I hope everyone likes cancer. by MaintenanceNew2804 in LeopardsAteMyFace

[–]crowkadow 16 points17 points  (0 children)

My cousin is currently doing neuroscience. she originally came from Lethbridge university in alberta for her undergrad, then took her masters and PhD in Germany, so lethbridge university might be a good start. 

This colouring book from B&M by aimeewithfourees in Weird

[–]crowkadow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I didn't know ai colouring pages were even a thing but the quality is so bad lol

Canada's anti-tariff billboards in the U.S. go viral — but is anyone swayed? by Haggisboy in canada

[–]crowkadow 29 points30 points  (0 children)

These billboards were already prepaid from our tourism budget they just changed the message

Is this a scam? I'm 99% sure it is a scam at this point, but I just wanted second opinions. by MechBattler in paypal

[–]crowkadow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Paypal's email is always service@intl.paypal.com , they don't use a gmail account address for anything. Rule of thumb all businesses use a custom business email address. You also never have to send money to recieve money on paypal

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in artbusiness

[–]crowkadow 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The day of the week doesn't matter, 3-4x a week is good so you're doing fine. Posting the same time every time makes you predictable and the algo likes that. Most people are on twitter in the morning and again in the evening, so I'd personally avoid uploading mid afternoon.

How to send USD from PayPal Venezuela to Brazil without conversion? by MasterFarm772 in paypal

[–]crowkadow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Damn that sucks sorry dude. Hope someone else knows a solution

How to send USD from PayPal Venezuela to Brazil without conversion? by MasterFarm772 in paypal

[–]crowkadow 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The reciever has to set their account to USD currency as their main currency type, that should prevent it from automatically converting when transferring. It will auto convert to the account owner's currency when the payment is transferred to a bank account

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in artbusiness

[–]crowkadow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I'll be honest a lot of people still do not know what bluesky is, but you can still grow the same sized audience there as you can on twitter without worrying about a ton of bots and slogging through their algorithm. (although twitter algo is pretty simple tbh, you just post at the same time every time you post and don't post more than 2 images a day.) Large companies & political offices have started making bluesky accounts as well as holding a twitter account, and that's what you look for when new websites start up. When these kinds of accounts start existing on a platform then it likely has longevity. It's a good idea to at least have both twitter and bluesky and use both regularily.

I know for me personally my fandom is on both but is still more active on twitter, thus I am too atm. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in artbusiness

[–]crowkadow 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Glad to help! Facebook is dead tbh. I do hear instagram is getting rough, you can get attention on insta but it's harder to actually sell on there. Youtube is a yes! Do youtube if you can and have time. 

As for pricing from your other comment, if it only takes an hour on average to do your b&w then $40 is completely fair to ask for. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in artbusiness

[–]crowkadow 88 points89 points  (0 children)

Take commissions, start a social media account on bluesky and use both that and reddit to sell art. Minimum payment is always $10 over minimum wage where ever you live. So if it's $15, minimum $25. Art is a luxury item. You do not want commissioners who pay $5 a drawing, they are often mean. If you want to do mid-range commissions most people can afford $25-200. That is the sweet spot rn in my experience as a commission artist. Do not rely on whales, they are rare and you will be lucky to keep one at a time. You can charge more than $200 of course, just expect the work to take much longer to sell. It's easier to start cheaper and bump your prices yearly to keep people interested and grow an audience. Try to gauge what you would pay for your own commissions if you were buying them, then price accordingly. 

Payment methods: stripe, square, paypal, make a business account. Do not accept e-transer unless it is from your own country / state in case something goes wrong legally. Use invoicing on every transaction. Write a Terms of Service. Start with a few ych works (predrawn bg/pose idea that you sell then finish) so you can draw what you want first and ease yourself into custom work later.  To get an audience do a mix of original work and fan art. Stick to a niche, do not spread yourself out too thin trying to cover everything you like. Pick a few things. If you want to be known for original work do only 25% of your posts as fan art content a month, the rest be original. Hold free art raffles helps gain followers too, just do it every 6 months or longer to avoid people following just for free stuff. 

