I can only do sketches right now, but my friends have all encouraged me and I think it's be a good thing if I can, so I was wondering what y'all thought?
I posted as my current examples, I don't have a PayPal but can open it. What price do you think would be good? I did commissions in the past for points on an RP server but I never did just sketches, so idk what price range I'm in.
Even just a quick vote is appreciated! Thank you for your time!
Honestly traditional art doesn't sell well in general, as a traditional artist I know what it's like being in a digital world. Sketches are even less likely to sell, especially traditional ones. To sell traditional sketches you have to be like 5k+ Instagram followers famous to possibly get commissions for it.
I would get a good style down that's inked and colored and try commissions then. Just my opinion though.
mewmewramazika I'm looking for fair and honest opinions, so I appreciate the feedback! I do have lining pens and coloured markers so I can do that, I would just have to get accustomed to them again since it's been a few years, lol.
I will keep those points in mind !
You could have the skills to draw a perfect replica of the mona lisa in ballpoint pen and I wouldn't buy because they're photographed. Either get a scanner, or guarantee being able to send the original artwork to whoever buys. Also never!! have lined paper for your examples. D;
Artwise, however, plain sketches in pencil or pen doesn't really do much. You need a little more pizazz. Color would be nice, even if it's limited palette, pops of color, or full color and even shading. Unique lineart could be a draw as well, as is, you have some scratchy habits (not chicken scratch, but could use some cleanup. Also all but one of your examples are in-profile, and the one that isn't is head-on, which are both terrible comfort zones you should push yourself out of.
I'll commend you on the different body shapes! You can tell they're all different creatures. :> I really like the front half of this guy, it actually has the most 3D form, but you lose it a bit in the back half. You have some good texture hints on this guy too. Keep pushing yourself!
Pepperly oof, yes, you do have a number of valid points. Thank you for making those clear, even though it started to discourage me initially.
I am getting some characters from a group of my friends to practice with over the weekend, so I hope to do better dynamic poses, positions, and perspective. I will not give up! ;w;
Rather than someone's characters, why not try building skills from real photos and creatures? There's this great tool here, you can choose head angles for different animals to draw from, and there's no better practice than real life!
Do you have a scanner at home? Having photos taken is a lot less appealing. Even when you think they are taken in a good light, they would look quite dark compared to white backgrounds.
Even with scanners though, I've noticed a lot of my pictures ended up being bluer, and even after edits they do not look as good.
Also it's tough to colour with limited range of colour pencils, and painting comes with its own challenges too.
Either way, if you are selling them for real currency there will be lots of competitors.