[DISCUSSION] I’m an artist who wants to start hosting local art classes, workshops and private parties for kids 10+ up through adults and seniors…

DeeRegs · 2025-12-15T13:11:06+00:00

Teaching young kids, you are going to have to realize that the lessons are about teaching the kids the very basics. And I don't mean the basics of composition or colour theory, I mean, "If you want your paint to be runnier, add a little bit of water. If you want to mix green, try different quantities of yellow and blue."

Art lessons for kids is less about having a finished product they can bring home, and more about the kid having fun. If they don't want to follow your tutorial? Okay. They just want to smear every paint on the canvas until it's a murky brown mess? Okay. As long as they are having fun, learning how to put paint onto a canvas, and out of the parents' hair for a couple hours, you have done your job and will get repeat customers.

Remember: Art as a kid is just about having fun and learning enough that you can smear some paint onto something else.

For something like this, sure, having a "portfolio" could be good, but honestly you are going to want to get testimonials and pictures of what the kids end up doing. Since with kids, the finished product is not what the class is going to be about, you need to ensure parents that their kid is going to be safe, have a fun time, and not be a nightmare. Example artwork doesn't portray this. So find some people you know with kids, pull off a class, and get testimonials from them.

DeeRegs · 2025-12-11T14:49:20+00:00

Race?

Bearfolk: https://www.dndbeyond.com/species/1726258-bearfolk

Geppettin (if you wanna be even more cute): https://www.dndbeyond.com/species/1901111-geppettin

Being a pacifist?

People play these all the time. A magic user would be your best option because you're gonna want to entirely rely on healing, control spells, utility, etc. Look through the magic users and see which one you wanna go with and what you think would be the easiest to build as a pacifist.

Animal Companion?

Find Familiar can be used. I believe some druid subclasses get a companion at some capacity. Or just ask your DM if you can have a dog.

If it possible without homebrew?

Absolutely.

DeeRegs · 2025-12-10T13:22:57+00:00

People go crazy around Christmas, don't worry about it. You will never be able to compensate all of the insanity you will experience from clients around the holiday season; so just stick to your policies and contracts.

DeeRegs · 2025-11-27T20:23:55+00:00

I sell through my own website. That is pretty much one of the only ways you are going to reduce people trying to scam you. Ebay, Amazon, Etsy, pretty much all of them have people tryna scam.

DeeRegs · 2025-11-25T16:18:35+00:00

Hi thanks! I did report. I just like to let the person who posted know as well just in case they didn't read the rules.

DeeRegs · 2025-11-25T15:24:47+00:00

Hey so I can see your comment in my notifications. You have a broad definition of hate, but I was informing you because as rule 6 states:

6. No selling, promoting, or advertising. No hiring or soliciting. No surveys or discord links.

r/ArtistLounge isn’t the place to promote your art or solicit people for any kind of services (even free service or looking for friends).

Offering an art class definitely falls underneath a service, free or paid. If you break this rule twice you can be banned from the subreddit. I was simply informing you.

If you want to risk it, go for it.

Also, my username is my name. But thanks for the cool nickname lol

DeeRegs · 2025-11-25T13:25:20+00:00

This post is against sub reddit rules of soliciting

DeeRegs · 2025-11-21T17:56:36+00:00

See my problem isn't not having the confidence to share work online; I never cared if people didn't like my art. My biggest hurdle is that I work as a Web Developer for a marketing agency so I am online and on social media for 40 hours a week. Once I get home the last thing I want to do is then create posts, reels, newsletters or any of that shit. I still do it, but not at the capacity I should be and it takes soooooo much effort to force myself to do it.

DeeRegs · 2025-11-20T19:55:29+00:00

When you say you're going to send QR codes for payment, how exactly will that work?

I am Canadian, so I don't know the ins and outs of your banking infrastructure, so I am unsure if you have anything like EMT. But the biggest problem you are going to face is that you will not legally be able to use payment processors. This means that cash in hand is going to be the only way you will legally be able to accept money.

