Quaquaresma

There is a bunch of things online artist do terribly wrong on a regular basis. Some of it might be directly aimed to you and some might be things you from others. Shortlist: :bulletblue: Way too little time spend on painting/practice. :bulletblue: People making nit pick pointers. :bulletblue: The extreme fuzz about labels and methods. :bulletblue: Witch-hunting/ talking smack. However I'd like to start with a totally opposite note: This year I've also experienced great support from the art community for which I'm dearly grateful for.

There is no such thing as suddenly knowing when you are ready to turn your passion into your profession. But there is a way of measuring your chances on being able to get work and eventually sustain a living from it. Accepting commissions or freelance for low payment won't help you. You can think any penny counts, but it will lower the worth of your work and damage the market. :bulletblue: How to measure that you are ready? You probably have high goals, but they are usually not your first step. You must search out the clients who can be that first step. Often found in the card game industry, book cover illustrations and smaller game compan

People often get the sense of being ignored in the art-scene, especially here online. We all try so hard to get our foot in the door, it's like trying to stuff yourself in an overfull bus like a sardine in a can. Sometimes you just want to socialize with other artists you admire and you seem to be talking into a brick wall or perhaps you've send your portfolio to a company over a dozen times and still don't even seem to get the smallest response or feedback. I will try and tell you WHY you get ignored and HOW you can get noticed instead. I will go through the following cases of being ignored: :bulletgreen: Your comment. :bulletgreen: Your