What to do with all your "freetime" drawings...

United States
January 2, 2007 4:55am CST
I have hundreds of drawing that I've done over the years and some of them aren't half bad. Problem is I don't know what to do with them to actually make alittle dough... any ideas?
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@rurita (212)
• Indonesia
24 Jan 07
same here :) i also have many of drawing and there is to many bad draw than a good one.
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• Indonesia
10 Jan 07
I always keep it. I made sign on it. Every art mean a lot for me. Even though it only simple or bad sketch on my lesson book and I drew it when I have time in my school. ^^ If U want to throw it away, that's ok. But I suggest to keep it ^^
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@kutchi (12320)
• Pakistan
23 Jan 07
well in free time I just play games on PC ..I love racing games
• Indonesia
24 Jan 07
weheheh shirei-nechan and rurita-senpai answering this topic also ^^ ganbatte yo minna ^^ I'll keep my art. It not too good to sold. wehehehe so I just named it and keep i at my agenda
@Catkin (480)
• United States
25 Jan 07
I squirrel away all my drawings and often end up forgetting about them. When I run across them later on, it's always fun to see what sort of style I had at that point, or how terrible I now think they look. XD The way to really make some money off the more minor drawgings would be to make yourself well-known with larger, better ones that people lust after, after which you could probably charge what would seem like high prices for sketches and the like. You might try deviantArt to get some exposure; they also have a prints account option, so you could see about opening one that would make prints of your work for whoever wanted to buy them.
• Philippines
24 Jan 09
i show it to my friends and if they like it i give it to them if they want it :) some i sell for a cheap price and give the proceeds to a charity institution. you can scan you sketches and post them online, there are a few websites that pay you a certain amount if your images have been viewed x number of times. i hope the information was abit helpful to you.
@onouui (80)
• Australia
13 Jan 07
It's nice to keep these things in perhaps, a folder or a drawer or something so that in the future when you progress more and more, you can look back and see how your art was then. Well, that's sort of what I'd do. Maybe you could start taking commissions or something, make a website. Sell or auction some of your work or create a portfolio with them? You could have an online gallery (such as deviantArt.com), and they also support with prints, etc. All the possibilities :)
• United States
12 Jan 07
Maybe you could try to see them on ebay? If you are looking to make a little extra money - it would be worth a try!
• United States
14 Jan 07
You could always try selling your best ones on ebay! Or on another form of auction site and see if anyone buys. Also, if you manage to get a following for your art, it'll help it sell. I have a friend on livejournal who does lots of weird, but interesting, artwork. He is very good at what he does - and he always manages to sell what he puts on ebay. So all I can say is to give ebay or some other auction site a try and see if you succeed! =D
14 Jan 07
Yeah , see if you can frame and sell some! Or how about using different mediums, like getting a selection of your drawings and making a year calender with a picture for each month? You could sell them on Etsy.com :)
@dm74728 (159)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I agree with the rest, ebay is a great idea. I know a guy that paints and sells his to hotels and motels. Maybe do a search on chacha.com about it. He makes a few hundred on each one depending on how fancy the place is.