Freelance artist: Ask me anything! by LenamoArt, journal
Freelance artist: Ask me anything!
Hello everyone!
I'm receiving quite a lot of questions about how I became a professional artist and make my living with art. So here is AMA initiative to give you an opportunity to find out more about pros and cons being a freelance artist.
Feel free to ask and I'll answer asap!
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In my experience, backgrounds are often seen as difficult and/or challenging, especially by beginning artists, and many tend to avoid complex ones in the beginning. A mix of scary technical terms such as 'perspective', 'composition', 'lighting', 'values' and so forth is often associated with them, which can easily seem overwhelming. And, since backgrounds can sometimes very much be considered as pieces of art on their own; they requires essentially as many various skills as drawing anything else.
Having struggled my way through this myself, I'd like to share some advice and my thoughts on approaching more com