/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

>>6884739
I want to combine styles so I generally seek out pony artists who draw in different styles, sometimes this works, but most of the time I got told no. I do have a pony artist who draws ponies now, but I had no choice but to branch out to anime and russian artists who barely speak english. back then the sanctions cut my payment off and I was unable to continue with one artist because of it. I tried contacting another russian artist on twitter now that things are more relaxed but she is more or less ghosting me. I aim to do larger projects after all.

My current artist is great but unfortunately her output is limited thanks to her living conditions being similar to mine (beholden to a whiney elder) I really couldn't rely on her to take on an AI assisted animation project. Maybe we can do it after she's done doing the design work for the races.

As for the 3d. The hard part is finding comissionable 3d artists whos portfolio actually matches what I am looking for. Its a lot harder to search than 2d art to the point that I'm not sure what to do. Pixel artists I think are covered. the two I have in my back pocket, as long as they remain available, should work.

AI is not as cheap as people think it is. I probably spend 70-80 dollars on AI a month I rarely have time to use. 10-20 dollars just looking up artists via patreon connections and twitter, and I could easily replace the AI assistance with a dedicated artist of some stripe or color a month. But that's not what people want to do. They want to be paid to work on their own hobbies. I know because that's what I want. The difference is I'm willing to pay others to work on my hobby too.