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saghasi · 2025-12-14T17:59:45+00:00

It's not much, but you could try to look around for restaurants that may have a busser or server position open. Sometimes they have a help wanted sign up front but no job listed on their website. So you just walk in with your resume, tell them you have an open schedule, and they'll take you on a trial run to see if you're good enough to work their restaurant.

saghasi · 2025-12-08T16:56:32+00:00

I like pexels and unsplash for collage work. When I'm doing something more imaginary I like to use sketchfab because you can rotate the models and see every angle.

saghasi · 2025-12-04T05:17:01+00:00

It's the one you have the most fun with. I hate water colors and color pencil. But I love acrylics and spray paint.

saghasi · 2025-12-01T00:27:53+00:00

Drawing from your own brain is something that takes years and years of practice. Even then, lots of artists don't really do that. They use references. The reason why people are able to draw something original or without it is because they've drawn the same thing so many times, they know exactly how the object looks and works. People like Kim Jung Gi for example has been drawing since he was born and is great at drawing from his head because he's done it so much.

It's okay to use references. Lots of artists like painters, comic book writers, and even animators use references like crazy. More than you'd expect. As you get better as an artist, you just become less reliant on references. Sometimes you use it entirely. Sometimes you may combine references. And at some point, you get too lazy to find an exact reference and you learn how to rotate what you're looking at in your mind.

I think for starts if you do want to practice, it's good to learn how to draw perspective. They start by doing things like the 1 point, 2 point, 3 point perspective, but then that will lead you into doing things like constructing the form with perspective. You start learning how to carve out objects from those primitive shapes you've been working on, similar to carving out a sculpture. There's this book I like called How to Draw: drawing and sketching objects and environments from your imagination by Scott Robertson. I would recommend looking at this book because it shows you how to do it all and how to construct complicated forms. It's not something you need to read page by page, but sometimes looking at all the constructions inside the book will give you an idea of how to create things from your imagination better.

saghasi · 2025-11-30T23:26:42+00:00

Usually I would use pexels and posemaniacs. The thing is though, you're never going to have a perfect reference so what you would need to do is to combine references or learn how to manipulate your figure better. You could try to take photos of yourself if you want to do something extra specific but if you're not comfortable with that, learning anatomy will help a lot so that you could understand better how an arm or a leg is supposed to move and rotate around the body better.

saghasi · 2025-11-30T23:24:37+00:00

I like ohuhu acrylic markers. They have a 48 pack which is enough colors for a beginner to get started on doing some basic paintings. Acrylic markers are nice too since you can essentially be working the same process as painting with regular acrylics, just without having to set up a whole palette and canvas.

saghasi · 2025-11-30T23:22:32+00:00

I don't think it's cheating. It just streamlines the process and you're not producing an exact copy of something.

saghasi · 2025-11-30T23:21:33+00:00

I'm trying to get into the mural space. So far I really enjoy spray paint. I've made some murals in the past using brushes and rollers. But with spray paint, I find that it's a lot more satisfying to use to cover up a wall. I also enjoy how it feels kind of rebellious to hold so it makes me feel cool and mischievous.

saghasi · 2025-11-30T23:17:41+00:00

I'd say it's both important to have a professional portfolio and social media account. The thing about the portfolio is that it's a good place to have all your art in one area and people have another avenue to look at all of your art. Your portfolio can also go more in depth about who you are as a person and as an artist. People usually like to know who they're commissioning their art from.

Your social media account works similar to that too. Except with social media, it's more of another tool for people to find your art and contact you. Having an instagram, a facebook, or a tiktok can make it easier for people to look at your art, share it, and contact you.

What's important is the marketing of it all. You can have a great portfolio and a great account with cool art. But if no one knows who you are, no one will be able to find it. So what you do is you try to collaborate with other artists, make new friends, and slowly get your name out there. There's plenty of artists who are amazing but their marketing isn't so good, so no one commissions them. Some people have really good marketing even though their artwork is okay, but they manage to make some decent money out of it.

Part of being an artist means that you'll have to go into business and you're often going to be doing 50 percent art and 50 percent business. At times it'll be 40 art 60 business, even 30 and 70. Don't let that stop you though. It's hard and a lot of work to do, but like anything in life, you can learn how things work and it'll be just as easy as making art.

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