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Deviousness `anmari has been spreading her infectious positivity throughout our community for over 6 years. Throughout this time Ana has been at the core of all things devious, passionately developing an eclectic gallery, helping organise devmeets, participating in chat events and also recently completed dedicating her time as a Community Volunteer. We are absolutely delighted to bestow the Deviousness Award for May 2013 to `anmari, congratulations! Read More
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Very much brought to mind an invasion ... where these fleshzeps are fragments of a greater entity acting as a "mothership".
again wow
do you do illustration as a profession ?
For my part I am in military, army to be specific.
For business end of it, basically it's very competitive. Because of digital art, there is a plethora of artists out there since computers have made it much easier... you don't have to really learn or master traditional mediums anymore. In addition, because of computers and the internet/global economy, I have to compete for work with overseas artists who are happy to get paid a fraction of what I am willing to work for. Also, there are a few clients that know the value of illustration and are willing to pay a fair wage for it, as well as work together with the artist properly to achieve the desired results. If you are freelance like most illustrators are, there are a lot of ups and downs so you need to be prepared for dry spells by taking as much work as you can when it is available. You have to discipline yourself by budgeting for those dry spells, be on a constant hunt for new work during down time, as well as have the ability to promote yourself in some way in person (conventions) or in the internet.
The technical side of it is way to complicated for me to write, but if you are interested, I'd suggest checking out James Gurney's website... he's been doing it for a long time and knows every aspect of the craft.
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thank you for the honest and decent reply. I was unaware that computers had made such a dramatic change in terms of ease. makes sense why sites like Deviant are so full. so "cheap china" has affected your trade as well, as you say it is the internet/global economy. I would have thought with what you are saying is that more books, especially RPGS, would have a lot more illustrations in them, but then again as you say its all about the profit.
I know a few people who are self-employed and work/worry about the on/off again of their work. also fighting that inner battle of being commercially successful versus being able to do what they want creatively.
thanks for the link ... will check it out