[What video/board games have you been playing recently?]

Its easier to keep the players on the same side. You can usually play opposing characters/teams but it becomes too complex and need too much dedication, maybe even different sessions for different sides, so the other players wont know what you are doing. But rarely, you can be the main antagonist.

Its the good part of those games. There are no limits.

33 minutes ago, katakatica said:

(also thanks. I'm often a bit worried people might get annoyed but I feel like these posts are more fun than nothing tbh.)

Are you kidding me? I look forward for your out of freelance topics. Im sure there are others feel the same, we already have a steady supply of "how to get rank" posts

 

[New Buyers should buy from Established Sellers]

I really like your attidute towards a new seller by giving them a chance and not accusing them right away. But anyone who claims their English is good, is to be avoided at all costs. As it must not be even mentioned. 

I am doing illustrations; and i must say im a little suprised. The unexperienced and/or dishonest people usually go for more basic stuff instead of a childrens book. But i guess they are everywhere.

Its a very bad experience, specially for your first try. But i will have some recommendations for your lessons;

On 1/2/2022 at 6:26 PM, adaaguilar987 said:

Spend the $5. on the test illustrations. Try at least three sellers.

Experienced sellers will most likely reject your 5 dollar test. To be honest, i wouldnt even open my tablet for 5 dollars and would have ended the conversation right there. But what you can do is, if you have a 10 page book, you can go with 1 page or 1 scene according to accepted price at the start and contune if you and the seller have a good energy. That would be fair to both of you.

On 1/2/2022 at 6:26 PM, adaaguilar987 said:

DO NOT approve anything until the project is completed in full.

Definetly. Anyone who demands otherways must be warned. This is a business, and should be taken seriously. Or you can use milestones as payment method, so you can pay page by page.

On 1/2/2022 at 6:26 PM, adaaguilar987 said:

Experienced sellers will save you a lot of time and aggravation

True. Also try not to forget the new sellers too. Maybe not a childrens story book, but for more basic things.

On 1/2/2022 at 6:26 PM, adaaguilar987 said:

Make sure the seller puts the deadline you want on the order (mine put a later date than agreed upon)

If i get a job that i can finish in 3 days, i would ask for 4. You never know what can happen. Anyone with the right mind would do it under normal circumstances. So, yeah. If you have agreed on a date, it should be the deadline. Seller should've had prepared themselves for it. (Unless there are some emergency matter happens)

I hope these are helpful.

Edit: Now i realised this is a 7 months old post. Well. 😄 

[What video/board games have you been playing recently?]

Still avoiding Elden Ring i see. At least you should give a try to Little Nightmares and Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice. I have a feeling that you'll like them.

I am watching Stray, one of my favorite youtube guy playing it. It looks cool. But its really tense for me because i dont want kitties get sad. Other than that i havent been playing anything new on digital. Im waiting for the new God of War and Hellblade 2

BUT:

Me and my friends started a new D&D game. Looking forward to those. However i will not be playing regularly as i am playing the evil guy. A cult leader who aims to bring down the current kingdom to build a new one devoted to old gods. And the other "good" players are going to try and stop me (kill me, most likely)

Btw, i love your posts. Always a good change of atmosphere.

[About NDA contracts and how to approach them.]

8 minutes ago, smashradio said:

also require that they place the order before I sign the NDA. I inform them of the terms, stating that personal information can only be shared within the order page when required to complete the service. 

OH you already answered. 😄 Sorry

[About NDA contracts and how to approach them.]

@smashradioI dont mind signing NDA too. But, wouldnt i violate Fiverr's rules by sending them my information trough the process? How can i guarantee that fiverr wont take this the wrong way? 

Can i even guarantee this? Can my seller plus manager help during this?

Sorry for the question bombardment 😄 

[About NDA contracts and how to approach them.]

Hello everybody.

I dont know how frequently you face this issue. But some of the clients ask to sign non-disclosure-contracts. Most of those are companies with their policies. 

Apart from them being a company policy, do they really need it? Does fiverr provide similar protections? If so, do you know how can i prove this to the clients? Can we handle this within our offer? 

Also, how it would be acceptable for me to share my information to the client for those contract files to be filled. We will still conduct the business in fiverr. But to start, we need to sign the contract.