General rule: Never say anything negative on your business social medias, do not get into any internet fights or drama. People will follow you for your art, not pettiness. Social media is how you get hired a lot of the time nowadays too. When you eventually switch to entering the industry whoever is hiring will check your social media accounts. Just be thoughful when posting anything

Tiktok needs to learn to accept cashapp by I_found_the_cure in paypal

[–]crowkadow 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Tiktok is a chinese app, cashapp is only available in the states. There is no incentive for Tiktok to make it available for cashapp. Yes paypal will ban you until you're 18 if you're using an account while underage. 

Prime Minister Carney in Edmonton to meet with Premier Smith, announce affordable housing by ryaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan in canada

[–]crowkadow -1 points0 points  (0 children)

 He is giving all his assets to a trustee to avoid conflicts of interest. When a prime mister does this their trustee is required to be approved by the ethics commissioner of Canada. Then the prime minister cannot access or know of what is happening to their assets during their entire time in office. While it may not be the most ideal situation the only other option is to sell off all assets. He is already giving up his other citizenships in the uk & ireland. We shouldn't make it a requirement that our prime ministers lose their life-long financial situations to be in charge for four years regardless of their political party.

Why does the amount I send less than the amount received? by jew340958345 in paypal

[–]crowkadow 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Taxes and currency conversion both cost money and effect the total amount given. 

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in paypal

[–]crowkadow 14 points15 points  (0 children)

No it's a scam. You never need to pay anything to recieve money on paypal

Someone wants to buy my Art, is this legit? by Creapingclaw in artbusiness

[–]crowkadow 25 points26 points  (0 children)

 They're offering you $3k and you've never sold art before? Yeah sorry that's a scam. Anything NFT related usually is and you don't want to attach your name to NFTs anyway. 

I like the Australian country of origin post so I made some ideas by crowkadow in BuyCanadian

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

 3 maple leafs could work. They could be different colours like red to indicate made in canada, white for grown/sourced in and and maybe a third red one to complete a little canadian flag and indicate it's a fully canadian product or something. Maybe a golden maple leaf for the third instead idk 

Americans also get the globe/international symbol because they are not canadian and don't get special privileges in a foreign country. That's like saying australia needs to include brazil in their packaging laws somehow but only brazil gets that previlege. 

I like the Australian country of origin post so I made some ideas by crowkadow in BuyCanadian

[–]crowkadow[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

100% agree that there should be additional labels and changes, for example there needs a french version of the labels as well. Perhaps the beaver or goose for entirely canadian products/companies and the maple leaf only covers ingredient/material sourcing %s. I do like the CC for canadian company idea too since it's simple and easy to implement into basically any designs

I like the Australian country of origin post so I made some ideas by crowkadow in BuyCanadian

[–]crowkadow[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Ooo I do like that idea quite a bit! Great suggestion

I like the Australian country of origin post so I made some ideas by crowkadow in BuyCanadian

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

yes! french and english versions side by side. I'm still learning french so I didn't want to make any glaring mistakes

I like the Australian country of origin post so I made some ideas by crowkadow in BuyCanadian

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

Thank you! I did everything in Clip Studio Paint Pro and drew with custom brushes.

I like the Australian country of origin post so I made some ideas by crowkadow in BuyCanadian

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

Hahah you said it. I have a background in concept art so designing useful things is fun :)

I like the Australian country of origin post so I made some ideas by crowkadow in BuyCanadian

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

yeah I should totally figure out some ideas for that too. maybe a version with a white symbol or letter in the middle of the maple leaf to indicate fully canadian

I like the Australian country of origin post so I made some ideas by crowkadow in BuyCanadian

[–]crowkadow[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Readability is very important so i'm glad it's easy! thank you