I Tried Doing Art Commissions In 2022...

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Жыл бұрын

I still am having financial troubles and needed assistance paying rent so I opened digital art commissions for a month. It didn't turn out well. I share the ups and downs of creating the only commission I got during this period.
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@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

btw I forgot to put this in the outro but if you wish to support the channel, consider joining my patreon community B) www.patreon.com/notchalla

@bimbology_ Жыл бұрын

You should also try doing character adopts. You make a cool character design and you sell it. Sometimes people are more likely to buy art when they immediately see the finished product. I hope your financial troubles are resolved soon 👍

@lakamokolaka Жыл бұрын

Time for suspiciously wealthly furries to help artists eat again

@coolperson677 Жыл бұрын

Thank you to our animal suited overlords

@TotalWannabe Жыл бұрын

r/AIyiff would beg to differ. There is nothing AI can't draw anymore

@6012reasol Жыл бұрын

@@TotalWannabe i think for these furries its often about the feeling of getting a commission rather than just having a picture of their oc. they like to contribute to the art community, and the fact that the art will actually be based off of THEIR oc rather than a specific description makes the piece feel more personal.

@ZurditaDinamita Жыл бұрын

@@6012reasol Sure... Also, AI's can't draw +18

@rokairu0-216 Жыл бұрын

@@ZurditaDinamita cue some schmuck trying to make NSFW with ai and ending up replacing every pore with a nipple

@artsyebonyrose Жыл бұрын

I sometimes look at art I've been commissioned to do and think it looks like ass and then get discouraged before sending it. Your ability is much greater than mine, and in a way seeing you also have that same struggle makes me feel comforted in a way. That artist solidarity of "whatever skill level you're at, we all at some point think our art looks shit" lmao

@SylvesterLazarus Жыл бұрын

Once I had a mental breakdown over a commission about 5 days-in (2 cats, a dog, and a frog chilling by a volcano on Hawaii) and I messaged the buyer that I wanted to give their money back, but the commissioner was super kind and encouraged me to finish the picture. In the end I got my payment doubled and recieved even more encouragement. If that particular commissioner agreed to cancel the order and took the monay back, I'm not sure I would've ever tried to do commissions again. It might've been one of my most defining art-related experiences thanks to this one random person.

@artsyebonyrose Жыл бұрын

@@SylvesterLazarus that's such a sweet story wow :')

@greenc1088 Жыл бұрын

I have a client commission me november last year, I promised to deliver by march (it's pretty complex so it takes long) but after my last updates they didn't respond, I was thinking they got discouraged with the quality and decided to quit on me. I haven't had the motivation to finish it either and it's sitting as a work in progress until now almost 60% halfway through. Never heard of client ever since the sketch phase. I want to refund the upfront payment but I don't have the money, at this point I'm afraid to reach out to them.

@sonicmaiden2871 Жыл бұрын

When I look back at my art that I made before going to the art university I feel the same thing since I've improved a lot since then and actually found my art style.

@sonicmaiden2871 Жыл бұрын

@@greenc1088I hope that both of you are ok. I suggest to finish the art piece since you don't have the money to return currently. Maybe your client is busy and will contact you on the established date.

@coolperson677 Жыл бұрын

With the dawn of ai art furries hold an entire industry in their fursuited hands.

@NikolasoGames Жыл бұрын

They do. help

@notatallfunctional Жыл бұрын

I for one welcome our suspiciously wealthy new furry overlords

@lorxdrawstuff Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love this video! And it's rare to see a video where the artist himself asking for an other people opinions on there work even though it's important to ask for a critique for your to improve, absolutely my favourite part of the video

@ELTABULLO Жыл бұрын

*Their

@lorxdrawstuff Жыл бұрын

@@ELTABULLO ok 👍

@cedricleeakadominic Жыл бұрын

Same, I liked that part too

@VildrArt Жыл бұрын

I felt this video way too hard its not even funny :’) I have the urge to scold you for always trying to fit epic landscape action shots into 6 hours of work and then giving into perfectionism and adding another 50 hours but also I do the same thing tbh. I’ve been very much trying to learn that not every artwork needs to be a masterpiece and especially for commissions as long as the client is happy, you did a good job. That being said, the end result is an absolute masterpiece for the amount of time you managed to make it in!

