Agreed with everything!! Drawing FanArt is super fun. A good way to integrate your characters and make the shift to original art, I think, is to have fan OCs, and just slowly add them, and eventually someone will ask, “Who’s that?” And then you’re in XD
I really felt it when you talked about the "being known for a specific type of fanart" kind of thing. I used to exclusively draw fanart for Winx club / art in the Winx style and built a following that way, which was fine because I just wanted to draw my ocs, improve my skills and vibe- but when I got the idea to turn this little roleplay thing I had going on with my friends into an actual story with its own worldbuilding and stuff, people kept asking me whether I was writing a "Winx club story" or whether I would feature any of the Winx characters or whether "oc so and so" was related to "Winx character so and so", etc. etc.- and at one point I couldn't take it anymore and decided to move pages. My following is now really small, but I have a lovely little community who follow me because they either like my art, my story or me as a person and I'm all the more happy for it ^^
god yeah that can be so frustrating ;; i’m sorry, i know that can feel super demoralizing - but i’m really glad that you found a community to support you for you, and enjoy all of the art that you make, fanart or original!!
Great video as always!! I used to do really well on tumblr gaining an audience with fanart but then that was literally all they engaged with. Anytime i posted something original i went from around 100 notes to 0, and even worse my only stuff that ever kept making rounds were crappy homestuck comics 😣
ahhh thank you!! BRUH what a mood tho. my original art would get 5 notes on tumblr and a shitty animal crossing meme doodle got 3,000 and that was about when i gave up on tumblr lmfao
Although I’ve never tried to sell my fanart, videos like this definitely make me consider if it’s the direction for me and other artists like myself. Thanks for the info!
omg I love your channel I didn’t expect to see you here! I hope you get more attention your videos are so high quality I love them. thank you for everything you have done, I always feel really inspired after seeing your art and videos ❤️
Ahhh I absolutely love your videos!!! I subscribed back when you had around 350 and now you’re so close to 1k!! You’re videos always bring me joy and I hope you know that even if I’m just a stranger on the internet that you should take your time on them becasue your health is more important than how many videos you make :) But about the video!! You brought up some really good points and explained things really well!! I myself haven’t sold any fanart (yet) but this is really good stuff to keep in mind!! :]
plus if u have art block ad you don't feel like drawing a scene directly from the og media, then there are bound to be plenty of fan prompts and inspirations and stuff :) as someone who draws both fanart and writes fanfic I know firsthand fandoms LOVE giving people stuff to work with and then seeing the end results
Halo! Just want to clarify something :> cuz i've seen famous artists like shibaruirui sell their fanart of jujutsu kaisen and attack on titan in their own style. Does that mean it's okay to sell? :00 luv ur videos btw! 🤩🫶
Okay so Finnish people in case you are wondering if it is okay to sell fanart here, I dont think so. I was trying to figure it out but tbh no one seems to know for sure. But the articles and comments I found seemed all agree that making fanart is okay but selling it is illegal
Another point that I thought of for buying fan-content is to not support the original creator. I love the Harry Potter series, but the creater can kiss a dementor. I still buy stuff from the series (I have an impressive collection of HP socks) , but only from other sources.
i only draw fanart (@bubblerexs on intsa hhh shameless plug) because i dont really like oc’s but i totally agree with the last point as a jojo fan i draw a decent bit of jojo fanart and other things too- like i try not to do one thing because i dont want people to follow me for only jojo- its so common to see accounts that only post jjba, and when they post unrelated content they get far less engagement. i always follow for peoples style- like i found an artist i like through a ship they drew that i ADORE (caejose) but their entire account is mostly aot- i dont like aot but i followed anyway (yes i find it boring isnt my taste awful 😎) also i found someone else i ended up being really good friends with drew and ships caejose too but they’re mostly a final fantasy/jojo part 1 fan. moral of the story: follow for their art, not what they draw- im lucky enough to have a decently supportive following of people who like my colouring a lot :^) to me drawing fanart isnt a burden since im like 14 & i love drawing the things im a fan of- but i try really hard to try never hit a content lock. i’d definetly get bored+stressed very easily doing that- tbh i just watched this video because i like your content and video style, definitely not gonna sell my stuff anytime soon- just wanted to leave a comment since this is an interesting topic and i LOVE fanart. i find it so weird when people say they cant really interpret characters that arent theirs, then im reminded i cant really interpret any ideas that are my own 😅 great video as always c:
first of all i just checked out your art, and omg it’s so cute!! i love the colours!! that’s an awesome story, and i’m really grateful that you shared it, especially for other viewers to read - fanart can be a great way to connect and grow an audience if you do it right, and success stories with it like that are fantastic!! and thank you so much!!
