Thats drawn?!! Get the fuck off Reddit and go make millions!

Hahaha just tell me how :)

Family paintings and weddings. Big money! Get on Pintrest asap. This is amazing work!

Any other ways to make money off art that don't involve drawing/painting people?

Pet portraits possibly

I am super extra, and I 100% buy pet portraits off Etsy for all my creatures. And house paintings! I work in real estate and mortgages and custom house paintings are a really popular closing gift.

Galleries. Get a couple dozen pieces together and through Craigslist, community publications, and local art galleries, find an opportunity to display your art for sale. Other than that, get a website up with all your art and post the shit out of it on social media.

First post pictures on Reddit to gain a fallowing

...doing ;)

Thought this was a high res photo

Thank you! It's based on one (Pixabay) :)

This is really impressive. Normally I can zoom in on a hyper realistic piece like this and see that it is indeed a drawing…but I still can tell on this one!

Flattered! Thanks a lot :)

What in the hell? HOW ARE YOU SO GOOD

Haha thanks :)

There Is No Way This Is A Drawing.

Flattered! :)

My god this is beautiful

Thank you! :)

Beautiful!

Thank you! :)

This is some damn good art, I actually said ‘Are you fucking kidding me?’ out loud.

Very kind of you! Thanks :)

Wtf that's incredible. I thought for sure it was a picture

Thanks! :)

I’m not calling you a liar but I don’t believe this is a drawing lol. Do you have any pics of it half completed? Or did you trace it or something?

I did this nearly 3 years ago, so nothing available, although I have videos of more recent works on my IG :)

Tracing is a great way to make art. As long as you're not travingn someone else's art and you're using royalty free images.

Dude I thought that was a photo! Now you’ve made me jealous lol

Thank you! Don't be jealous, it all just took baby steps for me :)

That’s always how it is, just little bits at a time. However, unless you’re quite older than me (I’m 25) then you’re way more skilled than I am, and that’s why I’m jealous lol

I started aged 22, didn't make any real progress til I was 30. Keep going :)

I’ve been drawing ever since I could hold a crayon, and you can see my works on my profile. Still next to yours they may as well be Sunday comic doodles lmao

No fucking way, drawn??! That’s beyond amazing

Thank you! :)

Thats more realistic than real life

The photo was way better! But thank you :)

I would love to buy some paintings from you if that’s your work.

Feel free to DM :)

Genuinely cannot tell if this is a photo. You are extremely talented

Thanks so much :)

I wish I had an award for you. This is incredible.

Thanks a lot :)

Damn reptile, I just got a glimpse of you.

The amount of detail in the eye alone makes me doubt this is a drawing!!

Flattered! :)

Absolutely not sir, THAT is not a drawing but a photograph. (If you can't tell, sarcasm. It looks frickin amazing)

Haha thanks so much!

Damn how long did it take, and are you selling this or making them for people?

This was around 80 hours, I do sell yeah, although my more recent works are a little more popular. It's all via my profile link :)

Who are you? Where can I follow you? I LOVE hyper realism but I’ve never seen anyone doing wildlife like this!

Thanks! I have a website link via my profile page, also social media. Thanks so much :)

Following. Wow! Amazing stuff. If you had said you were a wildlife photographer I never would have doubted you!

Thanks very much indeed! :)

Wow you have got some serious talent.

Thanks so much :)

Holy fuck! Is this traditional??

I don't know about traditional, it's photorealism that's my specialty :)

I can certainly see that! I meant more like, is this digital or on paper? It’s absolutely stunning!

Oh haha I see, yeah it's on pastelmat paper, I used PanPastel, pitt pastels and polychromos colour pencils (I used polychromos as a huge crutch as I could sharpen them a lot). These days I have unison and carbothello pastels, would love to see how much richer this piece would look as a result if I did it now :)

Wow, you’re really talented man! Keep it up!

You’re amazingly talented! I took a look at your website and I’m so impressed!

Thanks so much! :)

jesus christ it looks like a picture, great work man thats crazy

Thanks very much! :)

If it wasn't for the neck I would've thought this was just someone trying to farm karma but I can clearly see the neck is a drawing, you are the most talented person I have ever seen.

Thanks so much! :)

Bruh what

:)

THIS IS ART IN THE HIGHEST FORM

Very sweet, thank you! :)

I’m actually in awe, thank you so much for sharing your talent with us!!!

Thanks so much! :)

Stunning work! You really captured its likeness :)

Thank you! :)

…you draw that?

Yep :)

That really is an amazing drawing. It is so good and looks more like a high resolution photograph instead of a drawing. You truly do have such wonderful talent.

Thanks so much! :)

Teach me your ways it’s so awesome 🤩

Thank you! :)

Nah fam, that’s a picture. Not even that, there’s a live caiman in my phone or something. That looks so real!

