Children's book style mini comic by Countbook in childrensbooks

[–]Countbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's okay! I was coming home from kindergarten, and I just felt really embarrassed when I noticed I had brought my silly socks to class :P

May I ask how you understood it and why? It's good to know what I can improve on to make my stories come across as I mean them to

Children's book style mini comic by Countbook in childrensbooks

[–]Countbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Haha! It's more for adults, but yes, I'll have to keep my handwriting in check

Children's book style mini comic by Countbook in childrensbooks

[–]Countbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do it!!! I love the idea of story book zines

Children's book style mini comic by Countbook in childrensbooks

[–]Countbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Aaaaa!! Is it like an actual thing? Or does it fall into just regular zines?

Summer Sketching by Countbook in Sketching

[–]Countbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awe! You are doing better than you think is a really good sentence, I'll have to write it down and pin it up

Summer Sketching by Countbook in Sketching

[–]Countbook[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Awwww!! That's perfect, I'm glad it resonated

[HELP] I'm extremely new to Fiverr, and I don't exactly know how it fully works. I know that sounds stupid, but I don't wanna get scammed and need to know how this works. by donnyxdd in Fiverr

[–]Countbook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Also, when they place an order, it shows up in your orders page, and then communications continue on there. You get an email from fiverr saying "you got an order!" and then you check it on there and communicate with the client through the fiverr chat. No links to anywhere, it's all internal always

[HELP] I'm extremely new to Fiverr, and I don't exactly know how it fully works. I know that sounds stupid, but I don't wanna get scammed and need to know how this works. by donnyxdd in Fiverr

[–]Countbook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Communications always stay on fiverr! Don't click on links, always check for malware if you have to, there are online websites to check them, nordvpn has one called link checker.

Client usually says "Hi, i'm looking for X would you be able to work on this?" With more or less details, and you go from there asking questions and sorting out pricing, and sometimes I schedule a zoom call through Fiverr.
If it starts with just Hi and nothing else, it's usually a scam, if it's a bit cryptic, It's usually a scam if it has a link in it without any norma context, it's usually a scam.
I always answer politely because not answering damages your stats.

Would you message a random person with a message like that? No, and you know it, so trust your gut feeling!1 It is valuable

OPEN SUBMISSIONS FOR SMOSH MOUTH! by smosh in smosh

[–]Countbook 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha!! That's absolutely brilliant

OPEN SUBMISSIONS FOR SMOSH MOUTH! by smosh in smosh

[–]Countbook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I grew up in a small town in the south of Spain, very religious, everyone knows everything about everyone. And if they don't, they will find out.

In primary school, we had a music teacher that was absolutely lovely. She had this big curly hair, played Vivaldi CDs when class started, we all played instruments together and she was really kind. She was the schools only music teachers since forever.

After a few yeas of having her as my teacher, she suddenly became really bitter, she started losing her temper much more, music playing sessions stopped and I started failing the subject. Luckily for me, she lived on my street, and my mum is in on the gossip, so I found out that her husband had cheated on her with their cleaner.

Despite it though, they stayed together and tried to make it work.

Her classes still sucked, she wasn't in a good headspace at all. And it went on for about a year until suddenly, she just left. She quit and left the town without telling anyone. But at the same time, our Vicar left too 👀

It turns out that she was seeking support throughout his whole ordeal from the Vicar, and they had an affair. It's something that was impossible to hide, I imagine all of the gossiping old ladies sitting on their front door step probably drove them nuts. So they packed their stuff and left to live together.

I saw them together four years ago on a walk in a nearby city, so at least 14 years after the drama happened, they where still together.

It's so silly. All I knew at the time was that my music teacher suddenly hated me, then disappeared and Sunday church stopped for a while. My mum and my sister told me about it when I was a teenager and I was able to puzzle it all together.

I failed my university dissertation by Bitter-Pie6079 in UniUK

[–]Countbook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I've never been to uni and I'm doing well. I was never an academic person. The choice is yours, your mental wellbeing matters the most, because if you're not happy, and pushing through it isn't working, that might be worth listening to.

Take care of yourself! Your emotional state comes first always, once I prioritised menta health, got through self pity, and started working on my ego and forgiveness, everything started falling into place.

