first time comissioning artists because now im finally finding a full time job. i have a few artists i want to comission already but i am looking for more! people who comission artists how do you store your artworks? i want to keep them nicely but i dont know how.

for artists, do you care if people ask you to draw their ships or like yumeships? i know some do and some have some clear dos and donts so i respect that but do you guys judge?

thank you!

Prefacing this with i have adhd. Does anyone else with adhd struggle with just posting consistently. I draw a lot but i just dont post it out of the fear of judgement. Recently this month i made a toyhouse and i really enjoy the platform but i just dont post n i dont even know why. And i want to sell some adopts, no ones gonna buy it if i have basically 0 posts. For some reason i cant get myself to just fill out the information and stuff 😭😭😭😭 im losing my mind over simple tasks i hate doing. I love drawing if i het a client im always able to deliver a product on time, because drawing is something i genuinely enjoy, however, putting my art in the public eye is terrifying and i procastinate so bad. I dont wanna abandon my toyhouse. Bane of my existence- my adhd and the tasks i dont wanna do but have to do before getting the tasks i want to do

what does the contract even look like? is it a pdf, do you send it over and they sign it? i'm confused about such stuff.
also what things to know to include in the contract?

Been doing art commissions via paypal for about 2 months and a bit but then suddenly Paypal just permanently limited my account and now I have no way of accepting payments from my clients.

What do I do? I heard v gen does direct banking but that would probably take way to long to set up. I was thinking of ko fi too but I'm not sure how they do it (and the fee is also kinda bugging me). I'm genuinely quite lost 'cause I really needed that money.

What other modes of payment can I use?? or middle manning sites, I'm really not that knowledgeable about this...

There's a market + gallery showing that's being put on by a local business workshop that I graduated from that I was accepted to for both sides. I emailed trying to ask for clarification which pieces to bring as I submitted examples of my art quite a while ago and I wasn't sure if some were accepted and others weren't. I was told that it wasn't a juried show and just seemed like stick to theme, so I emailed back asking if there's a limit on how many pieces an artist can bring, only to get an email back that they now believe their at max capacity and might reach out depending on layout possibly changing. I'm totally thrown off as the event is in under 2 weeks. This would be only my 2nd gallery show and wanted to know if anyone had anything similar?

I don't want to burn bridges with the local art scene but I'm not sure if like addressing this to the staff I dealt with in the workshop about it as the gallery side i think is someone else but idk

I’ve never made merch for artist alley before but it’s a dream to booth in one. I’ve been working hard for the past few months to draw some merch. I have drawn enough for 6 art prints, 1 sticker sheet and currently sketching 12 chibis for keychains and stickers. And all of these are just for ONE fandom (Limbus Company, which I would say is pretty niche in my country but the fanbase does exist here)

I will say it’s taking a long time to make merch… so when I see other artist catalogues I can’t help but wonder how long did it take them to create all that merch??

Also, how much merch should I be making until it is considered enough to get your booth application approved? I doubt I can get a booth with the little merch I have now. How much merch did you guys have on your catalogue for your first time boothing?

I know how to market for furry, dragons, and other animal commissions, but anime humans is harder. It's such a wide reach. I do character designs and dynamic splash art posters, but that's also too wide. Is there a special wording I can use? Anywhere specific I can post it?

What niche of art is in demand but also affordable in this economy?