Digital Art side money hustle...

[Luna]

Don't mind me posting here 5 in the AM. I don't sleep at night and I want this thread to sink to the bottom before noon.

I've been thinking lately about putting my digital art skills to practice by making fun portraits of people. There's a strong hype for the new tumblr ghetto fab aesthetic, along many other styles such as 'grime', vaporwave, kawaii, etc.

Say my idea was redrawing regular selfies in a particular style/manner that the client wanted me to. Say I charged 25$ for it. I'd be making around 6.25$ an hour because I'm really slow, but hey, at least it's better than not getting paid at all.

What means should I use to advertise myself besides Instagram and Tumblr?

Mind you this is a side hustle, so even if I get 1 person a year, that's still money I guess.


I got the idea after working on this picture I love so much:

Spoiler: pic

Spoiler: My version

I suppose some people can get a kick out of being stylized too? Hopefully.

 

[Lazy Migrant]

You're pretty talented! I would say check out Fiverr.

 

[Reflected]

Fiverr is still popular, you could probably create a decent portfolio starting there.

edit: Fukin Einstein above me.

 

[Luna]

Thank you guys. My mom reminded me of that site today but I brushed it off thinking I could only charge 5$. Needless to say, there's already a bunch of artists offering stylized portraits too. I knew my idea wasn't original, but now I'm self conscious and unmotivated.

 

[McPiff]

Try fivver you can easily eat over there if you know what you are doing

 

[Larry Lobster]

Why you don't sleep at night?

 

[Kilgore Trout]

pretty good, try instagram.


Do some free portraits for some IG models or aspiring rappers with a lot of followers and ask them to post and give you cred.

my photography site
James Ellis

 

[little4209]

You're pretty talented! I would say check out Fiverr.

I was going to mention the same thing..start there and see where it takes you..congrats on going after your passions

 

[Luna]

Why you don't sleep at night?

Anxiety keeps me up all day and night when I have class. :/

pretty good, try instagram.


Do some free portraits for some IG models or aspiring rappers with a lot of followers and ask them to post and give you cred.

my photography site
James Ellis

That's actually a very good idea to gain some sort of a following.
By the way, you must be very esteemed. Your work is dope

I was going to mention the same thing..start there and see where it takes you..congrats on going after your passions

Thank you!

 

[Larry Lobster]

Anxiety keeps me up all day and night when I have class. :/



That's actually a very good idea to gain some sort of a following.
By the way, you must be very esteemed. Your work is dope



Thank you!

Oh thats a shame, why dont you pop some xanax?
Can you draw something interesting so i can use as my new avi?

 

[Blackout]

Try making album covers for dudes cuz everybody wanna be a rapper these days.

 

[Luna]

Oh thats a shame, why dont you pop some xanax?
Can you draw something interesting so i can use as my new avi?

Ain't no drugs allowed around these parts (momma's house)
Hit me with an idea

Try making album covers for dudes cuz everybody wanna be a rapper these days.

Whatever they want, I'm at least gonna try

 

[Larry Lobster]

Ain't no drugs allowed around these parts (momma's house)
Hit me with an idea



Whatever they want, I'm at least gonna try

Tell your mama to make you some canja de galinha then
Can you draw a bonfire at night, in the middle of the forest, like some natives were around it but they just disappeared, and we dont know what happened with them, maybe they were abducted by aliens.

 

[Luna]

Tell your mama to make you some canja de galinha then
Can you draw a bonfire at night, in the middle of the forest, like some natives were around it but they just disappeared, and we dont know what happened with them, maybe they were abducted by aliens.

Dame, got me hungry
And that's a challenge. Not really my style though, I suck at environments

 

[hu3ypdadon]

Create some pro black images that up lift..the pro black movement is growing stronger everyday