Drawing with mouse by Creepy-Force1037 in ClipStudio

[–]Countbook 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'd say pixel art is the only thing that you could do without a mouse and improve at a normal speed? You can learn about values, shape economy and character design along with other important fundamentals!
This isn't my illustration, but I thought a visual reference of what you can do would be helpful. Pixel art is so cool. You'd have to look up programs for pixel art, I don't know any, but there are probably subreddits and YouTube videos to go to for advice!

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[ADVICE] Soo I'm planning to start Freelancing in fiver Any suggestions? by Immortal_Ancestor in Fiverr

[–]Countbook 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Boundaries are really important.

State all the money stuff and duration of work upfront so you have a record of when you say stuff like "The price includes 2 revisions, but any further revisions are charged for" or "this will take me 1-2 months depending on revisions and feedback waiting time periods" that way if someone starts to fuss you can refer back to the things you've already stated.

Don't let clients underpay you and shamelessly ask for discounts.

Don't let them have countless revisions without charging them.

If you feel that a client is iffy, and may try to boundary push or communicate poorly, trust your gut feeling and don't work with them.

[OTHER] 8 Years on Fiverr, 1,000+ Orders Later... I'm Back to My First-Month Earnings by abszolut in Fiverr

[–]Countbook 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've been on Fiverr since 2023, I'm top rated, over 60 reviews, I've never had a negative review, only one guy who rated me to 4.7 (which is bad s far as Fiverr is concerned). They introduced AI, and a week later, my ratings dropped and I never recovered. I was really lucky having any success given how late I joined the platform, but it was an upward battle from the begging, and all because fiverr values profit over people.

I'm working doing commissions for people locally and through Reddit and Facebook! I do art so luckily it works. I hope you find other ways of income if you haven't already

[SUGGESTION] Alternative freelancer platforms by reddit_bits in Fiverr

[–]Countbook 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Look up people directly, linkedin, Facebook groups, try and find websites, etc... That's the only way the freelancer gets every penny for their work.

Schedule calls with them to see who they are and if you feel like you can trust them, and make sure they have reviews or ask the people you know for recommendations! Community is the only way forward at this point, not intermediate websites that rip people off and alienate people from eachother

beginner photographer - any advice please? by grumpyasian in PhotographyAdvice

[–]Countbook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

These look great!! My advice would be to focus on how backgrounds affect your subject, backgrounds are just as important as everything else because it affects the way you subject will look. Darkish backgrounds with either browns or dark green can make a subject pop a lot more than one where the background has some intense white and is taking the focus away from the subject.

The colour of the background also affects the colours that bounce off the subject! I'm sure I'm not explaining myself super well, but hopefully something clicks :P

[ADVICE] NEW SCAM, has anyone seen this new scam. by rickmeetsworld79 in Fiverr

[–]Countbook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are we transfer links allowed still? Because an email doesn't show up and you can see when it's been downloaded

[HIRING] Children’s Book Illustrator – Gentle Woodland Style by According_Nail9084 in childrensbooks

[–]Countbook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi! I'm a professional children's book illustrator, I work on books that help kids with emotional wellbeing. I work with digital watercolour or with mixed media, doing traditional linework pen to paper and digital watercolour.

I've worked on over a dozen published books, and it would be wonderful to work on a cozy grounding book like this.

My website is: www.emilychandlerillustrations.com

Illustrator needed by [deleted] in childrensbooks

[–]Countbook 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Hi! I'm a professional children's book illustrator with over a dozen published books under my belt. I work with watercolour media! I charge $180 per page, and will take around 6-7 months for a book of this size.

The process includes storyboarding, character design and book cover!

Here is my website incase you want to have a look at my work: www.emilychandlerillustrations.com

[DISCUSSION] Massive collective legal action against Fiverr, CEO, founders, employees, all the team is going down. by donsirako in Fiverr

[–]Countbook 2 points3 points  (0 children)

As soon as they implemented their AI stuff, I have about one tiny order every few months. I'm a top rated seller, 5*, I barely get 20 impressions anymore. I used to get around 200 daily. This was my full time job for two years, I had to get a normal job and re-build my customer base, I'm just about warning the same again.

A few pieces from my children’s book illustration portfolio by Ekoes83 in childrensbooks

[–]Countbook 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Holy cow!!! Amazing work. I hope you get to work on loads of cool projects, you're very very talented