Trash Lord

Where do they come from. What do

they hope to achieve.

you all say: I love you I

love you I love you.

I broke out of this mindset, though after I started helping a working artist. She had been an artist for over 40 years and started at a young age, and her main source of income? Doing local craft and garden shows. She had owned a gallery, done gallery work, done charity work, and now mainly works in using upcycled materials to create all sorts of products.

I used to think that my only options as an artist were to become popular enough that people would commission me or just give me money via patreon, but that's not the case. You can sell at craft fairs and conventions, you can provide a specific service, you can create assets and asset packs people can pay for, and you can create all sorts of physical or digital products to sell... and that's just the tip of the iceberg!

If you are constantly turning art into a numbers game to see how you can make enough money by posting the right™ stuff online at the right time, you're only going to make yourself miserable.

The best way to make a living off your art has NOTHING to do with popularity, getting lots of engagement online, or besting an algorithm, it's all networking. It's all about finding the right people who want what you make. If all you focus on is your follower count and post engagement, you're just going to end up hating art.

It doesn't matter the amount of people who follow you on this site it just doesn't MATTER. You could spend a little over A DECADE trying to build a following on here. It just doesn't matter!

I have well over 100 follower here I usually see just like...one or two of em like my posts!

Just...Just don't CARE about your follower count okay? Just make silly or insightful posts. somebody follows you? Cool! Probably won't see them in your notes much and that should be fine with you.