Im looking at you my battle hardened friends.

[Do you include the clipping path within the file in your 'cutout service'?]

The better question is i think, would you charge additional for the source file? Sure, a lot of people do.

Your source file should have everything, including paths. A client who paid for the source file, should have acces to every aspect and step of the design. If not, whats the point?

 

[My top 8 RED FLAGS when selling on Fiverr]

Let me add some stuff too;

#9 Late Answers:

When i immediately answer a message from a potential buyer, sometimes it takes hours for them to answer. Of course they might be dealing with other stuff, or maybe they have already had another seller. But the thing is, they keep answering you to the point of price and sending the offer. Yet no acceptance comes for that offer and you just spent your hours understanding this buyers project, maybe doing some brainstorming with them and such. But no results.

Later on when doing the job, if you had any questions or any descisions your client needs to make about the order, they may take days for them to answer and it will just eat your delivery time. Even worse, they may not even answer and it will leave you to make a descision by yourself that your client may not like, results in revisions or bad reviews.

You could argue "you should have gotten all the information from the start" Yes. But it doesnt work like that all the time. At least in my field of work.

#10 Too much flattery:

I find this kinda deceiving when a buyer just praises everything you have all the time. You like my work? Say it once and leave it there untill the job is done. If you come across a person who repeats certain things all the time, it usually is a bad sign. They mostly do these things to reel you in. You might get into an endless cycle of revisions. Got to be careful. And believe me, you will never hear from those people again despite they say how much they like your work.

#11 Free sample:

If a buyer asks a free sample of the work, run. Specially if you have a robust foundation within your gig. You have examples and reviews there. They should be satisfactory. You never know what will they do with the free sample. They can just take it and use it with someone else too. Unless you trust them or have a work history with them, say no and say goodbye. This is a hardcore red flag, its both insulting and untrustworthy. I would never accept anything like that unless there is enough money for me to buy an island.

Thats all from me folks

[Calling on the artists here!~ Would love to see what you've got to show.]

Here is another horrible thing. This is a personal work of mine. 

Everyone who posted here knows what they are doing. So many unique styles and qualities beyond imagination!

But i want to see your face change while scrolling trough this topic. To create an emotional roller coaster. 😄 And also, i would like to keep this topic alive.

 @gelmas12i am really impressed. Nice work 

[Need advice for time management as a seller on Fiverr]

Im a single guy without kids. So you can relatively say that i have too much time simply because i just have to take care of myself.

That being said;

I have a day job 9-5. Road takes some time and im at home at 18.30

Usually i go to a boxing club nearby. 3 days a week. It takes 1 or 1.5 hours to finish a routine training. That training is not something you can relax while doing it. But to be honest, doing that resets the whole day for me, i take a shower after that and feel better all along. And i like doing physical activities so its a double bonus for me. And boxing is tiring. Takes a lot of sweat. Which is the whole point for me. Works very well. Specially as a freelancer we tend to sit down in front of the computer. You got to release some energy at some point. Exercise is amazing. What i do is kinda egdy and cant really work after that because i have to rest, but everyone can find something for their taste/abilities.

I Used to play games on console or pc(I dont pick teams) Usualy action adventure or fantasy role playing. Nowadays not so much. These days i paint. While painting i watch some tv series. If the painting got really intense, i switch to music.

And if you can, say like you can work with a tablet or something mobile. I recommend going to a coffee place or something to do your freelance job. Have some people around, make some small interractions. Maybe not always, but try it once a week or something. I found it helpful.  Im tryng to make this somewhat regular for me. I even started to look forward to the day i go out to work. 

 

[What's your favorite TV series?]

Before mentioning the big popular ones, i'd like to point out some other stuff to contribute the topic.

So here are some other stuff that i like;

Comedians in cars getting coffee: Its hosted by Jerry Seinfeld. Each episode there is another comedian as guest. Jerry takes them from their home with a different car each episde. They go drink some coffee and make fun and entertaining conversations. Abseloutly beautiful. Guests include Jim Carrey, Eddie Murphy and many more young and old comedy legends. Its an amazing show. Great for weekend mornings!

