Staying In Your Lane
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@Blitz55 Thank you so much for the encouragement! Yeah Ghibli and manga in general are a big influence in my character designs. I actually haven't done a portrait painting in a while... I will once I have a bit more time! And I'll keep in mind your suggestion, lol!
(And yes, Girl from the Other Side is high on my recommendation list!)
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@LauraA Thank you for the suggestion! I don't do any traditional work but I really envy oil painters, it's such a luscious medium! I really want to try and mimic some of it's properties in my digital portraits. Thanks again!
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@PenAndrew Thank you so much! Man I hate the business side of things, why can't we just create to our heart's content?
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@Daisy Well we could but maybe we would make less money!
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@jdubz I would look more carefully before approaching print companies or creative design agencies. Find out how much illustration they actually do. I was in such company and the best illustrator there did 2 projects which actually had illustrations in his 5 years there.
The majority of the time he had to do website wireframes, edit photos, lay out brochures and mock-ups in photoshop. They actually treat you the same like any other people hired as graphic/UX designer because there is just not enough Illustration works to go around with their clientele. Other times they just outsource the illustration to freelancers because they can pick a more specific style. I ended up joining as a studio manager because I didn’t like the creative work that seems to sap your creative energy without it being fulfilling at all. That way I create art in my free time instead…
However not all creative agencies are like that. Maybe there is more illustration work in general in the larger US cities or wherever you live, so it may be worth checking out a few studios and look at their portfolio of projects and you can sometimes tell if they are leaning more corporate (hence less illustration ).
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@Daisy So did you raise your prices then? Ha ha.
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@PenAndrew oh lol! I have to burn thru some commissions that I had already accepted at a lower rate but yeah I'm planning on reworking my website and raise my prices! I still like the 35/hr and 280 day rate, we'll see how it goes!
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@Daisy yes, life work balance is important. What are you working on now?
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@PenAndrew oh I fell behind on Patreon rewards, so I'm creating a set of postcards for my patrons and I'm tempted to try and make some of these into little notebooks (I saw Fizz and Flourish make some on Instagram and wanted to try it out :D) after that I have a set of portraits that I need to finish, so I'm busy for a little bit. I also desperately want to participate in Mermay, but I'm not sure I'll have time
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@Daisy Fizz and flourish sounds like Harry Potter!
