This is a lot harder then I thought it would be.

[luco]

So, I'm still hunting, but I think I suck at it, and I'm very annoyed about that. Then again, it would probably help if I wasn't too damn shy (yes I'm shy so shut up!) to ask other artists about it.

I mean, I just want to be able to print 'Legend' (and a few other ideas I have worked out) but I can't find a place around here that will help me out ;____; And it's driving me insane! You would think going to an art school would help but noooooo....everyone seems to think their printers are a closely guarded secret and won't share the info. DA artists seem to be the same way and it's really starting to annoy me.

I mean, everyone else seems to be able to find a printer they can afford and I can't.

And I really want to.

I want to be able to take all those sketchy comics I've done and finalize them. I want to put a whole bunch of extra pretty stuff in there and be able to offer it to you guys. I want to be able to sell them at a bit of profit. Enough that I can take that money and work on more art and slowly start getting stuff together so that one day I can do some original stuff (while still doing fan-based stuff because there are some characters I'll NEVER get tired of playing with...) and I want to make a living out of it.

*sighs*

Never thought the first step would stump me.

Guess, I'll stop growling at my computer and go back to packing. I'll be moving back to Toronto this weekend where I will be cleaning and organizing my room and studio. Even without a damn printer I still want to have a place where I can seriously start to work on all these ideas.

Actually...

I'll ask you to be brutally honest.

Do you think people would want to buy Legend and other things I've done?

Comments

[white_aster]

I definitely think that folks would buy your stuff, hon. Most of the self-published doujinshi SUCK. To have something with art and stories as nice as yours, I think that folks'll jump all over it.

Just be sure when you print stuff that you make sure you're going to make money or at least break even. I KNOW you, you're the type to be all, "Oh, no one'll pay that much, I'll mark it down!" before you even get there, and before you know it, you'll be actually OUT money because the books cost $7 to make and you're selling them for $5. :P

[luco-millian.livejournal.com]

.....I'm that predictable huh?

And are there really so few self-published doujinshi out there O___o

[white_aster]

See, we keep telling you that you are TOO NICE for your own good. :) Don't worry, we love you anyway. ^o^

At least the times that I've gone, there are way more folks selling just art than djs. And most of the time the djs just aren't that GOOD. Certainly not as good as your stuff.