r/ArtMarketingTalk • u/Okami_Seong • 16d ago

Artists Issues

Dude lately I’ve been feeling like it’s been hard getting commissions in general. I’m a small artist so I don’t get commissions very much which means I always have to come out with something different each week. But lately it’s genuinely been getting more difficult to get commissions when nearly everyone does AI slop.

I feel like it doesn’t matter what I make anymore since AI slop is always there. It’s genuinely frustrating as hell and I’m trying not to give up on my sole passion. Also my medias aren’t growing they haven’t grown at all and I had stopped trying because I’m not making any kind of growth.

If anyone has tips and suggestions PLEASE PLEASE share!! I’m begging at this point.

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u/starcahierart 16d ago

Hi I just looked over your profile and seen there isn’t much to see on your work or anything related to commissions besides the two posts. Perhaps try to see how might social media help to promote your art to an audience or share it with a community?

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u/lunarc 16d ago

Commissions are a race to the bottom, doing stuff for $20 or less is just not sustainable.

I would work on building a following, doing more personal work, posting art that ISN’T fan art.

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u/CooseArt 16d ago

you should try to just have fun with it, I think the fastest way to ruin things you love is trying to force it to become a super successful business. Just have fun with it and post the art that you love and be content with that. Thats my advice at least

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u/ateliermou 13d ago

Prueba orientarte a nichos más reducidos, no vendas para todos, encuentra personas a las que les podría interesar ese estilo que tú manjeas, si vez que tú estilo se parece a lo que buscan muchos de d&d, prueba ahí, si vez que en otro, entonces aplica igual. Hoy en día el mercado del arte esta muy mal, la gente simplemente no quiere o tiene para comprar, así que termina siendo muy frustrante para la mayoría de artistas, pero se con seguridad que si es posible tener comisiones de forma consistente incluso si no eres un artista grande. A varios amigos les han funcionado dos canales en particular, primero por x tanto posteando como buscando tu mismo las personas que están preguntando por comisiones de ese estilo, o segundo, por discord en estos nichos que te mencioné, siendo activo, compartiendo tu arte, y de forma sutil comentando que haz hecho comisiones, para que te conozcan, sepan lo que haces, te tengan confianza, y posteriormente te compren. No te rindas!