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3101724 No.3101724 [Reply] [Original]

what is the lowest level professional, or person making a living off of art that you've seen (not on patreon)? can you show their work? I just want to see how skilled is "enough"

>> No.3102285

Kinda retarded question, since you can be earning 200 USD per month and if you live in a shithole country with weak currency its gonna be enough to "live off of art". And with personal commissions you can be literally drawing stick figures and still find clients.

>> No.3102289

>>3101724
Me? I'm just kidding, it's all of you beneath me and my outstanding skills.

>> No.3102291
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3102291

enough is whatever you've found to work. some make a living pouring paint over a spinning canvas by convincing retards it's art. some study their entire lives and never sell anything. marketing skill is all you need for money and any artistic skill you have will be detrimental to this effort.

>> No.3102295

>>3102285
>200 USD
what country again?
i need at least 1k here

>> No.3102308

>>3102291
vaguest of vague answers.

>> No.3102311

>>3102308
How can there be a precise and concrete answer for something so anecdotal and subjective, with so many different variables involved?

>> No.3102339

>>3102295
More than needed to scrap by here in colombia

>> No.3102342
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>>3102308
are you serious? you need a reality check. go visit your nearest mall and find the home decor shithole for housewives and retired people. look at the 'art' they sell. if you only care about making a living, this is the minimum skill level. enough to apply paint to canvas.

>> No.3102357

Rob Liefeld.

>> No.3102471

Theres this chick in my hometown and her art is really popular here, she goes to all the street fairs and saturday market and shit like that.
Her work is just super ugly to me.

>> No.3102476
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>>3102471

>> No.3102488

>>3101724

Jesus christ... I knew James Zapata isn't amazing, but this is absolutely terrible. What the fuck.

>> No.3102512

>>3102488
Holy shit it actually is Zapata, I didnt notice the LOTC logo or his name, I just assumed its some random lowtier deviantart shit.
How the fuck did this get approved

>> No.3102550

Fucking take a guess.

There are comic artists making a living from drawing stick figures.

>> No.3102559

This assumes the ability to get a funded patreon is dependent only on art skill.

It depends on the art itself:
-Subject matter (original/fanart, genders, sexual content)
-Style (cute vs realistic, originality, how well your art stands out at a glance, how easy it is to identify your work)
-Speed at which you can churn out content

And on shit completely unrelated to the physical art
-Your social media presence
-your connections
-how well you write the patreon
-how well you advertise it
-your reputation
-what rewards you choose and how many you can give
-price of living where you live

etc etc

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>> No.3102777

>>3102772
literally wtf..

>> No.3102793
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3102793

>>3102777
Is the art of Larry Stroman, professional artist for Marvel !

>> No.3102794

>>3102793

at least he's on the same level as their writers.

>> No.3102795

>>3102772
Why does everything look good at a glance? Like if you actually look at it then everything is all fucked up and it's shitty but if you just focus on the panels and zoom by you don't even notice how shit it is. Is it the colorist and inker holding up the shitty penciller?

>> No.3102799

>>3102793
>>3102772
I feel bad for the colorist/inker. Imagine being given those shit drawings and little-to no time to ink and paint everything. Probably shit writing too. They/he still manages to create some sort of slick aesthetic, poor dude, polishing someone else's turd for a living.

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>>3102795
>>3102799
Is like the guy put some effort to do it wrong on purpose and fuck up the colorist life

>> No.3102814

>>3102808
i can't remember the last time i've seen a style so fucking unappealing. i can't even tell what's a style choice, and what he just sucks at.

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3102817

what do you think of Unbeatable Squirrel Girl?

>> No.3102824

>>3102817
The art isn't terribly bad or anything desu, it's fairly average imo. It's just that this dude has to stop drawing those derpy ass faces on squirrel girl. Literally just change that one thing and the quality shoots up by a 100.

>> No.3102830

>>3102817
looks like it was made by someone on tumblr who has no idea what a closed fist looks like

>> No.3102857

>>3102289
nobody took your bait. Sad.

>> No.3104023

There's a lot of bad looking MTG art out there I think.

Elysium concept art also comes to mind in terms of bad-looking photobashing.

>> No.3104030

>>3104023
Does photobashing have to look good though? With concept design you just have to get the idea across right?

>> No.3104342

>>3101724
I can't quite put my finger on why the tendering in this looks so ducking bad

>> No.3104392

>>3101724
>legend of the....

Is this for real? This is by far the worst applibot illustration I've seen so far

>> No.3104511

>>3102488

I checked his deviantart, this image seems to be from 2012 and he has obviously gotten a lot better since. And LOTC probably wasn't that big back then.

>> No.3104526

>>3104030
it still has to look good enough to sell anyone on the idea

>> No.3104612

>>3102830
It's a squirrel fist.