Haunting of the hill house: That is an amazing horror story. Great acting, great writting, great story. cinematography is killer! Its not a couple of teens getting killed by ghosts while being in love triangle. Nothing like that. If you love horror and dark stuff, definetly shouldnt miss! Same team did some other works too, all good horrors. But hill house is the best.

Castlevania: That is somewhat anime, somewhat western style vampire story animation. If you are tired of hardcore anime, its great. Starts with Dracula and goes on with some other vampires, wizards and whatnot. Amazing. I really like it, definetly recommended. There are similar other animated series like Dota and Blood of Zeus.

Spawn: That is an old animation(not sure but about 20 years old) Amazing animated series of the Spawn. For people who doesnt know who spawn is, its like Batman with demons.

Startalk: Altough its not a TV series, its a podcast in youtube. Neill Degrease Tyson talks about space, answers questions from people of the internet, while being co-hosted with a comedian and sometimes other guest scientists. If you are into physics in a fun entertaining way. Its great. I really like it.

Other than those:

Chernobyl, Game of Thrones, Breaking Bad, Brooklyn Nine Nine, Better Call Saul, Dark, Black Mirror, Taboo, Vikings, Bosch, The Frankenstein Chronicles on top of my head.

 

 

[👀What does freelancing life really look like?]

15 hours ago, vickieito said:

I can understand where you're coming from @ozan_erdi! I worked as a food scientist in manufacturing plants for 11 years and I was one of the few "women" who were in the facility. I only wore PPEs and didn't care about my appearance (I think I was 40 lbs/20kg heavier). The facilities had brick walls with no windows to the outside and it seems like we worked 8 days a week😂. I certainly don't miss those days!!!! I'm glad you are enjoying freelancing like I am!

Oh im not even talking about how they look. But when it comes to construction, everyone is a little savage, and they have to compete against men in terms of savagery. And i guess they are not heard as much as they needed as a kind hearted people. So at one point they snap and transform into wild men. Its sad for the both sides. 

As i have experienced in military and in construction, if an establishment has only men and no woman, we are something else. Doesnt really matter how much professionalism is involved. Every group of people need some women to keep the men leashed. If not, at some point you forget how to interract with people in the social world. Im not talking about "this meeting has 9 men" Im talking about years of not seeing anything female for 10 hours a day. It changes people into wild dogs.

[👀What does freelancing life really look like?]

I will have a different approach from most of you i think.

As day job, im an architect and supervising constructions. Here are some things you should know about my job before going into the freelance life details:

-Usually im in middle of nowhere, looking at dust, mud and steel beams. 

-Trucks and heavy machinery making noises.

-Not more than 2 women around, and they have become something else in order to survive within that many men.(Dont look at me like that, it is an issue)

-Food is like a prison food. Just calculated callories you need, nothing about taste or any clunary value.

-There are not any social activities, gatherings or parties.

-Our offices are just the essentials. Nothing extra. Just a desk and computer in a container. There are no places to sit and relax. There isnt any decorative stuff. Not even trees. Its survival mode. We have a vending machive with cookies in it. Thats it.

-A lot of shouting, screaming, cursing, fighting.

-Its scorching at summer, freezing at winter. And its disgusting when it rains. Basicly every weather is horrible. 

-Saturday is defiently a work day. Sometimes Sunday too is a workday.

-Going to work and getting back to home takes 3-4 hours. I leave my house at 6.30 am. and get back to home at the 18.30. I dont see sunlight at winters. Its more depressing than one would think.

-There are no stores, no coffee places around. Nothing you can go after work or blow off some steam in mid day break.

-And thanks to the general mentality and economic-politic reasons. My job does NOT pay well, not only me, nobody in construction business is happy about payment.

Only thing i have as an architect, im not holding the heavy tool. Im holding a paper, looking at the guy who holds the heavy tool. And people listen to me when i speak. Thats what my degree provides. And saying that im an architect is a cool thing. Thats what my whole education did.

Some things good about it; nobody cares what you wear as long as you have your safety equipment on. You can just show up with Cannibal Corpse Tshirt and some jeans. And nobody takes timers to see how many minutes you have spent drinking coffee. And all the walking, standing, stairs and ladders made my legs and butxt like a terminator, im never tired.

