What kind of Artwork does Secondlife need most? Is there anything you need, or just haven't seen much of?

[Alyxen]

Oh wow! So many great comments and a lot to think about. I also edited for clarification. 99.99% my work. There definitely isn't room for random google result art in SL.

[EliseAnne85]

19 hours ago, Polenth Yue said:

I'd suggest going with whatever you feel like doing first. If you want to see art by other people to look for theme holes, the Raglan Shire ArtWalk is currently running. All the hedges in Raglan Shire are covered in art by numerous different artists. Given you have a lot of textures to upload, I'd also suggest looking into premium plus, as texture uploads are free at that level. Especially if you want to make 1024 and 512 versions of each picture, as that'll get expensive fast.

The Tinies are great artists!  People should go to the Artwalk in Raglan Shire!  

To the OP, any kind of artwork I haven't seen, well, it was something I have been thinking of doing myself and it's genre is called basically "folkart".  I've had some ideas of doing my own folkart and/or what sometimes is referred to as "rustic".  But, I am an interior designer, not really an artist, so I try to complete rooms with line, form, balance, color palette, theme, etc. in real life.  

As far as what SL needs, go eclectic.  Try a bit of everything and switch it around to see what sells.  I've given away free artworks for many years of Impressionists - mostly Van Gogh and Monet.  Since, I've given out much artwork for free, I honestly have no idea what is hot to sell.  

As to what all art needs is passion, plus the rest - line, form, composition, color, etc...

Just have fun with it and change it around as you want.  

As far as what SL would need overall, artworks do help complete a home but I think the tastes are eclectic here but artwork mostly needs passion and I don't mean erotic art, I mean all of it.  

Edited May 25, 2023 by EliseAnne85

[Josephine Carissa]

Hello Alyxen,

you may want to contact, @Scylla Rhiadra and also @Chic Aeon they both do things in the artworld i think they could help you and give you some idea's on what works and what sells.

Good Luck,

Josephine

 

[ChinRey]

On 5/25/2023 at 5:43 AM, Coffee Pancake said:

The SLM is flooded with with "erotic art" .. I wish it wasn't. 

Do you mean erotic or pornographic?

The difference is erotic is like being tickled with a feather, pornographic is like being tickled with a chicken.

As for the original question, it's probably been well and truly answered already but you're not going to make any money worth mentioning from selling art in SL so do it for yourself, make what you want to make!