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Want more commissions?

Sep 14, 2014

This journal is for artists who want to get more commissions, or want to open commissions and never had so they don't know how best to present their art, or even for those artists who took commissions before but would appreciate some more tips :D There are a few pretty important things to consider before publicly announcing you're opening commissions: 1. payment method. The deviantart commission widget takes 20% of your profit, but then again more deviants have points so you're likely to get 20% more customers like that. But don't forget there are people who have paypal and don't feel like dealing with points so if you decide to open commi

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Want more commissions? by Yuuza, journal

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Sep 14, 2014

Painting With A Knife! by Goodnight-Melbourne, journal

Painting With A Knife!

Jun 10, 2014

Painting With A Knife! The Theory You all may have seen those old masterpieces – painted in impasto techniques with rich and bold use of thick coats of colours and you have wondered how on earth they could do that. So lets take a peek in the old masters' tools and techniques. Today we will talk about a less used traditional technique – painting with a knife. Though it's a second most famous technique but not much artists use this technique. Painting with a knife results in excellent textures, helps in bold application of thick rich colours, and, gives a whole new different level and style to your paintings. Painting knives ar

Smileys/Face Icons + R.O. Continuation List (B) by laurenlilly757, literature

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Smileys/Face Icons + R.O. Continuation List (B)

Small Pointer To Those In Need: These pictures below are icons. They are often used to show the expression on your face. Sometimes its helpful for others who may get confused on whether what you are commenting is phrased nicely or in a meaner tone but all together it is your choice to put an icon or not. ~ilikeitplz (https://www.deviantart.com/ilikeitplz) How To Make Them: You simply need to have ":" on either end of what you will be typing, You will also need to use the word "icon" (and on occasion the word "plz") in order to... make an icon! For example: Say you want to put "I love it"; you would do :iconiloveitplz : without spaces so it appears as, :iconiloveitplz: Say

5 Fundamental Skills (by Bobby Myers) by Jiyu-Kaze, journal

5 Fundamental Skills (by Bobby Myers)

Aug 12, 2013

5 Fundamental Skills Every Artist Should Master(by Bobby Myers) As an artist, your job is to immerse your viewers into a world that you have built and guide them safely through it. Artists have much in common with storytellers. Storytellers have several tricks that they use to keep their readers coming back for more. Like storytellers, artists can use similar tricks to help them produce more compelling artwork. In this article, we will explain 5 fundamental skills that every artist should master. Let's take a look! 1. Composition The most important aspect of art to me personally is the composition. It sets the stage for everything else. This

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Lackadaisy - Patreon by tracyjb, journal

Lackadaisy - Patreon

Nov 30, 2013

I've recently left my job in the game industry so that I could focus more of my time and attention on Lackadaisy. Patreon is my weapon of choice in trying to see this to fruition. If more Lackadaisy comic updates, illustrations, tutorials, mini-comics, books and other things interests you, please do check it out! Notes on Character Design I received the question pictured below at my tumblr blog. In case it's useful to anyone here, I decided to go ahead and use this otherwise dormant journal to share the article I put together in response. Character design and drawing are tome-sized topics and even if I had all the answers (I don't - I h