/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

>>8756479
This artist in particular got popular by doing general eyecandy League art then hit it big with memey posters (pic related). I think it was a matter of jumping on the right train before it gained a ton of momentum (there are tons of popular league artists, for example, but there seems to be this group of more established/popular ones).

I think from there, the way she repped herself kind of boosted her to pro-status (i.e shiny, polished website, legit client work on her resume, etc.).

I dunno, there are a bunch of ways to do it, and each artist finds a way that just "works" for them. There are people like Shinydesu or Quirkilicious who just get super popular from cons and stuff by having an enormous inventory and a modicum of decent drawing ability and there are others who will go through formal training and rub elbows with a bunch of pro artists who will pimp the shit out of them.