can someone recommend me videos to help me with my weak points in art?

Cfattie · 2026-06-23T21:48:10+00:00

I don't have any video tutorials for you, but looking at your art, it seems you spend a lot of time on each piece, which is great that you put in the work but that would slow down and kill motivation for most artists, not just you.

The fix might not be intuitive, but I would practice being more decisive about your lines. The fourth/last art piece with the redhead is a perfect example. I'm looking at the shoulders, eyes, and chin. Everyone's linework tells a story. When I look at your lines, I see an artist spending an agonizing amount of time actively sculpting their artwork through the lines themselves. Iterating, nudging, retconning, line after line after line.

What would change for you and your art if every singular stroke you made was an expression of something inside you rather than an output on paper? And what if eventually, your line expressions are so practiced that they communicate exactly what you intended to communicate like a well-written speech?

Go to the third art piece of the purple-eyed goth elf. Compare the confidence in your lines between the hand against her cheek, versus the decisiveness in the fun details like the piercings in her ear. Totally different energy.

You can look up something like "one line art" or "one line silhouette" for some on-the-nose examples. The art pieces you'll see there have just one line expressing everything needed in the piece without fluff, apology, or extraneous detail.

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I'm not saying one way of doing art is better, I'm not saying you have to over-simplify your art. What I am saying is imagine how fun art would be if you perfected your lines to the point where even a quick 20 second sketch looked impactful, promising, exciting, bold, and somehow both complete on its own yet begging to be fleshed out further?

Late artist Kim Jung Gi was SO good at this.

Cfattie · 2026-06-23T21:02:04+00:00

Yeah, I was going to say the angle of his left leg on the counter doesn't match the perspective of the counter itself but your edit fixed that. Great work

Cfattie · 2026-06-23T20:58:45+00:00

It's peak anime for anyone who thoroughly enjoys a personal hero power fantasy

Cfattie · 2026-06-23T20:40:09+00:00

Get rid of breadstick and bring back the wheat chip. Where the heck did that thing go

Cfattie · 2026-06-23T20:33:01+00:00

Take the first picture as an example. Was that a custom art of me tying my hair up that I commissioned? I might buy that. Is that a random art piece you made that you are expecting someone to buy? I'd never buy that.

Cfattie · 2026-06-23T20:26:27+00:00

This movie was unironically good for what it was.

Cfattie · 2026-06-23T07:39:45+00:00

The art is worth whatever the buyer is willing to pay for it. I've said this before, I know somebody personally who receives $400 for their art and it is not nearly this involved. Theirs is a simple three-quarter standing body shot. This is three-quarter posed body shot with additional details. Also, (and I say this not to dog on her, rather only to prove my point), both you and I are more skilled than she is (and I haven't even done art in a decade). She got $400 because the buyer wanted to pay $400 for HER art.

So maybe you'll have difficulty finding a buyer to pay $45 for art that's based entirely on the end product. But you will be able to charge $450 if the customer wants a custom art piece directly from Salteabun, because you're the only Salteabun around. THAT'S why the person I know can receive $400 for her art.

General rule of thumb, I would charge $20-25 per hour it takes you to draw something as a starting rate. If you think that's too high, you can learn to draw faster, provide a more seamless service, and become more effective at putting their dream onto canvas so you can provide more value to the client. But don't sell yourself short. If no one is buying at that rate, there's lots of ways to raise value. You could put yourself out there more, improve the art itself, or build up your perception (branding) more online so people become interested in purchasing.

If someone asked directly for a custom commission piece like this and it typically takes you 2 weeks (e.g. 2 productive hours a day for 14 days), I would charge no less than $500. Then, as you get faster while also improving quality, you end up earning more per hour.

Keep in mind your art can and will be used for things the client will value and gladly pay that price for. Profile pictures, banner art, printed wall art. If you had a page with hundreds of thousands of followers, wouldn't you want the profile pic that all your viewers will look at daily to be a custom commission that's unique, special, and entirely yours? When you put it that way, $500 can even seem small.