@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

The silver lining here is that it can train you to make more efficient decisions, sort of like how timed figure drawing forces you to choose what the most important elements to bring out are

@VildrArt Жыл бұрын

@@challagundla4 Very true! That's actually a skill I haven't actually thought about much tbh. I'll add it to the pile of things to work on 💜

@FauxNoir Жыл бұрын

I've always known I was destined to draw fursonas for money, it was written in my stars

@thesartistic7001 Жыл бұрын

HONESTLY, Challa is so real about his art and to his clients.. he is definitely an inspiration, and always gives an occarional reminder of how great art is, especially now that I invest majority of my time in school and music, and art is slipping away

@kogmawgaming2902 Жыл бұрын

The only thing holding your youtube channel back, is the fact, that you aren't favoured by the algorithm. I love your videos btw you are very much underrated on god for real!

@kogmawgaming2902 Жыл бұрын

you should definetly exploit youtube by making 3 hour gaming videos with no cuts xd. All Gain No Brain. thank me later

@TACOCOWUWU Жыл бұрын

You spoke to soon algorithm recommended this vid

@j4yd3n.d13d Жыл бұрын

You're honestly one of my favourite youtubers and it breaks my heart how the youtube algorithm really isn't the kindest to you, I've been trying to support your channel the best i could, sharing it around to friends and on servers, I'm definitely planning on getting one of your shirts. Anyways all of this to say please continue doing what you do, love your art, love your vids and stay awesome (sorry for the very cheesy comment, it had to be said 😔)

@boingos Жыл бұрын

I have been watching your videos since 2018-19 and you never failed to entertain :) I really hope you'll be favored by the algorithm soon because your stuff NEEDS to be seen!!! Also, amazing work, its really refreshing to see another artist not being afraid of critique and improving this way. Once I get a stable income ill definitely commission you!!!

@palladiumwings Жыл бұрын

It turned out pretty good! I'm so glad you fixed the palm problem. I spotted that quickly and it was bugging me

@4nna_b Жыл бұрын

Great video! I really enjoyed the format and the asking for feedback portion. It's always interesting to see what other people would change and than see what you choose from those opinions, and how you implement them in your own way.

@lionlessart Жыл бұрын

Sorry you’re going through tough times but glad to see another new vid.

@MWSculpts Жыл бұрын

Interesting to see your process with this work. Plus the issues you faced along the way, a nice result in the end 😊

@johnbrockiii Жыл бұрын

Great video. Great artwork. Great channel. Every upload from Challa feels like Christmas, bro.

@wawatigo Жыл бұрын

how happy am i to find out youre still uploading 😄 i remember watching you everyday i could like 5-6 years ago and i learned alot from you and loved every video, thank you for the fun times

@mayoart2 Жыл бұрын

It always feels great to come up on KZfaq and see your video popping up in notifications 👌

@RiverReeves23 Жыл бұрын

I like the composition. It's nice to see your thought process and you voicing your insecurities as you go. I think we all go through that. I think you handled your time constraints very logically and gave yourself additional time, which was the right decision. What I would say though is that time away from a piece is critical. What helps me is to do several different pieces and to work on them on different days, that way my brain has been reset and I forget what the image looked like. So when I go back, I have fresh eyes and that allows me to pick out flaws or generate new ideas. Other that that, I really think you have the right approach.

@robinfox4440 Жыл бұрын

It was really cool and insightful seeing you, an artist I look up to, go through a process and get kind of disappointed with his own work. It's a feeling I'm super familiar with as a beginner. But seeing how you asked for feedback, took the insights on board and treated it like a good learning experience was really uplifting and positive. I hope the client enjoyed the piece, I think I'd be pretty happy with it :)

@grimsonforce7504 Жыл бұрын

Ngl wish these videos were longer like your previous series. I hope your job situation get sorted as well, it's rough out there.

@RisoStyx Жыл бұрын

Babe wake up! New Challa video 🤩

@5ravee5 Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad your video got recommended to me! I loved your video!

@meryhernandez2613 Жыл бұрын

It looks so great!! Amazing 🤩

@gerito0o3 Жыл бұрын

Oh wow.. So nice of the discord servers to do such detailed analysis

@starry-p Жыл бұрын

I always learn something new when I watch Challa videos

@miaomiiao Жыл бұрын

Love seeing your process with such nice editing and even adding extra things like the critiques form the discord. Great vid would love to see more like this!

