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[(Anonymous)]

I want to do commissions someday a side gig. How easy is it to build your clientele, and how easy is it to host and get paid for NSFW stuff?

[(Anonymous)]

full disclosure i don't do purely digital/traditional art, the art i make and sell is closer to like... woodworking or resin casting or fibercraft, but i do take commissions and have repeat customers, and i'm friends with a lot of digital artists who do take/make a significant chunk of living off their commissions

i opened up shop and sold my work a while before i ever took on commissions, but not all artists (esp digital artists) have to do that. here are my personal opinions for how to git gud at getting a steady stream of commissions + make it worth your while:

- work to get your art or craft, whatever it is, to a certain level where people are willing to pay money for it. this is a wholly subjective measure obvs, and it also depends in the kind of art you produce. since you mentioned nsfw stuff, i assume you're maybe interested in drawing people's OCs. focus on learning anatomy and dynamic posing, different body types, hair, skin tones, and for nsfw learn to draw bodies in a way that look appealing or sexy to you. figure studies are really important.

- make sure you can handle doing art as work and producing it on demand, and that you can be semi-decent at handling customer service and communication. as soon as money exchanges hands, what you're doing is business and the art become a job and the commissioner is your customer. for some people, that absolutely kills their creative drive, or they find that the 'admin' side of being a commission based artist is frustrating or anxiety provoking (responding to a customer who wants changes, for example, or isn't happy with the direction the commission is going.)

- on that note, reliability and consistency and communication are probably the Most Important traits for a commission-based artist to build clientele. as much as or more than your actual art skills. i know a full time furry artist whose art is solidly average but he's got commissions coming out the ears and charges a couple hundred a pop - he always meets his deadlines, sends sketches when he says he will, lays out clearly what he can/can't do, and he's super enthusiastic about people's characters and bringing them to life.

- NSFW stuff - my understanding is that NSFW artists can often charge a premium for their work, esp if they're good at drawing multiple characters in NSFW situations. that said, think hard about whether you want to have a divide between your NSFW offerings and SFW offers, and how much of a divide you might need/want between your NSFW artist side and your RL. for example, if you're a primary school teacher, it probably makes a lot of sense to have a Lot of walls between anything related to your RL and whatever NSFW art you might offer.

- have some terms of service set up for what people can/can't do with your art. no commercial use, NFTs, AI training, etc. other digital artists are good resources for that.