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  • Deviant for 14 years
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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
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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
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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
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Help the hobbyist with the experience of 5.5 years!
I want to learn how to work in Paint tool sai, because this is my goal, there is a graph tablet, but to lazy watch lessons + computer almost every day screams :)
HelpLlama Emoji-66 (Orly) [V3]  
I need help, I use medibang Paint to draw, when I upload to DA it is blurry, mainly the big sized canvases. Can you help me fix it?
thank you for helping me out searching for good anatomy and reference image. Really appreciate that x)
Wow, I just found you but I already like you! Your journals are very helpful. :D
Thanks!  I haven't been very active lately but I'm glad that you have found something useful :D
No problem. Feel free to relax and enjoy your time you don't have to be very active (I'm sure not), your journals will be helpful either way. ^^
Friendly Hand, you are cool!