@mikaela5607 Жыл бұрын

You should make more videos like this! Great video!! ☺️

@Cemhta Жыл бұрын

My gosh, this was really funny to watch and it felt really close to my drawing process which is like a funny disaster everytime 🤣🤣🤣 Nice video ^^

@theusopppirates2865 Жыл бұрын

Amazing video, thanks for sharing your process

@Dr._Nicolas Жыл бұрын

congratulations you went to the creative process

@starfire139 Жыл бұрын

I love these videos you’ve been putting out! Hope you’re not broke, though. But great content.

@omegaredtooth5104 Жыл бұрын

Loved seeing this 👏

@Speedur_ Жыл бұрын

Your editing is as good as your art man, cant wait for the algorithm to bless you

@bluerain8294 Жыл бұрын

Wow! Turned out pretty good!

@malbo- Жыл бұрын

That rooster gag though, funniest shit I've ever seen

@stupif6242 Жыл бұрын

same it was killing me 💀

@soup-enjoyer2590 Жыл бұрын

bro. this hits so different. the dragon. his expression. he looks like the dragon equivalent of a teenager challenging the wise old man behind the seven eleven to a duel. “you fool. you dare challenge me? haha” actually love it so much, thanks for being such a good artist and an inspiration. :)

@soldierzoom Жыл бұрын

Always love ur vids will probably commission something next time they r open

@sverre4319 Жыл бұрын

I really liked how they painted over your drawing. In my honest opinion, you couldve made this so much better. Maybe you need to do more planning, like in your robot moth piece. 6 hours is just not enough time tho...

@TheOniBri 3 ай бұрын

this was really cool- I draw for hours in a day but my art never looks this good, yet you do this is just 5-6 hours is insane

@bottlecap6334 Жыл бұрын

Holy FUCK I remember watching ur vids when I was younger and felt so inspired to drawBRO U STILL INPIREUR AMAZING HOLY SHIT

@remrem_ Жыл бұрын

Ohhh how pretty! Man just earned himself a new sub

@jeremyp2164 Жыл бұрын

honestly artist need to show more of this the working out process.

@krishna-dq4cm Жыл бұрын

Tchalla I'm your Biggest FAN!

@Ray-uu7cs Жыл бұрын

I love your videos

@InCaseIHaveAmnesia Жыл бұрын

OMG THAT’S SO GOOD- I COULDN’T EVER DO THAT But since you didn’t like your piece so much, i think a great way of changing the atmosphere to something more OOOOH EPIC is putting a bit of fire, broken houses, buildings or towers or even instead of day do night but i could NEVER do that, that was an AWESOME job you did here! There was a great while where a composition didn’t shock me so much. Pretty good job, i like it.

@blackbat908 Жыл бұрын

Where can we see your art?

@jonnevitu4979 Жыл бұрын

Happy day when challa vid day(even tho Im late)

@Uhrensohn6669 Жыл бұрын

Hi Challa, Greetings from Luxembourg.🇳🇱

@Loftsteinn_ Жыл бұрын

Next time for beasts, i recommend to look at the art and monsters from monster hunter, it really helps out

@godakvaraciejute Жыл бұрын

No way! You had your commisions open!? I so want an art piece from you..... Thats what I get for not being on any other platfroms😑

@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

I made a youtube community post as well but probably should have made one every week or something to remind people. Will do that next time

@zolwninja8 Жыл бұрын

I like episodes when you focus on one piece. it reminds me of old Let's Paints

@HuntingSunder Жыл бұрын

Gosh darn it, why am I not doing commissions right now, I can draw furries, I literally am one. -cries in can't make myself draw- This is seriously epic, I love watching other people's processes!

@jboogie4701 Жыл бұрын

this is why you sketch ideas using paper and pencil in any design process.

@imam5623 Жыл бұрын

It's Pretty good

@rrageon3466 Жыл бұрын

You should try traditionally thumbnailing these beforehand. It helps when you can have like 30 composition ideas in under an hour

@alexanderhdmi7704 Жыл бұрын

I noticed the rainbow streak in the axe-wielding warrior's hair. Did the commissioner ask him to do that or was that a creative liberty? I'm pointing this out because of the "furry" at the beginning... that character has the exact same thing going on in its hair/tail lmao. I just think it would be really funny if Challa's epic fantasy drawinig drew inspiration from a literal furry OC.

