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2022-01-26 - Art/bait shop? I've been debating starting a bait shop for a while, but I can't decide if I'd want people to pay for my time or if I'd do freebies/F2U (free to use). I don't think I'm reliable enough with my time to do commissions, so maybe I should do it as a "taking suggestions but will doodle what I want" kinda thing...or just make a post in my journal for my art? If I did a post in my journal for my art, I could also include my chainmaille, macrame, knitting... but then it's just one more place to update, and why not just use my Instagram which I barely do anyway xD But if I were going to do an art shop/bait shop, I'd probably need to decide if I'm only doing regular colours, or shiny/albino/melan as well. I'd also have to make sure I credit the albino/melan colours appropriately - I think they said I don't have to seek sprite permission, I just have to credit PFQ for the colour scheme (confirm this, maybe get screenshots) I also kinda wanna try doing baits digitally, since I got the great big pen tablet. Edit: 2022-02-15 I tried doing a Zentangle bait over a piece of Porygon art, and the results weren't as nice as I would've liked. My pen lines could've been a lot smoother. Still prefer traditional over digital, even if it means having to print out official art to trace and add my own touch to Edit: 2024-04-10 Realized I also have access to two different art programs now and photoshop does a much better job of smooth lines - maybe I need to learn to use it with the pen tablet instead of relying on PaintShop Pro for everything