unfortunately.. this is so true x.x

True indeed.

honestly i wouldve taken one if i had the moneys x.x

Ok.

Still, you gotta market yourself :\

You should see my journals.

Just posting a bunch of journals isn't going to cut it - you need to spread your name, get more watchers.

You also might want to keep some of the one-line depressives out of your journals, too. I'm not trying to shit on your feelings, but if you want money from people, at least play the part of being cheerful.

So, uhhhhh... you are saying I should be someone with no emotions after all? That's cold...

No, I'm saying you should find another means of expression - talk to friends privately, express your emotions through your drawings, or something else. These sort of journals make people uncomfortable if they're not feeling the same way - myself included.

I don't have off-line friends to express myself.

I mean through something like Skype or AIM.

I do that.

A lot of people don't read Journals because well, FA's Journal interface sucks. Ah actual submission with examples and a price list probably a better idea. o.o

Hmmm... you are right.

fixedsys is the best font

It's Small Fonts, sizes 12 and 10.

Aw man

I still like fixedsys though

Hehe, yep. Classic.

The commission market is a cruel and harsh mistress

Indeed, m'boy.

yeah... I do not have money either, only barter
does seem rediculous that some ppl are so popular though considering quality comparison

Indeed, sometimes it's almost ridiculous.

frankly i'd probably go for the cheaper. :3

Hmmmm... me?

Yup. i like your art and more 'popular' and well known artists tend to be overpriced. :3 i mean in the pic i could get a pic done by you of five characters in flat color for the price it takes to get one done in b&w.

Oh, I see...

you can post a picture saying that you are doing commissions. that usually work. or you can ask friends around fa to help post journals saying that you are doing commissions. it works.

It's okay, Koni...

awww... Chi...

It all comes down to aesthetics. The better the more value, etc.

But, but... am I not good enough???

You have a longggggggggggggggggggggggggggg way to go, keep practicing my friend!

okay.

8 months late.. eh..
What I believe is that people dont know what art is made by you. You have many images in your gallery from different artists so they don't know how well you can actually draw (you can color pretty good). I actually tried to look your gallery through but I had somewhat hard time to know what pieces were made by you.

My advice? Draw more. Draw lots of sketches, ink some of your sketches, color some of your inked pieces, do some really detailed images once a while. This way you can show people that they get something good back when they buy drawings from you.

That picture in your gallery where you show how good you are at anatomy (Hot for teacher), it was great example. You have the skills, but people dont know it (yet).
I hope that my advice gives some direction.

Hey, I am glad to see constructive advice! Thanks.

Hmmm... When I had posted this submission, I wasn't buying as many commissions as nowadays, but I understand your point.

The thing is, the poses are too much of the same. Drawing is becoming too boring - it's like I am wasting my time drawing... I don't have a good idea since six months ago, so I started buying the commissions from other artists.

*Sigh* I don't know. Maybe I should accept my condition and sell pre-posed commissions (that I despise)...

Anyway, thank you for being attentive and for taking your time writing a good advice to me. I am glad for this!

There is always time for trying to help others. (Except when it involves in math questions.) :p

But about the ideas, does it need to be a good idea? It could be a bad idea too. It could be different poses,
different body parts, facial expressions or anything. And it don't need to be always pornographic. Even if you
draw familiar poses, you could try to draw clothes on them. Try something awesome clothing, for example..
err.. medieval "full plate" armor designed for agile ninjas? That would be interesting thing to design! :D

You do have skills, +1700 watchers are watching because of that. :)

You might fear that you fail when trying something new. Browse for a while, check out how your favorite artist
draws. Try to memorize one of his/her awesome picture and try to replicate it from memory. Look up new poses,
new facial expressions, try to draw small comic. Don't fear to fail. It's impossible to fail. Sure, drawing might not
come out as how you wanted it to come.

I know it's hard to come up with a good ideas, but those are things that comes while working on something.

I hope I'm not pushing too hard. :)
Keep up the good work!

(Goes to check the number of watchers)

Well, yes. Still, I am the kind of guy that don't draw unless there's something good to draw - or else I feel it's just waste of energy and time...

Bad ideas are worthless and random art is pointless - isn't good to me, nor I want to draw the exactly same things again. It's a chore be an artist even for myself like this. Imagine to being built on a entire life based on drawing, since it's your only skill. Think about it.

When I think about myself my feelings just leave me worse, man...

Sorry.