@krunkle5136 Жыл бұрын

There needs to be honesty and a being upfront with whether or not something was made by AI, and an acceptance that it's not merely a tool, or if it straddles the line, not one for long.

@LovelyTrendyCoolGirl Жыл бұрын

Commenting for the blessing of the algorithm 🤌

@thestormpooper697 Жыл бұрын

My friend is trying to get into Commissions, any tips?

@yaskumi5523 Жыл бұрын

I would cry

@barulicksama3838 Жыл бұрын

Hey and what about clients feedback? I would like to know it!

@JH-pe3ro Жыл бұрын

Like with the first video, planning seems to be an issue. You're amazing once you hit the rendering stage, but all it takes to save a headache in the middle parts is to make a 2x2 grid of thumbnails and not start collecting references until you have brainstormed at least four doodles. Four is enough to get the best stuff off the top of your head, and it gives you something to show the client very quickly, which can help with communication(it's unhealthy to rely on an extrinsic source to know that a piece *is* good, but engaging with them can tell you what they *believe* is good, a subtle but important distinction; all the arts hinge on belief). You can actually repeat the process for each element of the drawing too, until you've worked your way down to the exact texture of everything. When working digitally you can bash together all the best thumbnails and have something nearly ready for rendering right away - isolating the elements makes it easier to pay attention to each one and making it an explicit step helps you focus on rendering the parts that matter to the composition: Frazetta left large portions of his paintings undetailed and I think that's probably the right way to go for "epic fantasy art commission". I should go do more thumbnails right now.

@ggshiftstar Жыл бұрын

Damn now for us to beat the AI we need to be specifically good in one scale of drawing one team of drawing

@barrington5438 Жыл бұрын

7/10👏 great job. I like the overall composition. I just wish that the weapon was cooler(maybe making it a magical weapon to combat that massive dragon).

@notavailableatthemoment7623 Жыл бұрын

the client didn't want that

@barrington5438 Жыл бұрын

@@notavailableatthemoment7623 fair point. Also the time limit would’ve suffered for it too. But I was just stating what would make it more interesting to me.

@timtactix6603 Жыл бұрын

Cool vid. Btw is that the glock from starnger things/Henrys house at 9:00?

@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

yea haha

@vincentknws Жыл бұрын

Also I give it a 9 out of 10. 😉

@kithalie Жыл бұрын

Honestly I shouldn’t be one to talk since my digital art skills are no where near your level, but something about the posing did feel off but I can’t point it out either, it might be because of the distance she is from the dragon, but the colors and values really do go well together, I think the colors could’ve been a bit more brighter? Idk there’s something missing with the colors, but I can’t point it out. I’m a huge critic on my own work which hinders my progress, but it also helps when I’m watching others like you draw, because I always take something away by the end. You did amazing though!!! I could never.

@danielbrugovsky6018 Жыл бұрын

The "I looked at it at 3AM on my phone" moments hit a bit too close to home

@SODAxAL Жыл бұрын

I'm new to this channel. Can someone tell me why he put time limit for his drawing?

@sebastwin2762 Жыл бұрын

make more doing commission video :c

@mei-miomi Жыл бұрын

is this type of tracing ok pls tell me yes cuz I've been suffering with poses

@CrazyGreenFluff Жыл бұрын

where are her ears and tails tho? amazing drawing either way

@Oreassin Жыл бұрын

You showed us @Fiverr they should definitely acknowledge your page

@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

I have publicly trashed their 20% platform fee so I doubt theyd be interested 💀

@augustlewen2149 Жыл бұрын

After day 4 comes day 4 again? :O

@addxart Жыл бұрын

Gogogo

@Robin-ps9wq Жыл бұрын

did they say you could srap the tails and ears? i wouldve asked first beforehand. other than that i loved seeing the process of improving the art using other people's feedback

@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

Yeah they said I could do that I just didn't put it in the vid

@barulicksama3838 Жыл бұрын

Can't you tell the difference between dragon and wyvern?

@kiwispit18 Жыл бұрын

Does anyone know what timer he uses? Im looking for something similar where it can just overlay over everything :)

@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

It's the built-in one in windows 10/11, just search for "clock" in the start menu

@kiwispit18 Жыл бұрын

@@challagundla4 ah shoot my bad, thanks for the reply and thanks for the content!

