2. This situation leads to another problem. I have to sacrifice either a lot of time to complete one commission, or cut the price. I even managed to acquire some minor health problems due to the fact that I have been sitting and drawing for too long
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3. In my first year of university I could earn $30-40 by drawing 1 piece a night and satisfy a lot of my needs, then now I sometimes have to spend several weeks or even months to earn sometimes less than $100 from one commission.
4. And yes, I have received commissions worth $300, $500, and even more than $1000, but I myself feel embarrassed in front of my commissioners that my work began to take an awful lot of time. I don't want to torment them with waiting so long.
5. Now I have more work in other fields, which brings in a lot more money, spending a lot less time. I thought about continuing my activity, sometimes publishing drawings as a hobby, but again it comes down to the complexity of the style.
7. I also noticed that I'm being in something shadow-ban-like on all the platforms where I am, apparently seems because of my nationality or the visibility of my location on social networks, or perhaps because someone could have report about me if I didn't know about it.
8. But nevermind. Drawing without getting attention is hardly demotivating, especially when someone posts simple doodles and gets thousands of likes, and especially when it's your job.
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