After doing this for 10 years and seeing it going nowhere(and i saw my superiors got nowhere too), i started to do freelancing. Right now im a part time freelance artist, designing horror and dark fantasy characters for 2 years.

So as far as it goes;

-I dont spend hours and hours on the road.

-I dont have dust in my eyes all the time.

-My shoes and pants are NOT dirty.

-There are no heavy industrial machinery or whatnot making unimaginable noises, vibrations.

-I have good food and drinks

-I can watch stuff, listen music or whatever while working

-I am surrounded by people, i can just sit in some coffee place with beutiful people around. 

-No phone calls, no screaming, no walkie talkies(yes we use them in constructions) no fights.

-I can decide if i want to work that day

-You dont have to look over your shoulder all the time to see if something is falling on you or not.

-You have climate control in your house

-I can just decide "to hell with it" and go out, walk around, grab a lemonade and spend some time for half a day when i want.

Freelancing is amazing. Only thing is you need to keep an eye out, either have some money in the pocket, or make sure you have a consistent flow of buyers. I plan to make this full time job, in a year or something. Screw construction. Kudos to arts and working at home. It is like a dream, some of you people dont appreciate it enough(No judgement, everyone has their own life)

 

[What are your goals for the last 6 months of 2022?]

Nice one. Let me try:

- I have reached my economic goals for this year. It was a fast first 5 months. It wasnt a hard goal, didint set my expectations high enough i think.

- I need to make a strong pressence in some social media platforms and artstation. I know my work is good, but reaching to the masses is a different game. A game apperantly im not good at. So i have no idea how to achieve that goal. I have watched some youtube videos about it. But still unsure how to apply those methods myself. I have an okay income from freelance platforms and my day job. But i want different baskets to put my eggs. So social media can be a good window.

- I will lose the weight i have gained in the pandemic, trough boxing, which goes well for now.

- Get better at drawing by practice. I have came a long way this year, just need to push a little more. Its satisfactory for myself too.

For fiverr;

- I just need a little bit more so i can head on to the TRS. I will get there in 3 months or something. Will set my next goals according to that. Only thing is, i need to be accepted, which i dont know how much time it will take. But i have a seller plus membership. It may help.

This year is not going to be the most exciting one for me. I need to grind, thats what i need to do. Next year i will collect the fruits. I will leave the dayjob(construction) and go full time with arts trough freelance. At least thats the goal.

 

[Hi guys I am a new seller]

Yes you can. If you can get your visa and pay for the plane tickets. Getting the visa is a little bit of work depending where you are from. But you can learn those from the ambassadors i think.

After that you can experience both of those countries in 3D. Its amazing!

[Hey designers! Can any of you recommend a laptop for newbies?]

Hello everyone. 

Its time to spend some money! YAY!

I have couple questions for you fellow digital artists. I had used a standart pc and a wacom cintiq 13"hd in the past as my workstation. With photoshop

3 years ago, i switched to ipad pro with procreate. Which is i must say, very efficient! Touch screen makes it a lot faster and easier to zoom, pan and rotate kinda stuff while working on the canvas. Procreate is a great program to use too.

But procreate and ipad has its limitations. While its great for small time digital media creation, it has its downsides when it comes to big canvases and organising large scale projects. Plus, against the photoshop, procreate is easier and faster, but photoshop is much much more comprehensive. There are more downloadables, more courses and better help when it comes to searching. Plus I had to turn down some very fun projects and lost my chance of being an online art teacher to classes, because i dont have a desktop or photoshop.

I have couple of setups in my mind, of course they are all expensive, but well, it has to be done at some point. So i want to take your opinions.

OPTION A: I would really like to use my ipad, because its great and fast with no errors and you dont have to remember to save your work every 2 minutes, its great. Is it possible to get an imac/macbook and use my ipad as a graphic tablet with its touch screen benefits? Can we connect those devices in a way that enables us to use photoshop with the utilities of the ipad touch screen?

Or can we use procreate on an apple desktop/laptop? With the connection to the ipad

OPTION B: I think i can get my hands on a good wacom or something similar, with a desktop or a laptop. Of course this might be more expensive because i dont have a pc or a graphic tablet besides ipad. 

