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[Anonymous No.2189856]

/ic/ PLZ HELP ME

so, recently my mom had an accident (a car accident), we can´t pay the bills because of that. my father died not too long ago
I work and study still, and I want to know if I can win money making furryart/henatiart (because original wouldn´t sell), I draw and I´m bad I know. but I´m not autism bad

do you think I could make extra money like this? do you have any advice I could take? should I take payments in bitcoins? and about prices and all, how to search clientele, what´s hot and shit

if you help this anon and his mom good karma will go your way
I really appreciate your help, any comment good or bad will be taken into account
I´d like to remain anonymous though

thank you very much

[Anonymous No.2189857]

Dude get a real job.

[Anonymous No.2189860]

>>2189857
I have a real job, I´m not expecting to make a lot of money with this, the thing is that I already study AND work

this is something I could do in off hours (I imagine)

[Anonymous No.2189861]

>>2189857
seconding this

or post your work, if you are actually confident in your work you wouldn't have ask this question at all.

[Anonymous No.2189862]

>>2189856

get a job first

[Anonymous No.2189866]

>>2189860
In your off hours, you should get another job.

Drawing porn is not a smart move if you need money.

Seriously. I know you don't want to hear this, but get an actual job.

Unless you have an already established business, approaching any sort of commissioned work as a way to get quick money is financially and fundamentally retarded.

[Anonymous No.2189869]

What I understand is that you want to make some extra by accepting commissioned drawings, in other words, someone pays you to have you draw something (furry/hentai, as you mentioned). This is possible, for sure.

The question is whether you can handle study+work+freelance (the amount you want/need).

I don't know how fast you can draw nor the quality, but the ones who'll decide whether they're good or not are your clients.

As for where to find clients, depends what kind of work you want to do. I'd guess that for hentai, you could go search for forums with an active "Creative Area" section, where people can show off their work.
E-hentai, nihonomaru, hongfire are possibilities, though you better check their rules and actual activity.
Other obvious possibility are deviantart and tumblr. I don't know if the first allows hentai, but furries shouldn't be a problem.
Boorus sites are also another possibility, though you have to see which sites allow you to upload your own artwork.

My suggestion would be create a deviantart page or tumblr blog to use as your portfolio and go join some communities to show off your work and drive traffic for your deviantart/tumblr. Also, use this opportunity to see how much people charge and the quality expected.

As for how to charge, the most popular way is, undoubtedly, paypal. Bitcoin may be safer but your may shrink your client base if you accept only that.

What's hot and shit, you'll have to make your own research as this may change according to the site you're using.

[Anonymous No.2189877]

>>2189869
wow, you really took your time and I appreciate that,
here´s a pic similar to my level but it´s not mine mind you

I will take your adv and I seriously appreciate it, I think I can handle the three I will get used to sleep less but I think I can do it
luckily my friends are helping me with it

[Anonymous No.2189883]

>>2189877
Still, you should consider the possibility of finding another part-time job instead of going for the freelance path, mainly because income is much more certain in the former.

Even if you art work is phenomenal, not many people may be willing to pay someone to draw something for them, specially when you consider that we live in this era of free porn of anything.

If you really need money, I wouldn't bet so firmly in freelance drawing. Unless you're thinking about keeping in this field (maybe working as a professional or grow as a freelancer). In this case, I'd still search for another part-time job, but would still invest in creating said portfolio and joining communities, mainly to leave your spot there and sign that you exist.

[Anonymous No.2189884]

>>2189877
Sure, you could make money with something like that but why not post your own work?

[Anonymous No.2189886]

>>2189883
>Even if you art work is phenomenal, not many people may be willing to pay someone to draw something for them, specially when you consider that we live in this era of free porn of anything
*cough* samiki.. *cough* 60k a month...

[Anonymous No.2189889]

>>2189886
>what is an outlier

[Anonymous No.2189890]

>>2189886
>>implying one/few example(s) denies the statement

Still, if OP can find at least two people willing to pay $100 each for one drawing per month, that'd be $200 extra per month. Don't know how much OP is aiming for but hey, it's enough to pay some bills already.

[Anonymous No.2189897]

>>2189883
I am looking for a better job at the moment, but it´s difficult to get a job with night hours since I work mornings and study midday to 9pm
I barely have time to get to class on time.

I thought I could draw and make money because I really can draw anything like loli, gore, shota, rape, ponie, cartoon porn, shit, furries and It doesn´t look that bad. I mean, I suppose there should be an open pedo market or something

but again, I thank you for your help
I do want to do it long term though

[Anonymous No.2189907]

>>2189897
I see.

Well, my course of action would be along the lines of first joining communities with potential customers and just be part of it.
Interact with them, if there's a creative area (or it's a creative-related community) discuss there, offer critique and such. Also showcase some of your own work and be open for discussion.

After getting a little more established in the community, open for commission if allowed. If not, just link to your own website (tumblr, deviant or your own self hosted blog/site) where you state that you accept commissions.

From there, another possibility (likely less profitable, but worth a shot) would be youtube or similar. You could either use youtube as a source of revenue via ads or as a traffic source for your site. The content of the video is pretty much free, but related to work. Tutorials, speeddrawing/paintings and such. Your main problem would be driving traffic there, but you could always drive from the communities you've joined (if they allow, obviously). Obviously, you'd need good equipment for this. If you don't have, don't even bother until you're able to get your hands in some decent quality camera at least (so you can do speed stuff).

The possibilities are there. How much you make will depend on how much effort you put and how well received your art is. You could make just some pennies from youtube advertisement or you could start making some tens or hundreds of dollar per commissioned drawing.

[Anonymous No.2189946]

>>2189907
This. You have to be established to get commissions and already have made a shittton of free art and have some kind of rapport with the autistic fan base. I've been at it for a few months on inkbunny and am still not there. It takes a bunch of free requests and shit before you can drop the sob story and open up commissions. Then money is there though, it just requires being established.