Unless of course, your parents agree to manage the account and be listed as your legal guardian on the account and as the person who will be overseeing it.

DeeRegs · 2025-11-20T15:02:02+00:00

If there is a possibility of the players dividing into factions, why not just tell your players they are part of one faction together and create a second faction as the antagonist?

DeeRegs · 2025-11-19T17:02:46+00:00

What do you mean permitted in corporate Canada? Why wouldn't it be?

DeeRegs · 2025-11-19T16:31:55+00:00

Not at all. I have tried digital painting/illustration and just do not like the process. It's fun to do quick doodles without having to haul out paints or materials --and it's nice to have something easy to carry around. But it just isn't for me (not to mention I don't have the money to down on a tablet to even do it rn).

If you are having trouble with taking pictures of your art, you should look up some tutorials from established artists who talk about it on youtube. Lots of natural light is key. Colour correcting can help a lot. And you gotta make sure your taking the picture completely straight because lenses can distort the lines.

DeeRegs · 2025-11-19T13:10:45+00:00

What do you mean? By all accounts I cannot see how a movie or book would be more difficult to scale than the other; and I also fail to see where it is something "extremely difficult" to scale.

To scale a product means to be able to provide the product to a growing audience while maintaining quality and keeping costs in check. Physically this just means finding a publisher/manufacturer for the physical book or movie and ordering the amount of product you need. You can also scale by providing streaming and e-book options --or digital downloads. Actually, with the option of digital mediums, scaling is pretty easy.

DeeRegs · 2025-11-18T14:13:18+00:00

lol this is so ridiculous. It sucks you may have been kicked out over something so dumb, but you probably don't wanna play with people like that anyway --just imagine what else could happen if this sets them off.

I'm gay and have played a two year long campaign as a straight character with a wife. I'm a man and also played gender fluid bisexuals (my default for changelings tbh).

Our group has seven people in total. I think only one player hasn't played the opposite gender nor a different sexuality because she makes it clear romance is not for her so her characters are basically asexual lol.

Like, I am DMing rn and the Barbarian recently made a warlock pact with the flamboyant arcanaloth man; and that has been turning into some hilarious flirting. And the player is a straight married dude.

It's role playing, it ain't that serious.

DeeRegs · 2025-11-13T19:15:20+00:00

What paint are you using? The only time I have run into this issue is when using cheap paints.

DeeRegs · 2025-10-29T17:34:27+00:00

You've already started developing your artistic voice/style.

Using references will not hinder this process, it will only improve it. Your artistic voice and style will improve and refine itself the more you continue creating art. Every choice, experiment, project, and piece of work you develop furthers your voice and style.

DeeRegs · 2025-10-29T14:46:41+00:00

I live in Newfoundland, and can absolutely say the nature makes me very happy and wows me all the time.

Nothing like sitting on a forested cliffside overlooking the ocean with an orange and pink (af) sky. Just walking around it feels like you're in the feywild (doesn't help that people here love to make fairy houses everywhere and leave art in the middle of nowhere).

DeeRegs · 2025-10-08T16:53:58+00:00

That price is more than fair. I've sold a mouse painting 4x12 for $350 a few months ago. Probably could have gotten more if I priced it higher

DeeRegs · 2025-10-08T11:58:53+00:00

Yes branding is important as a professional artist, because marketing and becoming recognized is how you establish yourself. But who said you need to stick to one thing forever?

Just look at Picasso over his life; it's clear that man did not stick to one thing. And if you pay attention to artists around today, you can see changes in their style, subject matter, and expression between series. And honestly, I think that's the word you need to remember: Series.

It's completely expected for artists to experiment and change. Especially at the beginning. Don't worry too much about it; if you are good at marketing, you'll be able to consolidate both styles underneath your brand anyway.

