lol me thinking I was going to have any control . I literally ate myself into a food coma . NO REGRETS ! <| sep |> Great post . I ' ve never used tinder too old and not single but your post reminded me of why I was successful with women in general . In a word indifference . <| sep |> Not an artist , but I ' ve been around long enough to answer some questions How much money is great money ? Depends on who you ask and what you ' re doing . It ' s pretty common for artists to charge anywhere from $ 20 upwards for a piece , which while underpriced , is still fairly good for low level commissioned work . Higher quality artists with a bit of a following generally charge in the $ 50 ~ 80 range per piece , and moving further up again , there are artists who charge $ 100 ~ 300 for full pictures . Speedpaints are also pretty lucrative , since you can charge $ 20 ~ 40 for a 1 or 2 hour piece of work and people will buy them , since they still look pretty good Do people commission specific work or do you just draw whatever and people buy it ? 999 times out of 1000 , an artist will open commission slots , which people can apply for . The commissioner sends the details of the picture they want to the artist , and the artist will either reject with request to change it or just move onto the next application , or send the payment information to the commissioner . Then they begin working on the art after whatever payment arrangement has been met . Artists also sometimes do YCH your character here auctions where they will put up a rough sketch of a picture and auction off one or more spots on it to people who provide a character to be drawn in it . These are EXTREMELY lucrative suprisingly , kinda depressingly so . Rarely , artists will sell prints or original copies of art , which are usually the cheapest out of all art you can buy , since they ' re already done .