@@DuchessCelestia AAAAAH IM SO HONOURED i just got the notification thank you so much for following!! 😭💕💕💕 thank you so much! 🥺🥺 honestly its such a good way to make friends since you'll eventually find someone with that common interest of yours and its really easy to build on from there :D and no problem! you sound so professional, you have such an amazing art style and impressive skills, your videos are honestly a joy to watch and its really interesting hearing what you have to say!! 😊😊😊
I personally love drawing fan art of characters that mean a lot to me. But since that's all I've done is, fan art of Anime characters.. I wondered was any of the drawings I did valid as art at all? I never sold anything.. Now I'm slowly drawing again
I think if it’s a large IP like Nintento characters, and you’re selling fanart of it, go ahead, they’re not losing any money. But if someone was to take my oc, draw it and sell it i’d be put off, especially as i’m not currently profiting of my own ocs/creations. I feel in regards to small creators and their own personal creations, no one else should be profiting of their creations.
If I have built a bigger amount of audience for mostly my fanart all the time and changed the type of content I made which could cause a decrease of followers, how should I fix this problem to get to do another content, which is about original artworks? I've been learning things about social media marketing involving artworks, and I wanna learn more
7:55 makes me think of my pastor saying we’re going to financially support another church’s children’s home because otherwise we should be willing to open our own. There’s a need so either fill it out support those that do.
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I agree with the too much fan art point, a lot of artist want to be know for their artwork and not just the fan art
yeah, for sure!!
i hope to better learn about character design for my own characters by doing fan art but this point does concern me
Agreed with everything!! Drawing FanArt is super fun. A good way to integrate your characters and make the shift to original art, I think, is to have fan OCs, and just slowly add them, and eventually someone will ask, “Who’s that?” And then you’re in XD
yesss i totally agree!!
I really felt it when you talked about the "being known for a specific type of fanart" kind of thing.
I used to exclusively draw fanart for Winx club / art in the Winx style and built a following that way, which was fine because I just wanted to draw my ocs, improve my skills and vibe- but when I got the idea to turn this little roleplay thing I had going on with my friends into an actual story with its own worldbuilding and stuff, people kept asking me whether I was writing a "Winx club story" or whether I would feature any of the Winx characters or whether "oc so and so" was related to "Winx character so and so", etc. etc.- and at one point I couldn't take it anymore and decided to move pages.
My following is now really small, but I have a lovely little community who follow me because they either like my art, my story or me as a person and I'm all the more happy for it ^^
god yeah that can be so frustrating ;; i’m sorry, i know that can feel super demoralizing - but i’m really glad that you found a community to support you for you, and enjoy all of the art that you make, fanart or original!!
@@DuchessCelestia Thank you so much for the encouraging words!
Its perfectly fine to sell any piece of art you make. If someone else came up with the original design he should be proud that people replicate it.
Great video as always!! I used to do really well on tumblr gaining an audience with fanart but then that was literally all they engaged with. Anytime i posted something original i went from around 100 notes to 0, and even worse my only stuff that ever kept making rounds were crappy homestuck comics 😣
ahhh thank you!! BRUH what a mood tho. my original art would get 5 notes on tumblr and a shitty animal crossing meme doodle got 3,000 and that was about when i gave up on tumblr lmfao
@@DuchessCelestia tumblr really was wild huh 😅
Although I’ve never tried to sell my fanart, videos like this definitely make me consider if it’s the direction for me and other artists like myself. Thanks for the info!
omg I love your channel I didn’t expect to see you here! I hope you get more attention your videos are so high quality I love them. thank you for everything you have done, I always feel really inspired after seeing your art and videos ❤️
The panels in the background look amazinggg. Also the video is/was really helpful and informative!
thank you so much!! ;u;
OMGGGGG i perked up so hard hearing zero escape😭😭 blessed
Loving the advice, and the art! I hope to see you get even larger in terms of having an audience, you definitely deserve it!
ahhhh thank you so much!!
