A Proposition

[tealin]

My next Big Purchase is making louder demands for attention, but it's also raising doubts. I really need to get a working copy of DigiCel, an animation line testing program, in order to get any further with my attempt to re-learn paper animation. I've got the 'student' copy, which was billed as fully operational but with a watermark – I didn't know until after downloading it that the watermark is actually a big block of opaque text that makes actually seeing the animation almost impossible. To get rid of it I need to purchase the 'key,' which runs at about $300 or so, last I checked. Normally this wouldn't be too big an impediment as I've been working steadily for more than a year, and after rent and groceries my expenses are practically nil, but I've got two (possibly three, if I find myself moving south of the border) other things poised to make a large dent in my bank account this year and an extra $300 seems more and more like something to avoid.

SO. Here's the thing. I'm going to do some sort of Animation Fundraiser ... but what? I was thinking of putting together a 'sketchbook' as numerous internet artists have done which I can then sell copies of at a fixed price. However, most of my artwork (and almost all my best artwork) is fan art; I don't know what the copyright regulations might be on that but the idea frightens me. I was also considering opening up for commissions, but my upcoming period of voluntary unemployment needs to be devoted to the production of a portfolio, and I'm already behind on gift art, so there's the guilt factor as well.

What's a poor girl to do?

Comments

[ardys-the-ghoul.livejournal.com]

You could do a Coffee Pirates comic book, since they were your idea. I'm sure there are a lot of people around here who would shell out a few bucks for that. (Unfortunately, I am a lowly college student and have no money to spare.)

[twirlynoodle.livejournal.com]

I was hoping to put something together with as little time investment as possible, relying mostly on artwork I have already that would only require assembly rather than conceptualizing, drawing, colouring, and then assembly. My time, at the moment, is supposed to be devoted to my portfolio. Maybe after that's done...