I want to start a henna tattoo business?
Hi, I am a professional henna artist, so perhaps I can point you in the right direction. 1. Before you buy anything you need to learn more about henna, I recommend http://www.hennapage.com as well as the forums over at http://hennatribe.org for anyone interested in henna. The Henna Tribe also has a Facebook group who will be happy to help you out. The absolute first thing you need to know about henna is that it only comes in one colour, and that is red. The stain will be anything thing from orange through too a very dark burgundy, but its all just shades of the same red. Anything else is chemicals either added too or instead of henna, some of which can be dangerous. I recommend Temptu body paint or glitter tattoos if you want to do colours. The vast majority of henna artist work freehand, and to make the best money you will probably need to learn to do the same, especially for big pieces. Freehand designs always look better anyway. 2. Check out http://www.hennacaravan.com/hennakits.ht... and http://artisticadornment.com/henna_tattoo_supplies/ these are the suppliers I use in the states. They are trustworthy, give good prices and all of their supplies are safe. Amazon isn't a brilliant place to get henna at all, but you can get glitter and paint kits for body art on there that are alright. 3. The body art industry is very difficult to get started in, you will probably make a loss for a while to start with, as you will need supplies, travel fees, possibly trading licences depending on where you are working, you will need to advertise yourself, maybe a website too, all of these things cost money. You can find me at http://hennabynina.webs.com my contact details are there too if you need any more advice.
Am I allowed to sell MY paintings of Disney characters?
A company like Disney will be very aggressive in protecting the trademark and copyright status of it's characters. You can't make money off of those characters without incurring their legal wrath. There's an exception for creative satirical use. But a reproduction, even with a different background or facing the other way, won't give you that exception.
If my passion is photography but I can't afford to buy a DSLR camera, what should I do? Should I give up my passion?
First of all: you should NEVER, EVER, EVER give up your passions: life would be extremely sad and dull without them.Photography it's a terrific (and very challenging) passion to have, I have it and I'm thinking to turn it into a full time job.Photography is, first in your brain, then in your eyes and hands and only at the last step in your gear; good gear helps, is needed to provide professional grade results and sometimes necessary to achieve a particular goal but it's NOT everything and definitely not the first thing to focus on.Modern Smartphones have a decent camera on board and they are the thing you'll have always with you most of the time, if you have a good smartphone you already have all the gear you need to start.If you don't have a smartphone or you're not satisfied by the quality it produces you can find a cheap entry level DSLR either from Canon, Nikon, Sony, Pentax, etc... for a far less price than an iPhone or GalaxySsomething.Enough speaking of gear, Photography is in your head! You should learn how to look at what you see in a different way, you should be able to tell a story with a picture, you should be able to learn how to frame, compose and light a scene to enhance that story.There are TONS of online resources, mostly youtube channels, from which you can basically learn more than you need to know about photography.The secret to enjoy photography is to always challenge and always better ourselves, taking A LOT of photos (within reason) everyday, look at them, figure out find what's good about them and what's bad about them, try to move forward basing your next photo session from those findings, ask advice from more experienced people, read books, attend workshops (yes even the bad ones), participate in a photo community or group in your area, and so on. Rinse and repeat.In a matter of months you'll see your photography skill improving at a steady pace, maybe months later you'll manage to put away some money to move to a better gear when you'll realize that the one you have has some limitations in the area you're most proficient, you'll learn what you like and what you don't like about photography and I strongly believe you'll be able to better yourself as a person, while practicing this form of artistic activity.I hope you find this advices of mine useful.Oh, and one last thing: Photography means: "writing with light" so, try to write the best story possible and use plenty of ink, I mean, light.
Where in WALMART do I buy CONDOMS?
Ok, I cannot find condoms at my local wal-mart, even though it is a huge supercenter. I don't know maybe I am looking in the wrong place, but people told me they DO sell condoms there. What isles? Do you know how much do walmart brand condoms cost?
How much money is my drawing worth?
In order to price a work of art, you first have to figure out how much the supplies (in this case ink and really big paper) cost. Let's say for example $5:00. Then add this to the cost of labor (how long you worked on it/how hard was it to draw). I'm going to say around $5:00/hour, and I'm going to pick a hypothetical picture of a flower. We are up to $15.00. If you sell the picture for this much, you are making back what you spent on it, and that's about it. This is where supply and demand come in. If You wanted to sell this picture You would need to:-Know your audience. You could probably be able to charge more for it if you were selling it to gardening enthusiasts rather than to a group of bodybuilders who don't like flowers. -Know your reputation. See if you can sell it (or copies of it) to friends, friends' parents, relatives, or friends of friends. It doesn't matter what style you paint/draw, if someone likes it enough, they will pay money for it. Tell them what you want for the picture ($20-30 total?) and if they agree, then that is your new starting price. If their eyeballs drop out of their heads, lower the price a bit and explain to them how it costs you time and effort to make this stuff.-Know not to give up. If you can't sell your work because you don't have the opportunity to get your art out there yet, or even if you just think no one appreciates it, save all of your work. This is the best advice anyone gave me, and I still have a folder of all my old stuff that I use for inspiration.Last points:When my friends and I were teenagers, I never sold my art, but I did give some of it away to friends and family in order to get my name out there. I now have friends who come up to me and ask "oh, Emma, could you paint a picture for me? ...I would pay you!" So, reputation means a lot. Also, my friends who did sell art in their teens mostly sold it at anime conventions (you could probably talk your parents into taking you to a convention. You would have to research which ones are around your area, what their sales policy is, etc.) her price was $5.00 for a print (copy), $15.00 for a pencil sketch, and $30.00 for anything in color (ink and copics). Her fan art was very good, and she sold a lot.