12 May 20:24
--is facebook a good place or is it useless
12 May 20:23
--If you want jobs, you have to start applying for them and approaching people.
12 May 20:22
--Sure, but it's less than half of the skills needed in my experience! So my advice would be...get any practice you can in now....
12 May 20:22
--i mean its not a bad thing the better you are skill wise the better job you can get
12 May 20:22
--Everyone gets caught up on art skills, little knowing what a cluster fuck they are letting themselves into down the line
12 May 20:20
--Here's the thing most people here don't realise I guess. The freelance side of things, is a skill and a practice you have to be on top of as well, and is probably 50% or more of the importance of things, than the skill side.
12 May 20:20
--well considering how little i earn with part time job it wouldnt take much to quit it lol
12 May 20:19
--Specifially check out the dA forums job offers....most things are in the low 100s / sub 100, though not everythign!
12 May 20:19
--yeah i guess getting the taste of thing can make you understand the situation better
12 May 20:19
--I jumped into freelance about two years before I did it seriously and the experience taught me how not ready I was for the real deal. It is a great thing to do to get some experience working for others period
12 May 20:17
--yeah cause want to start at this point since if i keep waiting to be "good enough"n it will never happen
12 May 20:17
--You can probably find stuff on ca.org jobs. Some low level idie's post on there
12 May 20:16
--also question i want to get like low end commisions atleast 50$ range where is the best place to self promote to get that stuff
12 May 20:15
--yeah i think adobe is still dosent like people using it for painting its like a weird insecurity they have
12 May 20:14
--Funny how it's such a big deal for PS users....been around for ever with Painter, and Gimp and Krita :P
12 May 20:13
--i can get the same effect by just changing the setting its a very flexible tool