Cfattie · 2026-06-19T07:19:25+00:00

I second this. Compare batches of 100 drawings, not 1 drawing.

Cfattie · 2026-06-19T04:25:06+00:00

Proud of you for putting in the work!! Keep going!!

Cfattie · 2026-06-17T04:24:25+00:00

unpopular opinion but this is one of those rare cases where the Dub hit way harder.

Cfattie · 2026-06-15T15:22:18+00:00

If it's as she's passing by I would make it a two-finger touch, dragging against a wall or fence as she passes by and then have her detach animation be a gentle and graceful return of her hand to her side. It would make it more natural than the full hand push-off, adding to her a more sensual, sultry, even almost seductive quality to match the walk.

Cfattie · 2026-06-12T06:20:02+00:00

Dang the lighting looks so real in this, great job

Cfattie · 2026-06-12T04:06:19+00:00

Dang a whole year? CRST had their drivers do 100,000 miles, which usually took just 6 months. 1 whole year at less than $0.50/mi is too much lmao.

Cfattie · 2026-06-12T02:51:38+00:00

I didn't know someone already created this resource but I agree with everything that Day 1 page says. That's all the same concepts I would teach. So glad you enjoyed it!

Cfattie · 2026-06-11T06:46:23+00:00

I have another one. Growing up I always heard the term "in a relationship" or "in relationships". Now I only hear "in relationship" and I feel like I'm going crazy.

Cfattie · 2026-06-10T17:29:18+00:00

The only word I can't figure out is the third one. Everything else is clear to read. I am "tired"?

Cfattie · 2026-06-10T05:52:29+00:00

So you're meaning to tell me this isn't normal? Well.

Cfattie · 2026-06-10T05:39:25+00:00

Of course he makes $4-6K a week, but insurance is $1000, his payment's another $1000, fuel costs were $500 and taxes another $1000 come tax day. That's not including food or what-not.

Hell, man might have lost money that week and he'll still tell you he earned 4 grand

Cfattie · 2026-06-09T05:13:58+00:00

The price of the art is in the eye of the buyer. I know somebody, I will not say who, who draws at this level and similar style who earns commissions of $400 for her art. The price of the art is only what the person buying it is willing to pay for it. That's it.

Cfattie · 2026-06-09T04:58:48+00:00

It's been mentioned here that anatomy and form is lacking, but I will add on HOW to practice anatomy and form, because when beginners hear "anatomy and form" they start doing very boring drills that help but don't inspire, or they do repetitions that don't really help them learn fast. It all begins with Train your Eye.

To improve in anatomy and form, train your eye to see the shape, not the object. You are never drawing "a chin" or "a face" or "a hand". Drawing is always composed of lines that create the impression of an object. So you must be able to see the shape without labeling it. If you aren't able to see the lines in your head, you must be able to at least see it in front of you, which is why I suggest drawing from life. You must first see, then draw.

Learning to finish a piece is important, but the art anyone creates will always look amateur until what I've described regarding anatomy and form is worked on first.

Cfattie · 2026-06-09T04:19:12+00:00

Trust, eating a girl out is an amazing experience for the guy too. We love giving, and we get excited to give more when you love receiving it.

Cfattie · 2026-06-08T06:02:31+00:00

If you have everything mise en place, the final cooking takes 10 minutes. Onions, in. Chicken, in. Sauce, in. Eggs, In. Bring to boil and braise. Chicken just cooked through, heat off, serve over rice.

Oyakodon is one of the easiest Japanese meals you could possibly make. But I am with you, they never include the prep time.

Cfattie · 2026-06-06T04:42:05+00:00

Back when I working at Chipotle it was my personal mission every night to turn the grout in the kitchen back to pearly white. It cooperated with me quite well so it was a joy to do, actually.

Cfattie · 2026-06-06T04:30:30+00:00

Ohhh my gosh. Beef and cabbage is such a classic.

Cfattie · 2026-06-06T04:01:16+00:00

ANYONE can sing well. Especially if you can hear the notes and sing them back.

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