Omg thank you for making this video!!! This helped me understand everything:))) l loved listening hope to watch more :D
Much love from Argentina 💙
Ahhh I absolutely love your videos!!! I subscribed back when you had around 350 and now you’re so close to 1k!! You’re videos always bring me joy and I hope you know that even if I’m just a stranger on the internet that you should take your time on them becasue your health is more important than how many videos you make :)
But about the video!! You brought up some really good points and explained things really well!! I myself haven’t sold any fanart (yet) but this is really good stuff to keep in mind!! :]
oh my gosh you have no idea how much this made me smile ;;; thank you so much!! that means a lot to me, and you absolutely made my day 💙❤️
plus if u have art block ad you don't feel like drawing a scene directly from the og media, then there are bound to be plenty of fan prompts and inspirations and stuff :) as someone who draws both fanart and writes fanfic I know firsthand fandoms LOVE giving people stuff to work with and then seeing the end results
Halo! Just want to clarify something :> cuz i've seen famous artists like shibaruirui sell their fanart of jujutsu kaisen and attack on titan in their own style. Does that mean it's okay to sell? :00 luv ur videos btw! 🤩🫶
Okay so Finnish people in case you are wondering if it is okay to sell fanart here, I dont think so. I was trying to figure it out but tbh no one seems to know for sure. But the articles and comments I found seemed all agree that making fanart is okay but selling it is illegal
This is look so amazing also advice thank you for that i know ur channel will grow keep it up stay safe and healthy!
oh my gosh thank you so much!! ;u;
Another point that I thought of for buying fan-content is to not support the original creator. I love the Harry Potter series, but the creater can kiss a dementor. I still buy stuff from the series (I have an impressive collection of HP socks) , but only from other sources.
i only draw fanart (@bubblerexs on intsa hhh shameless plug) because i dont really like oc’s but i totally agree with the last point
as a jojo fan i draw a decent bit of jojo fanart and other things too- like i try not to do one thing because i dont want people to follow me for only jojo- its so common to see accounts that only post jjba, and when they post unrelated content they get far less engagement. i always follow for peoples style- like i found an artist i like through a ship they drew that i ADORE (caejose) but their entire account is mostly aot- i dont like aot but i followed anyway (yes i find it boring isnt my taste awful 😎)
also i found someone else i ended up being really good friends with drew and ships caejose too but they’re mostly a final fantasy/jojo part 1 fan.
moral of the story: follow for their art, not what they draw- im lucky enough to have a decently supportive following of people who like my colouring a lot :^)
to me drawing fanart isnt a burden since im like 14 & i love drawing the things im a fan of- but i try really hard to try never hit a content lock. i’d definetly get bored+stressed very easily doing that-
tbh i just watched this video because i like your content and video style, definitely not gonna sell my stuff anytime soon- just wanted to leave a comment since this is an interesting topic and i LOVE fanart. i find it so weird when people say they cant really interpret characters that arent theirs, then im reminded i cant really interpret any ideas that are my own 😅
great video as always c:
first of all i just checked out your art, and omg it’s so cute!! i love the colours!!
that’s an awesome story, and i’m really grateful that you shared it, especially for other viewers to read - fanart can be a great way to connect and grow an audience if you do it right, and success stories with it like that are fantastic!!
and thank you so much!!
@@DuchessCelestia AAAAAH IM SO HONOURED i just got the notification thank you so much for following!! 😭💕💕💕
thank you so much! 🥺🥺 honestly its such a good way to make friends since you'll eventually find someone with that common interest of yours and its really easy to build on from there :D
and no problem! you sound so professional, you have such an amazing art style and impressive skills, your videos are honestly a joy to watch and its really interesting hearing what you have to say!! 😊😊😊
I personally love drawing fan art of characters that mean a lot to me. But since that's all I've done is, fan art of Anime characters.. I wondered was any of the drawings I did valid as art at all? I never sold anything.. Now I'm slowly drawing again
a video about how to market original work? :0
ooooo yes!! added to my list!!
@@DuchessCelestia yay 😊
I see. 😎💜⭐️🌹🕊
I think if it’s a large IP like Nintento characters, and you’re selling fanart of it, go ahead, they’re not losing any money.
But if someone was to take my oc, draw it and sell it i’d be put off, especially as i’m not currently profiting of my own ocs/creations.
I feel in regards to small creators and their own personal creations, no one else should be profiting of their creations.
Nintendo is one of the IPs that’s the most aggressive about copyright, so I wouldn’t actually recommend that.
If I have built a bigger amount of audience for mostly my fanart all the time and changed the type of content I made which could cause a decrease of followers, how should I fix this problem to get to do another content, which is about original artworks? I've been learning things about social media marketing involving artworks, and I wanna learn more
7:55 makes me think of my pastor saying we’re going to financially support another church’s children’s home because otherwise we should be willing to open our own. There’s a need so either fill it out support those that do.