how do i make money with my art?

[Anonymous No.5234958]

how, and through which way did you guys started gaining money with your art, i don't care if it is COOMART for weirdos. im trying to make just a little bit of money right now and am focusing all my drawing time into it
what is the best platform to take comissions? i tried jobs at devianart, but the competition is way too big for my artwork to get any atraction.
Do i first need to have a following in a platform? basically no one sees my art at the moment, should i try to pursuit the devil that is the algorithm?
and if so, what is the best platform? (twitter, instagram, reddit, devianart, tumblr, newgrounds, any other that im not aware?
how did you guys made it? i really want to know, because if it is impossible im my conditions at the moment i'll just stop trying and focus on improving my art and work on a comic/manga or something like that, and drawing for FUN, because i like drawing, but i love and need money.

[Anonymous No.5234963]

OP here, please someone help me, it's getting kinda stressful

[Anonymous No.5234974]

take a blanket and your paintings and lay it out with price tags in front of some place with lots of traffic like a mcdonald’s, then go inside and ask for a job

[Anonymous No.5234988]

>>5234958
Looking to go from 0 to commissions if you're in desperate need of money isn't feasible senpai. audience isn't everything skill is involved, but you need eyes on your work to get commissions. If you don't have any platform constructed then, unless you're professional teir, you won't be able to hook anyone.

Honestly, for the quickest and dirtiest money, go to /d/ for commission thread. Pick one, deliver and also put your social (whatever you decide) with it advertising you're open for commissions. When I decided to try out lewd art I got a couple of commissions that way using a pseudonym and an under-developed Tumblr. I got maybe 2-3 commissions over the process of a month maxing out at around 150$. I dropped the project after getting upset at my skill level and not finding the topic that interesting to draw. I still see my monster high futa frankie posted every now and then even though that Tumblr got nuked and it makes me smile.

I currently make no money off of my art but I am much happier picking whatever topic or style interests me while I fill out a portfolio. It sucks though, I want to work on something and have my art be seen by others

>>5234963
godspeed. I can understand. It hurts so much sometimes. mind sharing some work? I could give feedback if it would help

[Anonymous No.5234990]

>>5234958
If you don't know how to then you aren't good enough. You will spend your time better training and working a part time job.

[Anonymous No.5235039]

>>5234990
i can't find a part time job, i don't have any diploma yet, so no one is taking me, and the jobs that don't need a diploma are already filled, my country is fucked i don't live in the US wher anyone can just get a job at a fast food

[Anonymous No.5235046]

>>5234988
i really knew to drawing digitally, but this is where my skill level is right now. i know, loomis symbol blablabla, but right now, or i try to improve my skills or i try to make money, can't do both i don't have enough time

[Anonymous No.5235047]

>>5235046
im really NEW*

[Anonymous No.5235111]

>>5234988
it's op again
im not that familiar with /d/, but i don't remember seeing a comission thread, are you talking about the drawthreads? if so, you started attacting people with the free drawings? am i getting that right?

[Anonymous No.5235181]

>>5235046
I did mean their draw thread but there is also a commission general if I remember

You're slightly below where I was skill level-wise when I did what I did, but you could still potentially get a few. Looking back, I can't remember if I posted on /d/ or /aco/. go between /aco/ /d/ and even /h/ for their commission threads or draw threads. More eyes on your work.

So what I did; Going through the draw threads requests I picked a character I liked and filled out the request, and shilled my socials in the response. The guy was grateful and other people chimed in too. after a few days, I got a dm on my Tumblr. And that's how it went down. It's important to note I actually put effort into joining their art community, talking to people, getting to know other artists too. They're pretty close-knit

Depending on your degeneracy threshold, there are some people so starved for content that the quality can vary wildly. One thing I will say is, draw what you're comfortable with. The viewer can tell. If you go all out drawing inflation while you think it's a gross fetish, people who like inflation will be able to see the difference and will be turned off. I like futa, so drawing futa requests was a no brainer

I don't have many files from back then but I managed to dig up the frankie I did. This and maybe 3-4 other images were all I had on the tumblr when I started getting commissions. if you can push yourself to hit this lvl (you can definitely if you use ref and do daily gesture warmups) you can get work

godspeed anon

[Anonymous No.5235203]

>>5235181
You see how the lines where the boobs are squishing up have little weight and disappear in parts? Can someone explain why that happens when objects squish

[Anonymous No.5235212]

>>5235181
Here's my commission page too, if it helps.