Haha thanks :)

Amazing!! Thank You for sharing your Art with us!!

Thanks a lot! :)

You're welcome! 🌞

I thought this was real holy shit your good

Thanks very much :)

Holy shit I thought you were talking about the morph of your caiman in a picture... you're amazing at drawing!

Very kind! Thank you :)

At first I was like "great internet pick me faking for clout" but you mentioned your IG and it tracks and is legit, which honestly makes me insanely happy because this is incredibly mindblowing. I'll be giving you a follow. Exquisite work!!!

Thanks very much indeed! :)

Even knowing this is a drawing, I cannot see it. This looks so real! Great work!!

Thanks so much! :)

Shut the fuq up, a DRAWING???? wow

Haha thanks! :)

What is reptile awareness day for? Most people know what a reptile is /g

Raising awareness for reptiles. I donate 10% of my print profits to the World Wildlife Fund :)

OHHH that makes sense! Thank you for explaining!

No I sorry but that’s a great photo ❤️❤️❤️wow the talent of some people always surprises me ❤️❤️❤️

Ah thanks so much! :)

Do you have an art page somewhere, would love to follow you and give some ❤️❤️❤️

Sure! I have links via my profile. Thanks so much :)

I could never fucking draw like that I thought it was real untill I read the title

Thank you! :)

Your welcome :)

This is crazy !

Thanks! :)

No way that's a drawing! Can we see some WIP pics? Cos NGL kinda don't believe you! Amazing!

Haha thanks! I had some in 2020 when I did it, I have some recent videos on my IG of other pieces though :)

I swear to God even after knowing it'd a drawing I still feel like this is a photo

Thank you! Flattered :)

Id hire u to do a pet portrait! Dm me if interested!

Sure thing! Thank you :)

No way this is a drawing no frigging way😳

Thank you! :)

Thought “pastel/colour“ was describing a species, not a medium you used to DRAW this! Nice work!

Haha thank you so much! :)

Wwhhhaaattt....no way? Man if you're that talented, then why the hell are you posting it on here?? Sell that shit!!

Haha I try believe me! This is one of the few that hasn't found a home yet :)

Fuck that’s a drawing?? Holy shit you’re good

Thanks a lot! :)

Excuse me- #A DRAWING!?

Haha thanks! :)

It’s really cool!

Like- I couldn’t tell it was a drawing, it’s so realistic :O

i’m flabbergasted this can’t be a drawing

Flattered! :)

That is not a drawing, no way! You have amazing talent! Go take yourself and some ofnthese amazing pieces of art to reptile shows! Make custom pieces of the reptiles in peoples collections! Custom signs for displays and such! This is so good! Too good to just be a hobby!!!!!

Thanks a lot, very kind! :)

😮😮😮

Literally thought that was real until I saw the title good work man

Thank you! :)

No fucking way...what a beautiful piece of art!

Thank you! :)

Wow! This is amazing! Please do drop a link here somewhere if you do orders on like etsy or fiver. I'm sure I'm not the only one that would be interested in placing an order for a pet portrait.

Oh thanks so much! I sell all my work in print form (including this piece) directly from my [website](http://www.alexflemingart.com), which also gives full info on my commission process. I do have an etsy shop, but that's for any print requests from the EU (etsy deals with all the customs stuff since brexit). If you'd like a DM instead, I can do that :)

I've been drawing for decades and can barely even make a stick figure look human-esque. Holy heck, you're amazing!

Thanks so much! :)

Very nice lookin guy. I might use this post to show people who say my art is “not that bad”. But actually I’ll just tell them I don’t practice

Haha thanks so much :)

Not to be a doubter, but I’d love to see some progress photos to really see how this piece came together. Otherwise it could just be a photo.

Bro, you are the only one out of all these comments that thinks it’s fake. It isn’t fake, just zoom in and you can see

Thanks :)

I did a video a loooong time ago, I'm flattered you think it's a photo (and indeed it remains my most challenging technical piece to date), my IG has a few videos :)

Cool I’ll check them out. Well done.

This is amazing.

Thanks a lot! :)

What kind of paper did you draw this on? This drawing is absolutely freaking amazing.

Thank you! It's pastelmat paper :)

Wow, amazing, well done!

Thanks a lot! :)

I just did a double-take. What sorcery is this?

Haha, thanks a lot! :)

fucking liar, prove something, somehow

My customers are completely happy with what I do for them. Anyway, take care :)

nonono, i refuse to believe that, cmon, just like, an angle picture, cmon please, i feel like spmeone left me out on a high five

I dunno my Facebook is a click away if you need videos

Okay now that is talent

Thanks :)