I personally get most of my spending money from commissions on DA.
My Artworks. Here's a little bit of my experience
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-I've been doing RL commissions for about 8months now (prob started around october) and I pretty much sold my art for points (less than $1 worth of points for around 4hrs of work). I got around 3 commissions for that price back then.
-I found that my art progressed a lot due to taking commissions and drawing everyday. Below is the art summary meme for last year
- I think around november, I raised my prices by quite a little and instead of advertising my commissions on service forums and waited for clients to come to me, I noted clients on the job offers forum. Please note that only contact clients you believe are trustworthy, you can do their commission well as well as, don't spam every job offer that's possible
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-From dec-march, I got quite a few bigger commissions (such as for iphone games) as well as a series of full body CGs and large commissions. The clients who commissioned me before also came back for more commissions.
-So now I've kinda got a cycle going and I raised my prices so that I am fairly paid for the time spent on my art. It took me around 7months to reach the
current price of my commissions
-I don't do art full time though, since I'm still 15 and school is my priority, it's kinda like my 'part-time job', where instead of going to maccas and doing something I don't necessarily enjoy, I'm drawing and earning money through what I love.
I hope this helps
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