You will find out:
Is the artist usually poor?
Working for yourself, your own business.
Working at studios, publishing houses, and companies.
A secret list of names of famous wealthy artists known to you and counting their incomes should appear on this site, we'll joke around a bit and find out if it's all that bad?
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You only know 20% of the truth when you see another artist with 100,000 subscribers. They are rising stars and have already secured a place in the spotlight of the audience. We all fight for the attention of readers, so we need to create what interests them: situations from their lives, situations they would like to happen to them and their heroes, fan art of characters from top games or animation studios, bloggers everyone knows and loves, or you offer your style and your project, hoping that luck will favor it.
Is the artist usually poor?
With the advent of AI, it is no longer enough just to know how to draw, understand anatomy, perspective, and the theory of space to sell your services. You must draw at the level of a robot, otherwise, no one will hire you, especially in 5-8 years when AI will be everywhere. I often hear naive artists exclaim, "Oh no, they won't be able to sell paintings," "they won't be able to make all the client's edits." They will! Guys, they can. They already do it. I'm registered on LinkedIn and I see that they post every day.
Artists will become obsolete, like cassettes, CDs, and huge computer monitors, fewer people will actually learn to draw, not cheat, and this means one secret - the price of a real artist, on the contrary, will increase.
Historically, the work of artists has always been premium. Expensive leather tools, oil paints, solvents, brushes made of natural fibers, 10 years of training with a master. Only rich children of nobles and talented individuals could afford to become artists, not just anyone as now.
Therefore, the stereotype of the poor artist arose in the 20th century, when paper and paint became very affordable, and political turmoil did not give many artists, who had multiplied, steady work. This trend - the lack of steady work - persists even now.
So what to do?
Work for yourself and your own business.
Not everyone wants to appear on the Internet, sing, dance, and draw on the go, but this is reality without rose-colored glasses. Be ready for this now!
Who now is a devoted fan of television? Most of them are online. Now you don't have to finish film school to become a director; people want to watch the real lives of others. This trend will continue.
If you don't like people, their interests, if you are extremely strange and withdrawn, you will still find your audience, but don't forget to invest in yourself as an image and pay from $1000 for advertising.
So how much do artists earn?
Working at studios, publishing houses, and companies.
Freelancing is peanuts, $10-20 per illustration from some weird guy who thinks that spending 3 cents on you with maximum claims, he will earn a couple of million a month without doing anything.
Expand your brand, increase sales, and you will earn $4000-7000 a month.
If you successfully build your brand and have a product interesting to the audience, you can earn $10,000-50,000 a month.
Studios and companies hire project-based and pay $800-10,000 a month.
So who is an artist, guys? This is a seller of their art. It doesn't matter if you draw correctly! Even the story in your illustration doesn't matter. The main thing is the image, emotions, dynamics, style - your lifestyle. If you need to work in a studio, studio rules matter.
Stay tuned.