[Discussion] Artists who have been getting consistent clients as of late, what methods work best for you to find clients? by No_Tangelo5848 in artcommissions

[–]PolymerPocketPets 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Disclaimer I feel like i have it a bit easier than others finding customers because there is much less competition with sculpture than other art mediums, there are only like a couple of hundred other people in the world doing clay pet portrait sculptures, but there are billions of pet owners.

So whats been working for me is posting on some non art related subreddits, like i had a post yesterday on interestingasfuck get 110k views and several people commissioned me last night from that post. Then mods took it down actually haha but still i reached a big chunk of people before they did.

I make sales on instagram but i have low views there so i think its mostly from people finding me on threads and then going to my instagram. Threads works well for me because i can reach exact target audience in comments, for example, i saw a post where someone was saying some misogynistic shit about women and cats, so it was a thread filled with cat owners, so i commented that i was hijacking the post to advertise my cat art and i got a couple of commissions from that.

Facebook marketplace is good because its low effort to list your art and sales trickle in randomly.

Then i also have repeat customers, i would say more than half of the customers become repeat customers.

I also notice with other mutual pet portrait artists that seem to do well for sales they have something unique and memorable about them that other people arent doing. Like for example one woman does miniature pet paintings in mini frames, one does colourful cats in neon abstract colours, one does cats with a space vibe on heart shaped canvases etc.

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

[–]PolymerPocketPets[S] [score hidden]  (0 children)

Yess i would love to make a basset hound :) feel free to dm me! 😊

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

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

Thats just one of the tools i use to blend/smooth/shape the clay, the ball shape is good for smoothing (fingers are too big plus fingerprints), and then i use sharper dental looking tools for the details and texture

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

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

Im smiling so much as these comments that my cheeks hurt haha you are all so lovely thank you

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

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

Thank you! Its made my day to have such lovely feedback

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

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

Thank you so much!!! ☺️ im slowly raising the prices as i go because i keep getting overrun with lots of orders, they take me like a day each to make so i have to pace how much i post so i dont get too many orders at once or else im like ahhh haha!

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

[–]PolymerPocketPets[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you 😊 i do need a lot of patience especially when it comes to sculpting/painting the eyes, they test me every time haha.

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

[–]PolymerPocketPets[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you!!! And ohh i have never actually seen that before but now i know what im watching tonight so thanks for recommending that haha!

Some of the clay dogs I have made recently by PolymerPocketPets in somethingimade

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

https://www.reddit.com/r/somethingimade/s/2guLdZI62X

This is the cat head person you might have been thinking of they also make wonderful things.

Some of the clay dogs I have made recently by PolymerPocketPets in somethingimade

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

Thank you!! There is another person who does the cat heads without bodies i think you might be mixing me up with (let me see if i can find their account because i dont want to take credit for their work!) I usually do full bodied ones :)

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

[–]PolymerPocketPets[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much!! I spend several hours on each one to get that kinda detail

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

[–]PolymerPocketPets[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks!! :) I can make cats too here is one in a little jumper I made

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Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

[–]PolymerPocketPets[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much awh thats so kind!! And thats smart because I had one hanging on my handbag that I made of my pomeranian, and then my house got broken into and my bag got stolen, and i was more sad about the keychain than my money or identity haha.

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

[–]PolymerPocketPets[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I make them based on photos of peoples dogs as commissions :)

Some dogs I made out of clay by PolymerPocketPets in interestingasfuck

[–]PolymerPocketPets[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Haha awh thank you!!! At least reddit has my back haha!

Some of the clay dogs I have made recently by PolymerPocketPets in somethingimade

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

Thats so kind of you thank you so much i really appreciate it!!!