting new ones soon 8D