How to make money in illustration: My art income streams | 5 ways to make money as an artist

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Are you trying to get started in freelance illustration and wondering: how do professional artists ACTUALLY make money? In this video, I'm breaking down my art income streams! Find how to make money in illustrations with this updated list (because my art business has changed a LOT in 3 years!) These are currently my 5 ways to make money as an artist!

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[ArtBusinesswithNess]

Are any of the revenue streams I mentioned in the videos ones that you would like to try yourself? :) Which one?

[bettyszwagierczak]

Love the transparency on the earnings topic! Remember watching your old vid while working on my first published picture book. So nice to see the updated version :) Personally I'd love to try art licensing as well as getting more storyboarding gigs. I'm all over the place - I work full time as illustrator, do children's books and personal commissions on side, dabbled in 2d game art and character design.
Keep on posting and sharing! <3

[aby_creativejourney]

Awesome! Already some sales in spoonflower!! I'm on it as well since August, but I have a small account and I haven't seen sales so far, I'm 🤞 to see something in 2024! I know the ball takes some time to roll..

[barbi]

Art licencing is a good topic, and I have no idea how it works.

[mjpinkstone]

I love your videos! Thanks for the helpful information. I have questions about licensing: do you search out the opportunities on your own or do you go through an agent? If you find the opportunities, how do you negotiate the contracts? Also, how do you find jobs? A video on this would be great!! Thanks!

[heather]

Hello! I am a fellow Ottawa Valley artist. Thanks for the transparency about your art journey. I am a artist as well with a few different revenue streams but I would like to expand on some of them. I have sold some patterns but I would like to expand on this. I have always been curious about picture book illustrating but after you mentioned how time consuming and long the projects are, I wonder if I would enjoy that.

[HannahMorenDraws]

I've switched from pursuing art licensing to editorial illustration. I was having *no luck* with surface design and was getting really discouraged. I'd dropped so much cash on classes by industry professionals and just I dunno, maybe I don't make marketable work??? So I thought editorial would be a faster turnaround for money (for the reasons you mentioned) and I can keep trying to improve my portfolio. I
Basically, want to know more about how to make marketable work that doesn't feel like I'm selling my soul! And man, I started youtube too, and that shit is hard!

[MJoseLMejia]

Greetings, I just watched your video and I am interested in print on demand but I haven't had success on it. I set up my first shop over two years ago and and the only time I sold anything was July/August 2021. How can I attract more people to buy on my shop? Thank you.

[m.pravin]

Hi ness thanks for sharing these business videos occasionally. Its very helpful to know about various streams of income available for artists. I am pravin from India, and i am a hobby character design artist . I haven't made much from art less than 50$😢 so far. I really want to generate soon but still not sure where and how to find leads. Hope figure it out soon

[GraphicsStudio-pyml]

Which website or market best for sell artwork?

[blaurina_bran]

Hi, how many designs have you uploaded in Spoonflower? I have only a few in Patternbank, only sold one and its little money.

[PRIYA-mmgv]

Yeah! I sold my artworks as book illustrations, total 9 which earned me Rs. 4500