Are there any artists here who are willing to do free artwork?
>>316188
I worked for a long time for free, or at low cost, in the name of "getting experience" and "making myself a name." And it worked.
I got a reputation for being happy making low-cost art. When I tried to raise my rates, every client who had been behind me before dropped me. They don't care about your art. Nobody does. They care about getting a cheap price, and once you give them that they will only expect that from you...and become offended when you try to advance yourself rightfully.
Don't ever work without getting fairly paid. Find out what it means to be fairly paid and demand it of your work.
There is no such thing as a starving artist. There are only the starving unemployed who want to be artists someday.