What do you use as your workstation? Did you have any experience with procreate? Can you somehow mimic the touch screen with other graphic tablets? OR what do you want to use in the future with an expanded budget?

Help me out with this one guys. 

Thank you

[What's the craziest hair you've had (or want to have?)]

Craziest thing about my hair now is that it still exists. Not a single piece missing! I think i got it from my father, which has this long white hair. Not like wizard, but like a biker troublemaker.

[What video/board games have you been playing recently?]

On 5/7/2022 at 11:10 PM, katakatica said:

I tried Elden Ring and gave up immediately... 

I will hunt you down untill you enjoy it properly!

On 5/7/2022 at 11:38 PM, donnovan86 said:

I try to focus mostly on singleplayer/ story focused games,

I think its mentioned already, but try Red Dead Redemption 2. It deserves a second mentioning.

And if you own a playstation(I think its avalible for pc too) Try God of War too. Unlike the old ones just being hack&slash, this one is more slow paced action adventure. Like sekiro but Its Norse gods. New one will be coming out too. God of War is like the "Logan" movie of x-men. Really good, i really enjoyed it. Has difficulty adjustments too if you unlike the challange of souls series.

AND i dont know why i didint mention before, please play Hellblade Senua's Sacrifice. That is a great dark atmoshperic, puzzle solving action adventure, with some horror sprinkled in. New one will be coming too. Its about a nordic woman who has schizophrenia, involves viking lore and gods of old. Extremely good game with a unique idea. Definetly recommended. If you cant play it, watch some youtubers or something. That game was really inspirational for me.

And if anyone is looking for goofy skeleton action, the old game(really old) "Medievil" is remastered. Its like a halloween movie. Really enjoyable.

 

[Which graphic design software is your favorite tool to use for creating art, logo or web-design on Fiverr? And what do you use it for?]

Procreate!

I dont even own a desktop computer or a laptop for 3 years, didint needed it for the most part. That ipad and procreate is just great.

Pencil in right hand, ipad in the left. You can just zoom and rotate endlessly with ipad like its paper. No need to enter commands, no need to "ctrl + space + bla bla" Its just your fingers. Very fast and easy, just like paper.

And the mobility of course. Unmatched. 

However utilities of a tablet is of course, limited. 

 

[What is the most important tip you'll give a young new designer?]

1 - Allways take some courses online, improve yourself. Its too easy to find classes and courses, and mostly cheap or free too.

2 - Dont stay in the same place if you are the best designer there. Go somewhere else(figuratively) where you are not the best, and climb on the top via learning from others.

3 - Try to get away from your comfort zone, try some new art styles, new brushes, new templates. You dont have to master them, but it will improve your overall design quality to see different things.

4 - Dont be afraid to do mistakes, remember the bob ross lectures.

5 - Show your works to people who you think will be honest with their opinions.

6 - And for the painters, take a look at what you are drawing with a mirror. Seeing your piece horizontally rotated helps to see the mistakes.

7 - Find some music to inspire yourself while working. In my case, depending what im drawing, i will listen to the music to live the ambiance of the concept of the drawing.

I guess what im tryng to say is; challange yourself, criticize yourself and improve yourself.

Edit: I just realized that you asked for one. Well 😃

[Calling on the artists here!~ Would love to see what you've got to show.]

Here is something dark for you cutiepies. just to balance stuff out. Done with procreate for a vampire game soon to be published.

[What is the benefits of Fiverr forum?]

17 minutes ago, catwriter said:

To be honest, I don't think that anyone became a billionaire by working on Fiverr.

And if they did, now they are not here anymore. 

 

30 minutes ago, milanescobar said:

Fiverr , Put this forum for making healthy community of people who are working on it. But some sellers who got many orders . They just make fun of new sellers questions are try to insult them. If you billionaire that don't give you right to crash the poor.  

Nobody is insulting anyone. But some people needs to understand that the questions they ask, are already answered and they should search for it beforehand. Nobody likes the same questions piling on top of each other in the forum. It makes it unusuable.

[Can I get order from the forum?]

You cant. It is very very very unlikely. 

Dont believe people who says "stay active on forum" 

 

[Seller Plus is getting an upgrade!]

I’m interested in being invited to Seller Plus.
Would have accomplished so much with some guidance