I want to re-iterate something I said before. only draw coom if its what you want to do, and you like the content. People will tell if you're trying to fraud your way into commissions. When someone commissions you, it is because they want to see YOU'RE take on something, generally meaning they want you to bring your passion into the work your making. you can't fake that. In some ways, I was. Thats why I dropped making coom to pursuit the type of art I really enjoy. There is no cheating in becoming a coom artist, you just become a coom artist. If it seems like too much work, then it will be. And depending on how financially stable/ unstable you are, you might be best off looking for a dayjob. Because at the core of it all, art is not a good way to make money. You can make money from art, but its only a good time investment if you enjoy what you're doing while you do it. It seems like common sense but I figured i'd repeat it

[Anonymous No.5235220]

>>5235203
occlusion shadows get weaker in points where two objects come in contact. since drawing or inking is basically recording occlusion shadows, the lightweight becomes weaker at that point and heavier where there is shadow. While I was painting it, I wanted to convey the squish between arms and tits so that's why I did that.

[Anonymous No.5235261]

>>5235181
>>5235212
I like these anon. why did you quit? you're pretty good at coom

[Anonymous No.5235383]

>>5235181
>>5235212
>>5235220
Man, just THANK YOU, thank you thank you thank you so fucking much, i was really stressed about this, oh my god there still is good and nice people on this god forsaken board Thank you. I'll try doing what you did, i enjoy drawing coom, and what you said about the comunity stuff, i really need to get into that. Thank you

[Anonymous No.5235416]

>>5235383
hey man, money is something that all artists have to face at some point. I know I'm facing it right now. Whether to monopolize or to study and grind. It comes in waves. I'm glad I could help you.

If, or when, you decide to make socials, make sure to share them. I'll follow because I want to keep track and see you grow. I believe in you anon

[Anonymous No.5235464]

>>5234958
become a manager/supervisor/hr pimp/director
managing creatives makes more money than creatives will ever make

[Anonymous No.5235469]

>>5235416
I already have, but should i start all over again?
I have a instagram twitter newgrounds and pixiv (im just shooting on all directions)
https://www.instagram.com/handgun_rabbit/
https://twitter.com/Handgun_Rabbit?s=09
https://handgunrabbit.newgrounds.com/
https://www.pixiv.net/notify_all.php

[Anonymous No.5235473]

>>5235469
My bad, picked the wrong pixiv link
https://www.pixiv.net/en/users/65748912

[Anonymous No.5235507]

>>5235383
anon, you won’t be making $150 a month, and your progress will stall because you’ll be busy shitting out requests for losers who don’t want to pay you
draw threads are a cesspit of botspam and literally any garbage gets praise and pretend-thanks because they don’t want to poison the well, they’ll shower you with empty praise, and the worse you are the more they go out of their way to praise you
I sometimes purposefully make awful deliveries (and I mean like barely drawing the oc and twisting the letter of the request and making to focal point a black guy’s asshole) and the response is usually “haha not what I expected but thank you” and whenever the guy actually calls me out on shitting on his request, he gets swarmed by faggots telling him to be grateful an artists spent his time fulfilling his request and telling him to fuck off, it’s the most reddit thing you’ll ever see, it’s all passive aggressive bullshit where they’ll thank you and then repeat the request 2 threads later hoping to get a better delivery
the worst part is that it’s unironically 50%+ bots mass requesting, all the regulars know it and it’s the cause of a lot of drama and shitflinging
the better moderated boards like /co/ have mods and jannies actually following the threads on occasion and you’ll see 100s of requests being deleted in the archives
/aco/ has several autists you’re wasting your time delivering for, and most drawthreads function by ignoring the resident spammers and autists, nut you won’t be aware of them
drawthreads are where shitty artists go to die, just don’t do it

[Anonymous No.5235518]

>>5235507
Thank you too, but i have to at least try for a while, right now im just lost on what to do

[Anonymous No.5235523]

>>5235507
Do you have any other alternative?

[Anonymous No.5235528]

>>5235518
honestly, you’re better off joining a community you genuinely want to be a part of and building a following that way, this is soul sucking and the requests are fucking garbage 99.9% of the time
in fact 90% of them are just repeats until someone does them
I did pic related because someone asked for android whatever as a kirby character and I thought it was funny, the next fucking post was empty platitudes with a can you do her as rayman with the limbs detached haha
the thread is just autists chasing an endorphin rush when they get a delivery, then they just make a new request for the next rush, nobody gives a shit about who you are, and people commonly shit on you for shilling your accounts even though it’s in the rules
I’m not saying don’t work on it, I’m saying don’t build an audience of autists and retards, you want people who pay, not people who spend 6 hours a day asking for free drawings
reddit is unironically great for getting people to follow you because people look at your post history and see you naturally interacting with the community and want to support you because you’re one of them

[Anonymous No.5235547]

>>5235507
>>5234958
OP i went from $0 to now making about $600 a month on Patron NSFW commissions over a timeline of about 2 yrs. I started slowly posting work out there (nsfw sites/tumblr/twitter) and gained a small following (niche fetishes, feminzation etc). Got $50 commissions every now and then. Then, did some editing/animations for a nsfw site. They retweet me sometimes, it helped a lot with exposure and slowly grew everything. The thing that made it explode from about $150 a month to $600 was I put the drawings/animations into a clickbased visual novel that I built with python from literally watching youtube tutorials. This whole timeline though took about 2 yrs of slowly building it up.