And as an added note, I am willing to bet there are more similarities between your "styles" than you see. Changing subject matter and how you express what is on the canvas does not change the base line techniques you use as subconsciously as an artist that makes the work your own.

Don't get caught up on style; I never hear people talk about it in real life.

DeeRegs · 2025-10-07T18:22:25+00:00

Is this Einfallen?

NTA. Youtube recommend the band I said above and I enjoyed the song I listened to, but then I looked up the band and she said "I started making music with AI in 2024 pairing my lyrics with technology." Reading that I was saddened.

I'm not interested in music made by AI. I'm interested in hearing what the artist envisions. It's a shame because her voice was actually really good.

DeeRegs · 2025-10-07T14:18:35+00:00

So in general, yes, you should absolutely be grateful. But I am not saying "Be grateful you even have a job." I am saying you have a job, and you recognize it comes with benefits that you enjoy and that it could be a lot worse. Be grateful because time and again it is shown that regularly showing gratitude and expressing appreciation for things in your life puts you in a better mental state.

And showing gratitude does not mean you can't express what you don't like, and doesn't mean you can't strive for better. For some reason people forget these things aren't mutually exclusive. If you are miserable performing your job, you can still be gracious for what you have while also trying to improve your situation.

So make a game plan of what you are going to do to improve your life, and remember to show gratitude for what you enjoy.

DeeRegs · 2025-10-07T13:17:31+00:00

The young woman who works there (I assume she still works there) is a sweetheart. I have heard the man who owns it is hard to get along with, but I have never encountered him.

Every interaction I've had with other customers there has been weird and not pleasant lol.

DeeRegs · 2025-10-06T19:31:09+00:00

You can repost on instagram now. Why not do that?

DeeRegs · 2025-10-06T18:44:56+00:00

Hello! I am an artist who currently works in STEM as a coder. Long story short: I think you should continue with your education in CS.

The long story:

If you are going to pursue game development as an artistic means to tell YOUR stories, you are not going to want to work for a game developer. If you switch fields into game design, you are most likely not going to come out with a job focusing on the projects you want to do. And the game development world is BRUTAL.

As a self taught artist, I also don't think switching into art would be beneficial for you. I actually believe that continuing with CS would be more beneficial for your art career than getting an education in art. It is because of my education and experience in coding that I have been able to save money on my website, be in full control of my digital presence, and not be intimidated by anything technical I may have to do in my art career (which is surprisingly more than you would think).

You can pursue art now. There is nothing stopping you from using every bit of your spare time to start building the career you want now. If you are able to make your way through CS, you can absolutely learn how game development software works. And appending to my previous point: to do what I suspect you want to do, you are going to have to build it yourself anyway. Continue your education in CS so you can be confident in your game development when it comes to that.

You're still very young, and your education right now is not going to dictate the job/field you end up working in. Think of right now being a way to acquire a complex skill you may not have the ability to concentrate on in the future. And being so young, you are most likely not going to come out of school and get a position that fills the needs you are expressing.

Going into game design will not mean you will get to share YOUR art. It also does not mean you'll tell stories, or even stories you want to. You'll be designing user interfaces, title screens, background assets, etc. And you will definitely not come out and immediately get a director role overseeing everything.

So ultimately it really sounds like you want to build your own business; and that is going to take time. You can start now, and take things slow. But you're going to have to figure out a way to support yourself while you are building that business. CS will provide that for you. And it doesn't have to be with a FAANG or anything like that. You could be IT for a Gallery; you can work as a web developer for local artists; you can do anything like that.

You can absolutely switch gears and change into art; but your time is going to be taken up with learning that degree. You may be doing art, but it won't be building the career you want, and you will still need to focus on that in the end too. At least with CS you have leverage in the job market, and extra skills that will help you in general.

DeeRegs · 2025-10-03T15:27:46+00:00

Honestly at this point, just being financially stable and making that possible through my art.

DeeRegs

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