Icochet posted:

I gape my rear end for perverts at the bus stop

Mooey Cow posted:

My art consists of building fake bus stops to trick buses into stopping and instead of real passengers going in, a cadre of nude people walk in through the front door then out the back, all while gaping their asses.

McGavin posted:

Just lie and use regular blood. How are the perverts gonna know?

Spazzle posted:

Bravo. Everyone always talks about the Goatse guy, but nobody asks about the person taking the pictures.

You Are A Elf posted:

Hey, OP, I’m gonna give you a couple of terms to make it seem like you’re an established artist: chiaroscuro and contrapposto. All you have to do is insert either of these two art terms into any conversation and you’re in!

Kirk Vikernes posted:

Op, have you tried "working from home"? Jack yourself off. Be your own boss.

Bluemillion posted:

Here's some of the procedural poo poo I've been doing in Blender:


https://i.imgur.com/pc2zH0m.mp4

https://i.imgur.com/CjVne0o.mp4

Duck and Cover posted:

It cost more to get framed than it did for the actual print.

kntfkr posted:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK0ITXBWpHE

OMFG FURRY posted:

https://i.imgur.com/CjVne0o.mp4

deep dish peat moss posted:

Colonel Cancer posted:

*leaps onto a subway train as the doors close, pulls emergency stop between stations and immediately start gaping own rear end*

True art

Poohs Packin posted:

My job is dropping viral messages using alt accounts into various "counter culture" forums across the Web. It might be something as simple as:

"I gape my rear end for perverts at the bus stop"

Just as an example. We sort of see what resonates and jumps platforms and aggregate the messages that do and then sell that to marketers as a sort of package of trending phrases.

These reports inevitably inform media groups and podcasts and other Web based and traditional media and it creates a cool feedback loop that gives me little satisfaction but quite a bit of money.

Schlong Connery posted:

i'm always contributing to these threads that involve some weird confessional. sorry for using you all as some bad form of therapy instead of, you know... being funny

BigBadSteve posted:

In answer to the thread title: Yes.

Oh wait, I read it as "Anyone else forced to be an Autist?"

Rock Paper Tongue posted:

I don't know what your area of expertise is, but I do know some folks who get a lot of their income from artistic endeavors as long as you're not picky and/or are willing to deal with the occasional pyschopath

For physical mediums, I've got a friend who does D&D characters, digital map work for Roll20, and furry art comissions, and apparently it pays pretty well. I also know an amateur photgrapher who does photoshoots for cosplayers and other con poo poo on top of the usual weddings and graduations.

Music is a little tougher, but I've got friends who do music for indie games and work as techs for live shows, and I know a guy with audio engineering experience that helps people mix their albums and creates themes for YouTube channels.

Failing that, there's always gaping your rear end in a top hat at the bus stop, I heard that's hot right now

Sir Nose posted:

JediTalentAgent posted:

I tried to get into art school. When I was in my mid-20s I was told that being in my mid-20s I had an 'unfair advantage' compared to students coming in at 18.

I was accepted into an art school for 24 hours. I was rejected when they discovered I had too many credits/semester from a community college.

Pvt.Scott posted:

I’ve always wanted to do art. I spent my childhood and teen years drawing all the time that I wasn’t spending reading books or playing video games. I never really developed any good technique or style though, and my art classes in college were fun but disappointing personally. I then caught brain worms and am now disabled.

With infinite free time, you’d think I’d be arting it up for shits and giggles, but instead I’m miserable and I stare at the wall most of the day. I don’t art, I don’t read, I don’t play video games. One of the few things I do is browse SA for an hour or two everyday.

Bloodfart McCoy posted:

Did they tell you what kind of gigs you may be able to expect?

Local commercials and stuff?

2nd Amendment posted:

I was gonna shitpost and I really appreciate what you talented goons are doing.

Hunter Biden posted:

Develop a daily practice. Don't overdo it. Big cakes are eaten in small bites.

Focus on fundamentals and things you suck at. If you hate drawing hands, put them in everything until that's your best skill. Repeat with your worst skills.

Make stuff people enjoy. Don't do think just because that's your whim. Following your random impulses won't help. People will buy something that they respond too that is only kind of well executed. Nobody is buying oil paintings of trees unless they are loving ballin trees.

Make stuff other people don't make. If someone can replace you easily, you don't have anything.

Be part of an actual industry. There is no culture or industry of people doing those weird spray paint planets. It's a dead end and nonsense. It's easier to build a career in a small industry than move to bigger ones.

Get a part time job. You need to interact with people and also move your body.

Be in it for the long haul. Nobody even great people can make things happen in less than two or three years. If you aren't starting good expect 6-10.

Don't listen to artists online. Read business and marketing books. 99% of artists are venting or don't know what they are talking about.

I would give better more specific advice, but my dumb rear end chose the name Hunter Biden because I was up late and I thought it was funny. Don't make your user name Hunter Biden.

Ronwayne posted:

Haha...if only I was earning 'real' money. Apparently I was being groomed for management and upon being informed and telling them I had no desire to be management the job more or less imploded Then I spent the next 3 years basically being the giant, useless, depressed metamorphosis cockroach guy after having my mind/soul destroyed. But, things are turning around. I hope.

That is very cool and I am jealous.