AfricanVoodoo's Sketchbook

[John]

I was referring to the majority of the people on here (and in real life) that says that I improved a lot since [time frame]. I dunno... I feel like that is just not enough for me. It is cool that I am getting better but is that really all you can say about it?... So... I was hoping that along the road, I can improve enough to the point where there will be more than just "well... you can got better".

I do understand quite a bit. Like the 'is this better' answer to that question isn't enough anymore whether it garners an approval or not. I think I upped the stakes from 'is this better' to 'would you buy this'; which is a totally different scenario altogether. I recently went and sold at a convention and my sales tanked hard. That got me to thinking to approach a veteran artist who's in the same business as I am and try to get pointers.

Which in turn, going back to the matter at hand, have you tried approaching local working artists in the same field you're doing and ask for their opinion? Audience and amateur opinion is one thing, someone doing it as their job is another.