BUT will tell you lately things have been a bit difficult, patrons have flaked out on me and doing nsfw will wear you out if you dont take break. Dont come to rely on that money, so in your situation I would definitely get a part time job and fuck around with whatever kind of art jobs/freelance stuff that is out there. If you have any questions let me know

>>5234990
kill yourself

[Anonymous No.5235586]

>>5235528
>>5235547
Thank, so it is better for me to just do whatever i enjoy, and try to build up a following and enter in the comunity. But would it be esier to try do the same with not coom art? I enjoy drawing coom, but drawing sfw is just esier cause i can just draw whatever, and i like just drawing in general

[Anonymous No.5235598]

>>5235586
sfw is ultimately better, but the bar is higher too
also note that “drawing whatever you want” is only viable if it’s appealing and what other people want too
honestly, you won’t be making money either way, you’re asking for the equivalent of making money with music when you only know how to strum two chords, it ain’t cutting it
you can only hope to make money in spite of your skill, not because of it, by providing content, be it a story, something other people aren’t offering etc
despite popular opinion here, there’s no shortage of pornfags who can’t draw offering dirt cheap commissions, just look at /aco/s discord
I’m also not buying you not being able to find a job despite looking, I found a job last week in a 14% unemployment country, you just don’t want to work

[Anonymous No.5235615]

>>5235181
>>5235212
got a blog?

[Anonymous No.5235623]

>>5235598
this is not me replying.

>>5235586
yeah just draw what you enjoy, i liked making nsfw and still do but not every single day. some of the patrons I got in the recent surge expect content every day and its wearing me out. If you want to build your art social media following (nsfw or sfw) use twitter, running promos on instagram will get you nowhere if you arent able to game the algos or do whatever little tricks you have to do to stay ahead. Find ways to market yourself like, do contests people put out, join a discord server and lurk and grind, follow the other people on there to get a network, etc etc, even try reddit if you have to. BUT dont expect success to come soon. I've watched a lot of other people grind and put in extreme effort and get burned out. Definitely do not expect to make money with art immediately like in your case where you need it fast

[Anonymous No.5235625]

>>5235623
>this is not me replying
he replied to two posts, genius

[Anonymous No.5235629]

>>5235598
>>5235528
>>5235507
>>5235212
>>5235181
So do any of you actually make any decent money?

[Anonymous No.5235634]

>>5235629
I make money irregularly, hence the job
I’m also warning the guy against trying to earn money at his level, not telling him how to earn money

[Anonymous No.5235637]

>>5235598
It is that it just really pisses me off when i see someone that draws worse than me making hundreds of dollars.
Also here unemployment is also at 14% why would anyone choose a young man with no experience and that is not in the need of money when there is thousands of older people that know what they are doing and that need that job? bealive i tried looking for part time jobs, im not in the NEED of money, but i want at just so i can buy my own shit instead of my older brother killing himself carrying heavy boxes and studying at the same time just to buy my fucking drawing tablet. And maybe if i actually start making real money i can help my family

[Anonymous No.5235645]

>>5235634
I'm looking at these commission threads and Discords and without trying to be a crab or rude, 9 out of 10 people are just absolute garbage at what they do and the odd outlier is just sort of okay, producing straight up /beg/ shit. Do just none of these people make any money at all? Pic related

[Anonymous No.5235649]

>>5235625
why do i even post on here..

[Anonymous No.5235652]

>>5235629
I do
>how do i make money with my art
Have you tried selling it?

[Anonymous No.5235655]

>>5235652
I work as an illustrator and am employed so I don't do any commissions at all. I'm just wondering if these amateur coom artists actually make some decent money or if they're all competing for scraps

[Anonymous No.5235659]

>>5235637
>someone that draws worse than me making hundreds of dollars.
refer back to >>5235598
they don’t make money for no reason, they offer content, just putting yourself out there with a price tag is not going to cut it
also, older people are less desirable, not more
not sure why you’re stuck on the part time but either, a full shift 5 days a week will leave you more time and energy to improve than chasing shitty requests and $30 commissions

[Anonymous No.5235660]

>>5235655
/beg/ coom artist make an ok amount of money, while decent sfw artists make scraps.

[Anonymous No.5235665]

>>5235652
>brian
>decent money
every time

[Anonymous No.5235667]

>>5235660
I have a hard time believing that. I'm a decent SFW artist (employed illustrator) and make around 3k a month after taxes working full time

[Anonymous No.5235670]

>>5235659
Converting dollars to my country money, if i could make just a 30$ comission a day i would be gaining double of a fulltime minimun wage job, so there is that too

[Anonymous No.5235672]

>>5235667
I’m a self-employed fine artist who makes about $0.25 after taxes so I feel you bro

[Anonymous No.5235683]

>>5235670
yeah, and if you could make one every hour, you would be fucking rich, what’s your point?

