Re: [SkunkworksAMA] Furry art money drying up?

From: Hobbes D. Cat <hobbesdcat_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Nov 2003 23:46:20 -0800 (PST)

There are a few factors involved, some mentioned
already:

1) Name recognition will take you a long way...but not
always. I've seen some well known names end up getting
low bids.

2) Quality of art. To be brutaly honest, about 80-85%
of what you find on furbid is, for lack of a better
term, crap. That's why you see certain pieces list
over and over and over. If Aatheus charged an 'insert'
fee, he'd be a rich man..hehe

3) Someone mentioned commissions. If you have the time
and inclination, this is the path to take. To get
commish tho, you need to show off your work. Yerf and
VCL are great places for that.

4) Lastly, if you decide to do furry art, just to sell
(non-commish) then be prepared to do it as a hobby.
Chances are you will not make a living off it, or even
great money. But if you crank out 1 piece ever 1 or 2
weeks, something that you enjoy doing, then why not
make a little dough off it. As you get better,
incorporate new techniques and mediums, you will get
more admieres, and more $..

Lastly part 2: forgive my spelling errors. almost 1 am
and too tired to spellcheck...

Hope that helps!

-HobbesDawg

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Received on Wed Nov 05 2003 - 23:50:32 CST