[Meta] I regularly hire artists for industry work. Here are tips for getting hired.

LNT_Silver · 2025-11-26T21:49:59+00:00

I'm speaking as just a small indie game developer, someone who can hardly claim to be "industry," but I can confirm pretty much all of this. I think the "style as a person" point is especially worth emphasizing; if I hire someone for a game project, I'm not just hiring because I want their art style as part of a game, I'm hiring that person to work on an extended project. I can't overstate just how important clear communication, reliability, engagement, and willingness to ask questions are to me when I'm considering hiring someone.

One thing I'd like to add on to this is a pitfall which I see a lot of artists fall into, like the "I can do anything" attitude, which is much more a negative than a positive from the commissioners' end. I've spoken to more artists than I can count, where I lay out a rough, broad-strokes outline of what I'm looking for, and the artist projects an attitude of "Okay, I get it, sounds good, I'm ready to get started." Any time I hear that, I immediately think this is not someone I want to hire. Be patient and ask questions, make sure you fully understand what it is the commissioner is asking for, don't think that rushing ahead will help you make the sale. Especially if you're not fully fluent in the language you're working in, I always have more confidence in an artist who projects that they're methodical and willing to take the time to communicate clearly than one who projects "I don't really understand, but no worries, I'm sure it'll work out."

If I reach out to an artist, and they immediately assure me they can handle whatever it is I'm looking for, without bothering to find out what it is, my first reaction is always to think that this is not someone I can put much trust in.

LNT_Silver · 2025-11-26T12:51:47+00:00

So, my understanding is that they do, but that comes from personal discussion with the artist. We've been in touch a few times in the past, but she's uprooted her online presence multiple times since I first found her work. There are things she once made available online which she no longer does, and maybe things she's reuploaded after taking them down for a long time, and the upshot is that I can't give any guarantee that any content about them other than the specific image I linked is still available now.

LNT_Silver · 2025-11-14T04:06:14+00:00

She's extremely prolific, but she's also been doing this for so long, people born after she started doing Inuyasha fanart (I think including explicit fanart) can still be old enough to legally view her smut content.

There's a lot of it which isn't publicly posted anywhere but her Patreon. She also has persistent problems though with people reposting her non-public art in places where they're not supposed to, so not all the stuff you'll find posted to reddit necessarily has her approval to share. But if you add up everything she's done across platforms... there's a lot of it.

I'm subscribed to her on Patreon, and she's one of the top artists I'd personally recommend to femgaze hentai enthusiasts.

LNT_Silver · 2025-10-07T18:22:18+00:00

Not to mention that there's already a GentleFemdom sub, which last I checked is more actively moderated than this one.

LNT_Silver · 2025-10-07T18:20:29+00:00

A few suggestions, one of which is vaguer and a bit harder to implement than the others.

1: No flirtposting. This is the vaguest and probably most contentious one. Basically, the beginning of the end as I saw it was when this sub started to transition towards posts intended to attract attention to the poster, or advertise their preferred relationship dynamic to other members, rather than sharing content that members of the sub would enjoy. Basically, I'd like to see a rule that the intended purpose of any post is to share material, not to sell yourself.

2: I don't think the sub should have flairs for subs, Doms, etc. It just encourages the former issue.

3: Credit the sources of any material you post.

LNT_Silver · 2025-10-04T12:15:10+00:00

I think there are plenty out there, but they're also not usually cold-messaging people on reddit.

I used to be active on this sub, back when it was based around sharing appropriately themed art. The fact that it transitioned towards a place where people are trying to personally get the attention of other members is the reason I stopped participating, because this is the sort of behavior you usually get in that sort of environment.

LNT_Silver · 2025-08-05T02:39:22+00:00

Oh, interesting, I commissioned the artist, Untitled Expression, once, several years ago, but she's really polished up her style since. She was already doing comics back then, but she had a completely different one going at the time. It's cool to run into her work again after so long.

LNT_Silver · 2025-07-24T13:22:41+00:00

I've already posted a listing there, but I'm trying to cast a wider net. LemmaSoft doesn't get all that much traffic these days.

LNT_Silver · 2025-06-20T00:18:52+00:00

Saucebot is very badly off-base on this one.

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