#its fine tho i stay sillay

[girlboyburger]

Hi, it looks like you're earning your income to through your art! My friend wanted to do it too but hasn't had any commission so far. I want to help but I don't know how. Could you please give me any pointers? Thank you!

uh! okay, so. i've been doing this for years, but. i also don't know what i'm doing at all! i don't really feel qualified to give Bigger Pointers and to some degree pointers at all, because i'm still SUPER figuring stuff out myself, but a handful of things i can recommend for freelancing art are keeping a dated queue (trello works rlly nicely, the label feature is super helpful) using Square over paypal if possible (paypal will take huge chunks out of comms, i only keep it as a backup for international clients who can't use square,) sticking to a schedule and treating it like "Real Work" (i know this sounds silly, but being your own boss can be Really Hard, if your friend is planning on going fulltime freelancer at least,) and most importantly, don't give up! when i first opened comms i was really only selling to a small group of friends. the only art i sold outside of that was adopts and ychs for quite awhile. ych's are also a good place to start imo because it gives client a clearer picture of the picture they're purchasing, and adopts are fun and relatively easy to produce if you make yourself a base and / or purchase one from another artist. as for ways you can directly help your friend, share their work! and if you can, get other friends to share it too. more reach means more people who may want to buy art will see it.

also. let your friend know i believe in 'em! freelancing is tough work but its become my dream job. good luck!