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FUCK.
Curse my frivolity!
I should have been scrimping and saving since AniZona. Then maybe I wouldn't be in this predicament.
Working from the estimates I currently have, it looks like it's going to take me $330 to get to AX. Assuming a certain amount of parental contribution and that I spend nothing between now and July, I will have approximately $250. Maybe.
Fuuuuuuck.
Seriously, anyone wanna buy stuff from me? MONEY IS NEEDED. DESPERATELY.
I can do commissions too! Anyone want art? I can make you pretties!
*begins looking for other possessions she could try selling on eBay* ;_;
Edit: Have calmed down. XD Also, I dropped the manga prices in the rummage sale post.
I should have been scrimping and saving since AniZona. Then maybe I wouldn't be in this predicament.
Working from the estimates I currently have, it looks like it's going to take me $330 to get to AX. Assuming a certain amount of parental contribution and that I spend nothing between now and July, I will have approximately $250. Maybe.
Fuuuuuuck.
Seriously, anyone wanna buy stuff from me? MONEY IS NEEDED. DESPERATELY.
I can do commissions too! Anyone want art? I can make you pretties!
*begins looking for other possessions she could try selling on eBay* ;_;
Edit: Have calmed down. XD Also, I dropped the manga prices in the rummage sale post.
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Is there any way you can get an advance of sorts from your parents? Or... ask if there's anything SUPER DETAILED you can do around the house, for some extra cash? Usually if parents see you're willing to work hard for it, they're more willing to contribute more. (And I mean... things you wouldn't do normally. Might not be something you WANT to do, but... XD;;;;)
Arghghghle. I'd offer to help, but I'm working for mom for my way to Expo as it is. ._.; I'm sure things'll work out, though! They've got tooo.
Definitely ebay stuff. As a suggestion on the manga, since people can buy the brand new ones for $10 (right?) maybe dropping them a few dollars might make them more sellable? Just a thought, I don't know. ._.;
Spread word 'round the intarnet! Maybe come up with some commission price guides or something, post samples and get the word out there? Forums, deviantART, LJ... see. But one thing I know with commissions is, you usually need to put out a lot of lines to get bites. It's all about finding where people want it. How much are you offering commissions for, anyway? o.o
<3!!!!!!!! You can do eeet! YOU CAN DO EET. *cling!*
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The thing about eBay... while it's easy to SAY, "Oh, I'll just sell stuff on eBay", I'm actually very low on salable things I'm willing to part with. The (non-Catch You) doujinshi I sold before AniZona were the last two I was willing to give up. I'm sure I could fetch a pretty penny for my FFV and Chrono Trigger soundtracks, but... that's my music. You begin to see my dilemma.
I... really, really suck at pricing things, too. I have no idea what would be a good price for my art. I sold a commission for $75 fundraising for AniZona, but... Yeah, I guess I should start asking for commissions on dA, but I get the feeling almost nobody actually reads my journal there and if nobody bites on commissions here or there, where else will I ask...?
Man, you sound so sure. ;_;
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Or, if you want to make an insane amount of money by drawing art, and don't mind hating yourself in the morning ...
I hear furries pay crazy amounts of money for art on FurBid. Now, as a disclaimer, I don't like furries any more than you, but their money spends like anyone else's. I've heard it doesn't even need to be particularly good. Scratch out a fox or something in ten minutes, throw it up on FurBid, and see what happens.
This is my plan if I'm ever close to being homeless.
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I actually don't really dislike furries as a whole (I'm just terrified of those among them who have the creepy fetishes), so there wouldn't even have to be self-hating involved. Hmmm.
I'm currently negotiating some paid yardwork with my mom, too, so there's that...
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Let's see, would it be the babyfurs? The watersports? The inflation fetishes? WHAT COULD POSSIBLY SCARE YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE FURRY FANDOM? *maniacal cackling*
...I'm sorry, I was desensitized at an early age. Well, not so much desensitized as TRAUMATIZED, but now I look at it and I laugh. HARD.
She is right, though. The furry fandom is good for art, though you need to be careful since there are also a number of people who you just... don't want comissioning you. Topic matter aside (I found a boobipede the other day! ...It was a joke, but still.) I've heard bad stories about payments getting jipped and stuff. ...However, that was only with a few, and I don't think you'd have a problem.
...I wonder if it really IS as easy as Bean says. I should draw some stuff to put on Furbid and see if it sells. You know, considering I don't draw pr0nz or genitals or anything. o3o That is unfortunately what sells best, though with your creature skills, you probably really could make some money thar.
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... a boobipede? what.
If there's a chance of it being that easy, it's definitely worth a shot. I fairly intend to peek in, throw some art out, and then FLEE, because I know that if I linger the odds of meeting one of the crazies are quite high. XD
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...Yeah. Someone was mocking how there are so many multi-boobed things floating around the VCL, so they drew a boobipede. It had breasts instead of legs. The sad thing is, I can see that becoming a fetish.
IF ANYONE ASKS YOU TO CHANGE THEIR DIAPER, RUN. RUN FAR AWAYYYYYY!!!!!! *has only recently learned about babyfurs/adult babies in general, and is AFEARED* ...Also, let me know how that goes. =3 There are sane types around, you just... need to get lucky. XD;