I legit haven't heard a single person talk about the most vital thing about commissions. Setting up as freelancer / self employed and have the commissions and stuff you sell all by the books so you don't have future troubles with taxes.
Always fascinated by your use of blender in your final piece .. it's like compiling pictures and then painting over them but only pros can do it best or else mine would get bit lot messy. It's like you use raw ingredients in a correct way to make cool main dish
Your channel fell like from heaven! Literally you saved my day since Im having a vocational crisis and didnt know how exactly follow my professional artistic career. Thanks so much for your grear advices!! 🙏🙏🙏
Greetings from Romania!🤝 Thank you for all the advices. I'm a painter but I do not paint digital art, I'm currently trying to learn😊 Wish you the best!👍
You're Really an Inspiration to me Man!! ... I just bought myself a new Graphics Tablet today and looking forward to be a Digital Artist like you, of course can't be as good as you, but I've got to try.❤❤
Excellent video! Your work flow on this piece is exactly how I intend to move forward (minus creating the scene in Blender) as an artist. I've already looked into Print On Demand services as I want to sell my work as art prints. Just gotta get good at overpainting and building my portfolio!
You're most welcome! :) I run an illustration studio, so we're pretty much occupied all the time! I am mostly caught between art-direction, drawing, client meetings, and TH-cam. Always struggling to find a balance. lol. :)
Beautiful process watching Imad putting this piece together. Imad going to be a *monster* when he learns how to leverage the Ai art generation into his business workflows.
Thanks for sharing these tips! What could you say to those artists who get scared and don't enter contests or make commissions because they don't think they're very good? I hope you can read this!
@@ImadAwan Hi, friend. If I haven't said this lately, let me say it right now. Love your videos AND the newsletter. Also, if you can, adopt me and teach me everything!
Great video! On your piece in the background, it's very cool. But I was disappointed that you changed the rock formations behind: I liked that they had swirled with the flames
Great stuff! Thanks for the breakdown. Of all the things you listed, which ones have worked best for you? And do you have a preference? Like freelance, studio, merch work… is there somewhere you would still like to get to? Some goal you haven’t reached yet? (That maybe we your followers can help with?)
Thank you!! I run an illustration/concept art studio, and that’s what takes up most of my time. But yeah, in the future, I’d love to create some digital products. But I wanna make sure that they are packed with a lot of value!! Thank you once again! 🙏🏻
The same things apply for video editing. Replace illustration commissions with editing gigs, and photoshop brushes with LUTs when it comes to digital products. Hope that helps! :)
@@ImadAwan your like the best youTuber that edits videos, I like watching your videos mostly because it's edited nicely, I'd like to know your process, if you can make a video on that 🤌🏼
"GET OVER HERE!!!"
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sub-zero : Stay chill bro 😅
Can you make a video on : Photopea art ..free photoshop
Real
ROUND 2 FIGHT
Always great to watch your process. It's probably the most streamlined concept art workflow I've come across.
Wow, thank you! 🙏🏻
Just started my journey and am super excited to see where it goes! Stumbled upon yours work at the perfect time! Thank you!
Wonderful! Happy to have you here!
I legit haven't heard a single person talk about the most vital thing about commissions. Setting up as freelancer / self employed and have the commissions and stuff you sell all by the books so you don't have future troubles with taxes.
Good point!
Always fascinated by your use of blender in your final piece .. it's like compiling pictures and then painting over them but only pros can do it best or else mine would get bit lot messy. It's like you use raw ingredients in a correct way to make cool main dish
Thank you! Cheers!:)
@@ImadAwan cheers
Your channel fell like from heaven! Literally you saved my day since Im having a vocational crisis and didnt know how exactly follow my professional artistic career. Thanks so much for your grear advices!! 🙏🙏🙏
I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you :)
Greetings from Romania!🤝 Thank you for all the advices. I'm a painter but I do not paint digital art, I'm currently trying to learn😊 Wish you the best!👍
That’s awesome! 🙏🏻😊
The only motivation i needed at the moment!
Glad you found it useful! 🙌🏻
It was very helpful Imad! :)
Glad it was helpful! :)
First Step: Be highly talented and creative like Imad Awan 🙇
Haha, I am flattered! 🙏🏻
I love the illustration style you use. What brushes do you use?
You're Really an Inspiration to me Man!! ... I just bought myself a new Graphics Tablet today and looking forward to be a Digital Artist like you, of course can't be as good as you, but I've got to try.❤❤
That is awesome! Thanks for sharing! And yes you’ll be better than me one day if you are persistent and hard working! :)
Cool video man, end result is amazing
Thank you! Cheers!🙌🏻
As always you are very helpful and full of wisdom. Thanks Imad!
My pleasure!🙏🏻
Helpful as always!
Happy to help!
Keep up the good work!
Thanks 🙏🏻🔥
OH YEAH Mortal Kombat! My favourite series that you posted so far! Thank you. Is this available as a poster/background to download?
Thanks a lot! And yes, it's available on my Artstation.
Great video dude
Thanks man!!! 🙌🏻🔥
Amazing video as usual! ❤❤
Glad you liked it!!🙌🏻🔥
I've downloaded your brush set from one of the videos and it's great,would appreciate if you could do some tutorials on layers.
Noted!🙌🏻
Excellent video! Your work flow on this piece is exactly how I intend to move forward (minus creating the scene in Blender) as an artist. I've already looked into Print On Demand services as I want to sell my work as art prints. Just gotta get good at overpainting and building my portfolio!