[Anonymous No.5235684]

>>5235667
Im talking through social media. Being hired by a studio is completely different.

[Anonymous No.5235691]

>>5235670
>”just” 365 commissions a year
???
>>5235684
>real work doesn’t count
???

[Anonymous No.5235700]

>>5235691
Im not saying that doesn't count, being a social media artist doesn't guaranteed a lot of money or any form of it what's so ever. You are forced to rely on demand more than ever to get some form of income.

[Anonymous No.5235755]

>>5235181
>>5235507

This hand of mine glows with an awesome power, I have a need to seed and a NEED to BREED. If there's a WOMB I will COOM.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dplt-8IydbQ

[Anonymous No.5236367]

>>5235261
>>5235615
NSFW blog is dead boys. Has been since 2017 Tumblr purge. I will post some other junk I've made off of it though, I'm having fun re-visiting the memories

>>5235629
No. I make 0 out of my sfw art. I have only ever received one commission that was sfw, and it was years ago. This is despite having decent interaction with my posts and a following base of 1k (still small in the scheme of things). I'm not complaining since I don't promote coms, but the option is always there pinned. and have never received any inquiry about it

With my experiment, I made more in 3 or 4 months drawing low-quality coom than I have in 6+ years of sfw. I guess I was just lucky, from what I read since I left I guess NSFW commissions are more difficult now than just posting in lewd threads. I didn't mean to misguide op, and I'm glad other people chimed in. I think the most important thing here is that OP finds a niche of art he likes making and sticks to it

>>5235667
I'd be interested in hearing how you broke into your scene if you would share. You don't have to post work if you want to stay anonymous. just some details on your journey, how you marketed yourself ext. I'd love to hear your story

[Anonymous No.5239002]

>>5236367
I tried to do shitty furry porn for a week and made no money. How the fuck did you do your experiment?

[Anonymous No.5239864]

>>5239002
I explained here>>5235181

[Anonymous No.5239929]

>>5235383
>, i was really stressed about this, oh my god there still
You sound like a woman

[Anonymous No.5239992]

>>5235660
>>5235667
SFW artists make money online via merch, ie acrylic charms, pins, and those other things.
If you're a print artist you either need to be ultra popular to make money online via prints or patreon. However if you do the convention circuit you can make a decent amount of money selling at conventions in the US without much of a following.

[Anonymous No.5239996]

>>5239992
stop calling fanart fags “sfw artists”, retard

[Anonymous No.5239999]

>>5239996
coom artists are all fanart fags

[Anonymous No.5240357]

I'm curious. Doesn't paypal not allow transactions based on nsfw art? How do people actually get paid?

[Anonymous No.5240362]

>>5239996
T.retard

[Anonymous No.5240363]

>>5240357
just don't tell them it's nssfw retard

[Anonymous No.5240365]

>>5234958
furry shit unironically

[Anonymous No.5240376]

>>5240363
It takes one schizo or asshole to snitch on you, anon, and you're done.

[Anonymous No.5240382]

>>5240376
the kind of people out for twitter drama don't have the money to spend in the first place kek

[Anonymous No.5240388]

>>5240382
Like this place is any different, kek.

[Anonymous No.5240390]

>>5235655
You can make decent money with bellow average skills. Artists are really just shit with business in general

[Anonymous No.5240393]

>>5240388
word but most people who seriously use paypal for nsfw comms don't sit around arguing about buzzwords in ic

[Anonymous No.5240406]

>>5240363
Wouldn't it be better to have a safe alternative?

[Anonymous No.5240413]

>>5240393
true
>>5240406
There are, but most people won't bother with it.

[Anonymous No.5240425]

>>5234958


>Every artist who "made it" in this thread is a fucking coom artist.

Ok, but what about those of us who want to make it without selling our souls to porn?

[Anonymous No.5240436]

>>5240413
>but most people won't bother with it.
You mean artists.

[Anonymous No.5240437]

>>5240425
>without selling our souls to porn
Quit being so melodramatic, sweetie. It's literally just drawings.

[Anonymous No.5240438]

>>5240425
>>5237790
Become a youtube animator or something.

[Anonymous No.5240442]

>>5240425
I know this sounds hard to believe but there's more to art than selling twitter commissions, get a real job.

[Anonymous No.5240443]

>>5240425
You get fucked that's what.

[Anonymous No.5240804]

>>5240425
Uh, check the /cgl AA thread. You have to be based on the US or Canada though. Although coronavirus seriously made a lot of them go to near 0 income last year and many of them had to switch to focusing on online or actually get a job.