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ArtDeepMind
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Rastislav Le @ArtDeepMind

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Prints?

Posted by ArtDeepMind - October 22nd, 2022


I am quite bad at marketing myself as you can tell from my posting routine. But I have been asking this myself for quite some time. Should I make a print/merch shop? If so, could someone give me advice on this, like which print on demand site is the best? Would there even be any interest?

I can see that I stand out stylistically on this site.

Newgrounds is probably the most engaging platform Im posting at. I cherish every comment I get, I try to respond to all of them. Although my following is not substantial, Id really appreciate any advice.


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I have never sold merch in my life but i do think ur art style would be nice for some. Like you could draw a cool skull or smth in ur style and put it on a shirt with like random graffiti around it would look sick and i would def buy (if i had money rn). Stickers would be ur best option tho maybe use Redbubble to make them. Take my advice lightly though because i don't really know anything Abt merch or print making :)

Thank you for your comment, I have set up Redbubble, I may put more thought into it and do some more art specially for that platform. I have not done any graffiti style art since high school, so that probably wont be it. But you gave me hope that there is some interest :)

I don't know about any print on demand site but I can suggest you an additional way to make bucks. While you make mostly fantasy you could "rent" your art to ttrpg content creators (like third party D&D books) making them pay to use your art in a non exclusive way and for only one single project.

This is very good advice but I already do that sometimes, I got offers for artworks I done years ago :) But thank you for your suggestion. I really want to branch out, Now I mostly do private commissions and client work for card games.

If you can do it without investing too much time and effort into it then hell yeah. :) I can see your art working really well with prints. Might be good to start on a small scale though and let it grow. Open up with some free service first and move onto actually printing your own stuff if it starts picking up? You'd earn way more without any middle hand but it'd cost more to set up.