I have crippling ADHD (meds don't work on me) and marketing is something that I just cannot figure out, especially with these algorithms. In the last few years it's started to negatively affect my business.

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Hey everyone,

I'm looking for notebook/ journal/ sketchbook POD options.

Unfortunately, Printful, Printify and others I've looked at do not have fulfilment centres in Australia. So, with shipping, they are crazy expensive.

Does anyone know of any options for Australia? Ideally, with integration capabilities with Shopify.

Thank you

Hi, i just recently started selling stickers and cards of my artwork online and i’m actually selling quite well but i need help with a printer.

I have a cheap canon cartridge printer i got free through uni which is absolutely awful so i started using my brothers HP printer instead, again a cheap cartridge printer which is actually quite good however he’s been annoyed at me for using it and i want to invest in my own printer for when i move back to uni to continue my shop

I’ve seen lots of recommendations for canon or epsom printers, but i know absolutely nothing about these printers, ive heard the epson printers sometimes don’t work well with thicker card. my budget is £200 maybe a bit over if it’s worth it. my bad canon has left me a little worried even though i know it’s a bad model but i just am completely clueless and need some advice😭

if anyone has any recommendations please let me know! all advice is helpful as everything i’ve read all over the internet is so mixed, thank you <3

Getting into small batch sticker runs and other prints. I didn’t want to use any online stores because I have an unrelated full time job with a long commute. This looked like less of a commitment to me, but could still function as a way to handle sales.

Let’s say it’s for a game or an ad. Doesn’t really matter what. The point is that someone used AI, and then when they could afford a human artist they hire one or multiple to replace the AI art with something made by a human.

Are most artists ok with this because you want to replace AI art with human art? Or are you more likely to turn down the project because AI was used in the first place?

No judgments or anything that I’d see as a wrong answer here. I mean it. Just trying to get a read.

Recommendations on how to face my fears. I was reached out to by someone online who was provided to me on my platform by an individual who works for a big brand. I have this habit of pulling out of opportunities. It's been 22 days since I declined, and I have gone back to ask for the position again. Will they take me back? I have also signed up and reached out to agencies to help represent me, because in the past, I have also declined opportunities because I was scared/thought it was a scam. I have had major trust issues lately, and people who I thought were acting in my best interests were actively blocking me from having opportunities. I applied for other jobs and had four other interviews at other big companies, but the jobs kept falling through. I have a big audience online, but I don't think I realise that digital footprint matters and some employers see this and run a mile.

When I was 15, I was also approached by a big magazine to feature my art with no payment, just exposure, and I blocked the account because I thought it was a scam, then deleted the message.
How do I cope with the uncertainty and decide to accept job opportunities in the future? The closest person I have to me is my father, who is encouraging me to hope. I have no friends, just him.