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Anonymous
/p/ I'm moving to Austria in about a month (got gf pregnant, She's Austrian) I don't speak the language and suck at pretty much everything.

I was thinking maybe I could scrape together a living photographing ppl in the street, photoshoopin them so they look like zombies/princesses/whatnots and selling the pics, (I'd need a good printer that could run off a car battery lol)

Is this a great idea?
>> Martin !!ve2Q1ETWmJH
>>193220
You'd be lucky to make even 15 Euro's a day.
>> Anonymous
How are you going to explain the concept to people if you don't speak the language? If they start asking about some specifics?

It's not just the printer, you need to power your camera and laptop too for however long you're going to be out each day. Add in ink costs too.

How good/quick are you with Photoshop? Would they have to wait around while you shoop or do you have some kind of ticket collection process worked out?
>> elf_man !!DdAnyoDMfCe
That's a pretty specific product. It'll be hard to find a good market for it, and you'll have to market like crazy to make any real money.
tl;dr you're just another random artist on the street, not making much.
>> Anonymous
>>193232

I'm quick, I'd have a lot of scripts set up before hand that would automate a lot of the hard work. so I could create a good zombie pic n fifteenish minutes, similar time to a regular caricature

also the concept ould be pretty simple, I'll have premade pics hanging up around me, much like a caricaturist does, specifics, well.. they'll have to wait till I know the language a bit better, but the finished result would surely be worth paying for

so I could do 3 in an hour no problem, but would people be interested in this kinda thing, would you be tempted if you passed a guy on the streets doing this?

how much would you be willing to pay to have something like that, or a picture of your daughter as a flying fairy or a princess or your son as a real cowboy or a spaceman etc
>> Martin !!ve2Q1ETWmJH
>>193236
Me personally? Wouldnt pay for it. I'd never pay someone in the street to even take my photo.

I could image this being some kinda' thing at a theme park, and considering the location you'd be able to charge £5 for a bloody worthless print..

But either way, I've just been trolled.
>> Anonymous
>>193236

For the same price as a caricature, sure.
>> Anonymous
Why are we responding to a troll thread?
>> Anonymous
>>193280

well I don't have much of a back up plan tbh, I'm kinda clutching at straws ><;;

well you guys are right this was just a thought that is probably best left and forgotton, I'm sure something will come up and I'm sure that once I'm there I'll pick up the language in no time.

just making me a lil nervous is all, well thanks for the advice.
>> Anonymous
Signs that this is a troll thread:

1) OP claims to have a girlfriend.
2) OP claims to have gotten girlfriend accidentally pregnant.
3) OP claims that European girl is going to have the accident baby instead of getting an abortion.
4) OP claims that he is going to move to random European country instead of ditching the bitch.
5) OP has incredibly ridiculous idea for making money.
>> Martin !!ve2Q1ETWmJH
If op is serious, then why not just open a studio in Austria?
>> Anonymous
/r/ing pics of said "gf"
>> Anonymous
>if you like that

http://www.outwar.com/rec/mystikal

>sign up you will like this
>> Anonymous
op should just take nude preggo pix of his gf and sell them

people will pay a lot of money for fetish pictures
do pregnant, lactating, all kinds of shit like that
you can make a lot of money doing porn and it does not even have to be hardcore
>> washer
why don't you guys move somewhere you have a grasp on the language? you have a much better chance of not being treated as a worthless immigrant. make a budget plan for how much the kid will cost, then make a budget plan for the two of you guys.

kudos for staying with the woman. i hope you like her :].
>> Anonymous
>hah ok here

http://www.outwar.com/rec/mystikal

>try to sign up
>> Anonymous
>>193377
Seconded...
>> Anonymous
>>193370
>doing this

"This" being selling cartoon shoops to people. To elaborate:

Your only market would be tourists. Some random guy who walks past you every day to work will indulge his son who happens to be with him precisely once.

Tourists are usually not going to stand around for you to do this; they've got x number of days in which to do y things and whatever abused and commercialized historic site they're heading to closes at five. If you haven't noticed, most street caricaturists and artists have a lot more people just plop down money for an already-done thing of a movie star or whatever. People sitting down for them is much more rare.

Where does your girlfriend live? Some random place, or a major tourist city people actually visit? (Vienna, Innsbruck, Salzburg, etc.).

You're also going to be competing against other street artist types. The only time I purchased something off a street artist in Europe? In Innsbruck, actually, I saw a pretty good painting this guy had done of a place with personal significance to me there. What do you have to offer like that? Are you going to have a broad range of products or just some one-laugh shoops?
>> Anonymous
If OP is serious, i wish you good luck. Good man. Maybe gf could help translate? By the time she's too big to work you would have learnt enough to get by.
>> Anonymous
Scrap the photography idea. Start as a body builder instead, then get into acting, and then run for governor.
>> Anonymous
>>193377
No, the idea of sticking with his girlfriend and raising the kid is fine. People have been doing it for thousands of years, and if that's what he wants to do then good for him.

It's his idea of how to support them that's the problem.

OP: Does your lover have a job? How old are the two of you? What are you trained in?
>> Anonymous
>>193382

I thought the celebrity ones were just to give you an idea of the artists skill/abilities...
>> Anonymous
>>I was thinking maybe I could scrape together a living photographing ppl in the street, photoshoopin them so they look like zombies/princesses/whatnots and selling the pics,
>>them so they look like zombies/princesses/whatnots
>>zombies/princesses/whatnots

OH LOL >>>THEY SEE ME TROLLIN nice 10/10
>> Anonymous
You'll fare better flipping burgers at a McDonalds