@ntoaqpraelogiaroseuvideon2351 Жыл бұрын

I think its 7.5/10 you could have done a better pose and the axe rlly doesnt seem that good to me and you could add some more ruins behind the dragon like he was inside the ruins not in a random place with some wall. But over all you did a good job and for the extra time you spent on it for free it gets like a 8/10 if i had money id give at least 50% the price in tip

@littlemoon6523 Жыл бұрын

I would comission you but right now I need to get commissions I'm super broke right now btw what kind of brush you used for the sketch part in CSP? I'm curious what other artists use ;)

@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

Just a normal round brush on low density

@abahjames425 Жыл бұрын

Liked the part where submitted for criticism.

@xann2681 Жыл бұрын

Ai is good at abstract and generalizing concepts but it isnt as good yet with specifics and details, you are proof that Ai dont have shit on this skill

@RoguePlutonia Жыл бұрын

Challa, you should consider uploading to TikTok to gain a following. So many underground musicians, actors, writers, authors, artists gained big followings on there. I know people look down on the app but it's probably the best marketing tool available right now

@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

I've considered making youtube shorts to try the format but haven't gotten far with that yet

@-polo1 Жыл бұрын

nicu

@MrEpicDZN Жыл бұрын

well as an artist , i charge 60$ for 6 hours . so thats nice to see you are getting paid quite well for your time :)

@fivussywave Жыл бұрын

2:06 you forgor to censor the thing, king

@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

LMAO thanks for pointing it out ahahah i just applied a blur in the youtube editor

@soramakeart Жыл бұрын

discord channel? where :0

@ziyadpepe6291 7 ай бұрын

I thought I'm the only one who spent 4 days + on a painting 😂

@deathtiger9665 Жыл бұрын

Things re different and difficult lately

@Wurfeln Жыл бұрын

omg

@gregriessland1552 Жыл бұрын

Awesome perspective and the warrior turned out great, but not a fan of the dragon. 6 out of 10.

@ARandomEliatrope Жыл бұрын

My friend you drew a wyvern, not a dragon!

@cinissanguis6836 Жыл бұрын

A wyvern is literally a type of dragon

@claykline2830 Жыл бұрын

it's much easier using live models and overexaggerating certain details. I'm a comic artists and god forbid if I'm stuck on a pose I combine a few references by myself which helps me better understand a figure. alot of people forget about the gesture which is just as important. Even when is do fine art figures I tend to draw like I was doing the " how to drae comics the marvel way" . make sure it's all set up before you put full structure on it, think of everything as small shapes coming together. charcoal is another cheap way to find a good middle ground between paint and drawing and ik digital artists don't like to draw physically but it helps breaking certain elements down. otherwise very cool , I love the dragon and the drama.

@claykline2830 Жыл бұрын

another practice that helps me is taking a literal physical step back and looking at the art piece and looking like if I were not the artist.

@claykline2830 Жыл бұрын

the openness to criticism promotes growth which I respect. I'm proud to see you try this.

@ggshiftstar Жыл бұрын

The AI doesn't know how to do chopsticks 🥢🥢🥢 eat soup 🍲

@BusinessWolf1 Жыл бұрын

How did it take you 4 days to do 6 hours of work. How. I don't understand. edit: 5 days

@ajtatosmano2 Жыл бұрын

nice comp, but do some portrait practice, the head looks the weakest part of the image by far. and please don’t leave photobash elements visible, it takes a lot from the value of the image. u can use photobash, just work over it everywhere.

@challagundla4 Жыл бұрын

Weakest part by far? You're tripping, did you see the dragon and the ruins? Those are the weakest. I'd gladly have painted over the photobashed parts but you also seem to not have seen the timer

@ajtatosmano2 Жыл бұрын

@@challagundla4 I stand by that the face what makes it uncanny for me...but you're right I just skipped around that's why I haven't seen the timer.

@droj7 Жыл бұрын

Share this video for every person who want to be drawn for free....fck thm

@rayanpapayashayan38 Жыл бұрын

times are tough when you have to rely on furry comissions. Hope you can pull though man.

@Dylan_Cito Жыл бұрын

Cheese

@flanmadaramikejima Жыл бұрын

Cheede

@mushmush4980 Жыл бұрын

Personally I feel like the girl should've been smaller, or better yet make the castle bigger. She feels too large compared to the size of the gate and the dragon is less intimidating that way.