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How do you """"artist"""" support yourselves

>> No.4419370

I sell my work to people and companies that buy it

>> No.4420096

made money in crypto (reinvested money i inherited)

>> No.4420130

>>4419367
I live with my mom and I leech of her generous pension. She loves having an artist kid

>> No.4420141

>>4420130
Moms lie

>> No.4420142

>>4419367
I worked for a decade, now I’m living off the fat

>> No.4420149

>>4420130
>She loves having an autist kid
FTFY

>> No.4420160

>>4419367
Full time job

>> No.4420291

>>4419367
My father works hard since he was a teenager, unfortunately he passed away four years ago and now i'm living of his heritage.

>> No.4420301

contract printing and calligraphy mostly

>> No.4420307

>>4419367
I leech of my mother who leechs of her boyfriend

>> No.4420316

i work as a dental assistant

>> No.4420319

>>4419367
Patreon
Gumroad
Commissions

I fucking hate the last one but is like 40% of my income

>> No.4420323

>>4420319
how did you build the fanbase?

>> No.4420401

I work as a scenic painter at a theater

>> No.4420403

>>4420323
>>4412613

>> No.4420437

I shoot and edit video

>> No.4420441

>>4420319
You too hate commissions? Sure sucks following client demands. Pretty sure I would do worse working for a studio.

>> No.4420464

>>4419367
with my art you retard
what kind of question even is this

>> No.4420470
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4420470

I sell Cell Phones and Cell Phones accessories.

>> No.4420502

>>4419367
By having a sugar daddy to feed me and sell my art among his circles of capitalists. I found him on /soc/ btw. He has a nice big dick despite of average looks and I'm a boy.

>> No.4420507

>>4420502
do you guys fuck often?

>> No.4420518

With my ass.

>> No.4420523

>>4420518
sorry for the retarded question, but doesn't it kinda hurt when you do it?

>> No.4420543

I used to work at something but now my dad is paying the bills. There's a lot of comms I could take but I don't like 'em. I take comms sometimes.

>> No.4420544

>>4420523
At first yes, but then it's all pleasure.

>> No.4420631

>>4420319
>I fucking hate the last one but is like 40% of my income
Shit. I was wondering if one of you here made it as an independent without taking commissions.

>> No.4421132

>>4419367
I work part time teaching english

>> No.4421133

>>4419367
I am a stripper and use the money from stripping to give myself more days to practice art

>> No.4421136

>>4420631
So, everyone hates commission? IS it that bad?

>> No.4421137

>>4419367
I literally have a sugar mama.

>> No.4421145

>>4421136
Yes. Yes it is. Less so for bigger companies but it's still bad.

>> No.4421168

>>4421136
I actually don't mind them at all, maybe because I love drawing things from my imagination and aclso love knowing that people think my wotk is interesting enough to want to dump money into my style out of whatever they could have picked.
Not everyone gets satisfaction from the same things.

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>>4419367
>tfw 26
>late bloomer
>introverted and just want to stay at home and git gud enough to make money off art
>Fast food job after dropping out of a uni course I hated
>been there for 5 years
>Learn to be really good with customers and people even though it makes me really tired
>co-workers, managers, even customers have said I'm too good with people to be working this shitty job and I should become a manager or apply for something that pays better. I've heard everything from a radio announcer to a bartender
>know if I transition to another job, even if it pays well, I won't be able to focus as much on art, even if it supports me better.
>unhappy at work, unhappy at home with art progress
>stuck in a limbo

What's the best place to start applying for card-art illustrations? I'm obviously not gonna message Wizards and burn a bridge because I'm not good enough yet for them or applilbot.

>> No.4421245

>>4421194
>Burn a bridge
They probably get 1000 shitty artists messaging them a day. Youre not going to get turned down when you're good enough because you used to be worse.

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>>4419367
i don't