Glad it was helpful!!
Thanks for the tips :) May I ask how often commissions come your way? How do you find ways to pace yourself? Thanks!
You're most welcome! :) I run an illustration studio, so we're pretty much occupied all the time! I am mostly caught between art-direction, drawing, client meetings, and TH-cam. Always struggling to find a balance. lol. :)
@@ImadAwan oh that’s awesome! Makes sense, thanks for all the content you put out :)
@@caydenwoo8984 You're most welcome! :)
Amazing video, even more amazing points! Thanks for this🔥
Was that Houdini Software in the beginning?
Thank you! And no it was Daz and Blender! Check out my previous video to learn about Daz
Superb work brother..🔥❤️💪
Thank you so much
Beautiful process watching Imad putting this piece together. Imad going to be a *monster* when he learns how to leverage the Ai art generation into his business workflows.
Thank you for the kind words! I still use it sometimes just for fun! But not too often! :)
Amazing artwork ❤
Thank you very much!
@@ImadAwan you're welcome sir
Thanks for this video 💖
My pleasure 😊
Thanks for sharing these tips! What could you say to those artists who get scared and don't enter contests or make commissions because they don't think they're very good? I hope you can read this!
You're most welcome! I suggest that you read Austin Kleon's book, "Show your Work". That might help!
It's IMAAAAAAAD!
Hey there friend! 👋🏼
@@ImadAwan Hi, friend. If I haven't said this lately, let me say it right now. Love your videos AND the newsletter.
Also, if you can, adopt me and teach me everything!
@@markwambugu haha, thanks man! Means a lot! Also, I wish I had the time! But it's too difficult. In the meantime, I hope the videos are helpful! :)
@@ImadAwan Totally. Have a great week, Imad.
Great video!
On your piece in the background, it's very cool. But I was disappointed that you changed the rock formations behind: I liked that they had swirled with the flames
Hey! Thanks! I changed it cuz it was clashing with the flames a bit too much! Needed some verticality.
You are amazing❤
Thank you!!!
Great stuff! Thanks for the breakdown. Of all the things you listed, which ones have worked best for you? And do you have a preference? Like freelance, studio, merch work… is there somewhere you would still like to get to? Some goal you haven’t reached yet? (That maybe we your followers can help with?)
Thank you!! I run an illustration/concept art studio, and that’s what takes up most of my time. But yeah, in the future, I’d love to create some digital products. But I wanna make sure that they are packed with a lot of value!! Thank you once again! 🙏🏻
thank you!
I know the options you mentioned but I never got started on any of them because I lack trust in everything linked to art😢
Trust yourself! What’s the worst that could happen? Come on! :)
Damn I'm the same. When I see my artwork I think "Why would anyone pay for this?" being an introvert doesn't help either.
@@ImadAwan that my efforts don’t pay off and I turn bitter and resentful…xD kidding
Yes I need some proactive energy!
@@HenryM912Ugh introversion…believe me if I could get rid of one thing in my life🥹
awesome video.
one question, about selling art, for example, could you sell this MK artwork?
I think so, yes! It’s fan art! You can sell fan art!
Thank you Sir 😘😊
Welcome 🙏🏻🙏🏻
Really helpful
Glad to hear that!
Your art inspires me to create something then I try nd I fail 😭 but one day am gonna make something good for sure. Thank you
You got this!!! 🙌🏻🔥
Boss level skills, FINISH HIM
Digital Paintality! :D
I am big fan of you subscribed ❤
Means a lot! Thank you!!!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
@@ImadAwan My pleasure. Are you on Facebook?
Nice video bro
Thanks!!
lovely video
Thanks a lot!!!
do your advices work for other fields like video editing and vfx?
The same things apply for video editing. Replace illustration commissions with editing gigs, and photoshop brushes with LUTs when it comes to digital products. Hope that helps! :)
@@ImadAwan yes that helps a lot. thanks.
hope i didn't cause any trouble for you
fantastic advice!! how do I edit videos similar to the way you edit them ?
But I thought I was not too good at editing videos! :D
@@ImadAwan your like the best youTuber that edits videos, I like watching your videos mostly because it's edited nicely, I'd like to know your process, if you can make a video on that 🤌🏼
I should be shoveling money at you instead of the college that keeps wanting me to be a graphic designer when that was never my intention.
Haha, no need to shovel money at me! Just learn from all these videos that I have on TH-cam for free! 🙌🏻😁
@@ImadAwan yes, sir!
why you remind me of cassian Andor from star wars movie ?
Lol, not sure :p
Its hard to painting m not good painting plz help me
sir amazing nice
Thank you. 🙏🏻
For the sake of algorithm :)
Appreciate that! Thanks :)
Well I am scared by AI please make a video on that
Will do!
I'm just leaving the mandatory comment here, don't even bother! ^-^ LY
I appreciate that :D
Second comment 😎
I can confirm that! XD
No love for Patreon? :(
Patreon is a bit too technical for me! Lol. But I’ll soon open memberships on Buymeacoffee, it’s similar to Patreon. 🙌🏻
First comentary 👁👄👁 xd
Hey! XD
Definitely not possible with the emergence of all this AI bullshit now.
How about some spicy stuff? I know that people pays for NSFW stuff also.
Lol! Not for me! 🙌🏻