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As a few folks have pointed out, there is no art in my gallery. I have a few reasons for not uploading art here, and they aren't particularly interesting or mysterious. I'm just a pretty average person posting advice for fun. My entire income is derived from art. I'm reasonably competent and I love what I do. I think I could have progressed a lot faster if I had sought more guidance and received it.
When I created this account, I intended to use it for occasional anonymous browsing and posting when I was away from my home computers. Mainly, I didn't want to enter my passwords on strange computers. After a while, I realized I was posting more than I had expected and I decided some of the advice was worth saving in journal form. I like posting this way so it's sort of an "if ain't broke, don't fix it" scenario.
In most cases, I try to provide factual and common sense tips and advice that are not dependent on my artistic skill, age, gender, appearance or other personal factors. For anyone who needs a little help, I hope I am viewed as a peer who isn't necessarily more or less talented, but someone who has enough experience to provide useful advice.
I might upload art at some point. It wouldn't be a big deal if I put my name on this account. But for now it's my anonymous advice column, and I hope I can help guide some people in the right direction.
-FH
As a few folks have pointed out, there is no art in my gallery. I have a few reasons for not uploading art here, and they aren't particularly interesting or mysterious. I'm just a pretty average person posting advice for fun. My entire income is derived from art. I'm reasonably competent and I love what I do. I think I could have progressed a lot faster if I had sought more guidance and received it.
When I created this account, I intended to use it for occasional anonymous browsing and posting when I was away from my home computers. Mainly, I didn't want to enter my passwords on strange computers. After a while, I realized I was posting more than I had expected and I decided some of the advice was worth saving in journal form. I like posting this way so it's sort of an "if ain't broke, don't fix it" scenario.
In most cases, I try to provide factual and common sense tips and advice that are not dependent on my artistic skill, age, gender, appearance or other personal factors. For anyone who needs a little help, I hope I am viewed as a peer who isn't necessarily more or less talented, but someone who has enough experience to provide useful advice.
I might upload art at some point. It wouldn't be a big deal if I put my name on this account. But for now it's my anonymous advice column, and I hope I can help guide some people in the right direction.
-FH
Freelancing is like an MMORPG
I've used this analogy a few times so I figured it was time to add it to the journals.
Many people like to play games but they don't like to work. People will spend hours and hours working at virtual tasks in a game, but they will procrastinate in real life where work seems boring, stressful or even overwhelming.
If you are thinking about freelancing, there are a lot of in-game strategies that you can apply to your real world work to make it seem more manageable, linear and enticing.
It can be difficult to get started with art freelancing (or other types of freelance work). You must develop skills, you must be able to research what people
How much is my art worth?
If you have never priced or sold your art and you don't know where to start, it can be difficult for you to assign a price to it. For a variety of reasons, it is also difficult for complete strangers to assign a price for you.
For the purposes of THIS discussion, I'm going to define "worth" or "price" as the amount of money for which I can successfully sell a piece of art or a commission. I'm not necessarily going to focus on dollar amounts recommended by well-meaning strangers who have no intention of buying art. I agree that skilled artists should be paid more than minimum wage, but I also believe that not everyone is a skilled artist and
FOXOTIC: Suspected scammer client warning
Some threads by or about foxotic (Ben) and some of his multiple DA accounts:
Foxotic "Ben" from Indonesia (account created in Aug 2012 status: banned or deactivated)
http://forum.deviantart.com/community/devmeet/1850225/
http://forum.deviantart.com/community/projects/1802508/
http://forum.deviantart.com/jobs/offers/1771132/
AKA Gamecareers0 (created Oct 29, 2013)
http://forum.deviantart.com/jobs/offers/1930148/
http://forum.deviantart.com/jobs/offers/1930646/
http://forum.deviantart.com/community/projects/1930652/
http://forum.deviantart.com/jobs/offers/1930825/
http://forum.deviantart.com/jobs/offers/1931250/
http://forum.devia
My Deviantart Story
Ever since I was just a little pinky finger I've enjoyed drawing.
Many years have passed and I've spent hundreds and hundreds and HUNDREDS of hours practicing, studying and generally obsessing about art and skill building and now I'm a full-time, self-supporting, professional freelance illustrator.
I've lurked on DA for years and I've been posting for over 4 years now. I post in the DA forums when I want a break from my work. I try to provide factual or common sense advice that will help other DA members move in more productive directions, and I learn from other members and the staff.
I may not always write what people want to read, but ho
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thanks for the All the advice...