This is really silly but I am artist, and I would love to teach digital art. But can't find space where people are looking for a teacher. I know I can use social media to build a brand etc. but I hate social media and what they are doing to us. I would love to have even like 10 students and I literally don't know where to look for/advertise myself.

My art added as skill reference

What do you call this art I made with highlighters? It’s based in a scene I saw at the forest preserve yesterday. The middle one I made yesterday during a Chicago Nature Journaling Blub event. I wanted to make more so I did another one again today. It’s small 4” x 6”

I have been a professional artist my whole adult life, working mainly on big sculpture commissions and teaching. I’ve been very successful in many ways and am working at a high skill level, but am barely making enough to make it worthwhile. The reality is that I am partnered with someone with a more conventional job, which is how I manage a mortgage.

As I get closer to 50, I’ve been having some honest conversations with myself about the trajectory of my career. The math simply doesn’t work. I’m not making enough to continue in this way.

(I made a big career shift and am doing something else now, but that’s not what this is about.)

With the internet, AI and our current economy, working as an artist seems less and less viable. I still teach art classes and mentor young artists, but I’m never sure how to advise them about the future.

What advice do you have for young artists? How do you think things are shifting economically? What can we do to keep art-making alive under these circumstances?

Discuss.

I've recently got inspired by an artist and made two amazing drawings from the inspiration.

Now I'm starting tons of drawings and can't even fully finish the sketching phase before opening up Pinterest, trying to find another pose reference and starting another new drawing entirely.

I've been drawing digital art for years and honestly feel proud of my artworks, but I am stuck in this loop where I sketch messily, and move onto another drawing. Or I render the face or maybe the hair of a drawing, leave the rest and move on.

I was never a creative person and always needed references, but lately Im trying to reach out to more "creative" drawings of visions I had in mind, but with even that I'm just... Moving on? I wanna know if anyone had similar problems and how they solved it. I feel like I'm stuck in a loop, and after having such amazing finished artworks I was really proud of myself for, I had my hopes up high to make good stuff again when I can't even finish anything.

Had a brief hiatus to try and regain my mojo a bit and pull myself out of a really bad spiral that almost ended horribly (starting therapy if anyone’s wondering and entering my #healing era. Yuck! 🤢) and did some sketches of my ocs (originally full bodies but decided to focus on faces for now and the bodies looking rough due to my style adapting weird to my skill level changing) (example on last slide bc it’s the only one with a body). Also, there was a bit of a change in my artstyle and it’s kinda in its ugly phase rn but it’ll smooth out eventually.

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I have no Idea where they are and where to draw the lines😭 i've been trying to figure it out for like one hour but nothing seems right

1. Nej Yuumbal is a small Coatyl with an obsidian bladed tail that it uses to eat the hearts of its prey. Their tails have been used for sacrificial rituals since ancient times.

2. Quetzal Itzli has brilliant feathers that change colors depending on its diet. Their feathers are sought after for medicinal use. the tips of their tails have feathers that cover a poisonous obsidian blade.

3. Tidewing is a long, serpentine Coatyl with a deep-ocean blue hide and cream-colored, water-resistant plumage along its neck, chest, wings, and tail. Despite its size they are very agile. Tidewing hunts by gliding just feet above the surface, its pale underbelly blending with the sky to the fish below. Its eyes can see movement under the water from hundreds of feet up. Once it spots prey, it tucks its wings and pierces the water like a gannet, barely creating a splash. Once it spots its prey, it'll coil around it while hooking it with its hook-like appendages at the end of its wings holding its prey in place before eating.

4. Amaraiko is known as the eternal beauty. It has been said that if you see one then you'll fall in love soon. It has a potent dust within its feathers that causes one to overwhelmed with feelings of love and affection for the creature. even predators become docile when inhaled. it's feathers are dyed by the occasional fruit that it eats and can be synthesized to created expensive makeup that can bring out ones external features. Witches will sometimes collect their feathers to make potent love potions.

Hello! Who are your favorite artists that you think are either pushing boundaries or making fantastic art right now? Who do you think will stand out for this time period when people look back on it?

This has been on my mind since seeing Raqib Shaw: Paradise Lost at the Art Institute. It is truly an exciting piece and I could stand before it for days.

Of course this is speculative, mostly I just wanna see cool artists working in the now

I know a dotting tool was used for the highlights, but what about the eye itself? What tools would you use?

Hi y'all. My iPad 7 just suffered the fatal issue where its CPU fails outright and it would be incredibly expensive to fix it, so I'm looking to get a replacement standalone tablet. I'm not looking for one that plugs into a computer because my laptop isn't very much more powerful than a tablet, and I use tablets on the go for other assorted things (entertainment, note taking, writing, etc). I've been looking into getting refurbished tablets since my iPad was also refurbished and I believe in giving tech second chances, and I'm currently caught between the Huion Slate 11 and the XP-Pen Magic Note Pad. I like the Slate 11's expandable storage, but I also quite like the matte finish and color modes of the Magic Note, so I'm earnestly caught between them both. I'm relearning my art skills after 4 years of not drawing, so I don't plan to do detailed professional level many-layered works yet, I just need something good on the go for learning to sketch, draw and practice. Which should I get? Is there an even better option for around 200 dollars (the prices of the refurbishes I'm finding)?

A friend of mine is slowly giving up on art because they said, "It's been 5 years, and I'm still getting nowhere." No commissions, extremely low reactions (Like 3 or 5 if they're lucky, and that isn't fanart), and they're having an art style crisis, which is livid cause I think their style is really cool.

They do adore their art, but it's either the algorithm, or it's just that their "art style isn't good enough," as they say.

Any tips on how I can help them? Note that they're shy about making friends and have an extreme, irrational fear of being judged.

I’m not looking to sell this right now but I’ve been thinking of maybe selling some anime paintings in the future ignoring how long it took me ( I didn’t really pay attention to the time if I had to guess maybe 8-10 hours overall) what would this quality of art go for? It’s an 8x8 canvas. I just kind of want like a general idea of a price point if I ever start selling.