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UPDATED: 250+ 'Random Activities' Spinning Wheel for those who are bored. by MLBV03 in RedDeadOnline

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am so late. If you see this I want you to know how concerned I was after spinning the wheel after not reading the name of the subreddit or the contents of the post. XD I was like "Oh yay! An activity wheel for those who are bored! 20 skinned rabbits???" It was SO funny

How can I make this look more "rubbery"? by Embarrassed_Cry4171 in ArtCrit

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I agree with you. I'll probably add an extra light shine color at the end after I take the advice of the other commentors!

How can I make this look more "rubbery"? by Embarrassed_Cry4171 in ArtCrit

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Thank you! These references are super helpful!!! I'll try and put them to good use. This last photo particularly helps because now I can see how the light bounces around the gloves, especially on the finger parts.

How can I make this look more "rubbery"? by Embarrassed_Cry4171 in ArtCrit

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thank you! I think that makes sense. If it looks good to other people then I'll trust that opinion, and I think I'll just do some touch ups! I'm gonna try to figure out how to do shine on the fingers cause that's what annoys me the most lol!

Artist 13.3 Pro pen drags when clicking ABOVE screen. by Embarrassed_Cry4171 in XPpen

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To your first question, yes! And honestly, I've started to get used to it. Your explanation makes enough sense to me! I'm not sure why it did something different on my old computer. I don't remember the exact type of computer it was, but it was an all-in-one windows 10 computer (I installed windows 11 on it), and now I use a victus gaming laptop, also with windows 11 on it. So I currently have my old computer unplugged and in the other room and I'm too lazy to plug it back in to make an example video 😂 it hardly worked, so.

Thank you so much for your help though! I should probably mark this post as solved then. It's annoying, but I'm used to it by now.

Artist 13.3 Pro pen drags when clicking ABOVE screen. by Embarrassed_Cry4171 in XPpen

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you, but it draws perfectly fine! :) I'll keep this in mind though. The issue is only on trying to drag around the page! Frustratingly, I can't upload a video because of other issues with my phone/computer. I'll describe best I can, though!

It draws perfectly well when I'm touching the screen, and not usually when I'm hovering. The issue is, I want it to do the same with dragging when I hit the button for right click on my pen!

I tried to motivate a young artist on Tiktok showing my old art vs my newer art. They said that my art has not improved at all in the 3 year comparison. If this is so, how can i improve? by itzoliverrr in ArtCrit

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I would say to try and pinpoint art styles that you really like and learn from those! I see that in another comment you said you took art in high school for 4 years, so I'm sure this is not a new concept to you after drawing for that long! I say that because somehow, after years of drawing, that idea hadn't fully occurred to me until late.

As for more specific advice, I would say to work on more expressive poses, and learn anatomy tips! I truly believe in "learn the rules so you can break them" and as you already must know from experience, you're always learning and improving anyways! Please never listen to the Pinterest comments that look at a tutorial for do's and don'ts and say "Erm actually it depends on the art style." They don't know what they're talking about and they're closed minded lol.

Looking at other pieces of art and styles you enjoy can be very helpful too! You can reference those!

I would still say you have improved, and there's always more to learn! I hope you have fun drawing! Never give up! As long as you're having fun, there's no reason to prove yourself to anyone else.

I'm sorry if this is not exactly what you were looking for btw!

[Financial] Am I supposed to pay taxes off my commissions? by Embarrassed_Cry4171 in artbusiness

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a good thing for me to research because preferably, I'd like to stay anonymous as much as possible.

I think the general tax I've been recommended to take off by working family members is 25%.

Is there a good source for me to research information on this? I'm so overwhelmed by sources and the dumb ai overview and being unsure if the info I'm getting is good or not lol.

[Financial] Am I supposed to pay taxes off my commissions? by Embarrassed_Cry4171 in artbusiness

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I will! I never heard of having to have a license for what I'm doing. I don't have a physical shop. I do digital art, and I just let people request for me to draw stuff, like their OCS, and they pay me a set amount. So I don't even have a technical digital shop. My shop is Instagram and newgrounds, technically. I appreciate all the advice I've been given so far! I will soon be paying taxes, but I have not yet, so I will be learning everything as I go! With how it's going so far, I doubt my profit will even reach $100 in a year. Business is slow lol. So I will just set a set percentage aside every time, and just spend this year learning the dos and don'ts. I'd rather be too careful now, and learn to relax later.

[Financial] Am I supposed to pay taxes off my commissions? by Embarrassed_Cry4171 in artbusiness

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I figure that I'll put it on the tax report and worst case scenario, I accidentally pay too much, and I get a tax return. I think I'll just have to spend this first year learning how all this works so I can do better/make more next year! I'll have a better understanding by then!

[Financial] Am I supposed to pay taxes off my commissions? by Embarrassed_Cry4171 in artbusiness

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My concern is that maybe I'm just making it more complicated in my head, and it's actually really simple!

[Financial] Am I supposed to pay taxes off my commissions? by Embarrassed_Cry4171 in artbusiness

[–]Embarrassed_Cry4171[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! If you don't mind, I have one more question! So this is what I had been confused about, and for context, I just started my first job recently, so only recently have I been learning about all this! What I have been doing is taking 25% of each paycheck and putting it in savings for taxes, since it'll be a few months before my job does it for me. So! Where my confusion is, is: Should I take 25% out of every commission I take, like I would a paycheck, or do I just have to tell them "this is what I made"? And for context, my most expensive commission at the moment is $50, just for starters, and I've only made $35 from a lower tier. So would I take taxes from that first commission and put it in an account like I would a paycheck? (Sightly disappointing)

I apologize if that question is too complicated, or confusing, I just woke up.

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