Paint my world just a little bit darker

[lizblackdog]

ugh ugh ugh. I'm committing art again. Or something. I don't even know yet if Spike is even a viable candidate for surgery, but I already know I can't afford it. My mother and sisters have all expressed themselves willing to help but it's still liable to be more than we can raise between us.

Also, I spoke to the vet's and they're not willing to accept bits of my bill being paid by third parties (no, I don't know why and I was too shredded to ask by this point). This being so, I'm not willing to just ask people to send me money for it, because I've got no way of proving I'm not just scamming everyone with a fake sick dog story.

I know you don't believe I would do that; as it happens you're right. But that's not the point.

...anyway, my sisters talked me into this when I was over there on Sunday. Personally I'd rather sell a kidney without an anaesthetic, but I'm fairly sure my age and medical history rule that out, so I'm giving this a whirl.

I'm thinking I might attempt dog portraits; it's possible I can do those acceptably enough for people who are crazy about their dogs and feel sorry for mine. Under the cut are two quickie attempts I did yesterday. Don't mistake them for any manner of finished thing, they're literally five-minute jobs that happened spontaneously after someone in the Khimeros chatroom posted pics of her doxie puppy and someone else retaliated with a pit bull mix.

The third is also unfinished; it's something that happened after I needed to step away from the Internet for a bit this afternoon and remembered to take my shiny box of unopened acrylic paints with me. Gods help me, this shit's insidious.

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[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

lol, I was going to ask you if I could do Tink for practise. Can I do that photo of her in the sparkly legwarmers or d'you have one you like better?

I have no idea. I have never been able to stand to look at my own work after I finish/give up fiddling with it, and the idea of setting a worth on it feels like trying to charge for prefilled poop scoop bags. I'll need to find other people that charge for arts and see what they say.

that said, I will deal with overwhelmed if it happens because I can actually work pretty fast when I pull my finger out. Plus my dog has almost-certainly-cancer and even if it's my best-case scenario and a plain bone cyst, I clearly need to fix it fast.

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

Of course you may do Tinks for practice! You may do any of my creatures for practice or for realz, yo. Flickr photos are not wanting to load for me tonight for some reason (OMGWTF) but there are Tink pics I like better, I will find. Also, will pimp.

ETA: Need you to do an unlocked artistic offering post, pref with these pics for samples, or any other sketches (Tink? Roo?) that you want to use for advertising.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

I registered for Etsy, I figured that was probably the easiest way to do it.

still got no fucking idea what I should charge though. no. idea.

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

Go search on Etsy for "custom pet portrait" and observe prices. Set your price accordingly. That's the easiest way I can think of.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

aaaaugh I did and now I'm all intimidated and scared.

[lizblackdog.livejournal.com]

...I suppose I could unlock this one? But it's so WHINY. Lemme draw Tink and stuff and make a less whiny one tomorrow?

...or what the fuck, I'll unlock this.

[slave2tehtink.livejournal.com]

If you want to do a less whiney one with a Tink sketch tomorrow, that'd be fine too! Tink sketches are liable to carry more weight with the audience I can pimp to, anyway, heh. Esp. since I can link to the original photo if flickr has stopped being a bastard.