Pere

Hello everyone! I'm an artist currently in the second year of a Fine Arts degree. I've been working on my craft daily for around 3 years now, and people reactions makes me think that I've reached a level where I could start making money from my art. That would be a great thing, since I would be able to help my parents out paying my degree and also invest more on my education. What makes me think this is that I've already reached frontpage on two subreddits with two of my artworks, getting around 30.000 views, but any of those end up becoming followers nor potential customers. I'm also giving out advice on forums to people starting out, and posting daily on social media, but nothing happens. So I'd really appreciate if anyone can help me out or link me to any resources about personal branding, social media marketing or anything that can guide me. I could teach begginers, sell prints, do some comissions... ( I've already done some of the last ones, but 100$ for 30 hours of work isn't a good deal I believe). Also, any ideas are highly appreciated, I'm really lost in this topic and I really want to learn and am curious about it! I don't know If it's ok to link my portfolio or some of my pieces, so if anyone wants to see my work just tell me!

Thank you YM, but I didn't clarify it well. I'm moving towards a kind of Fine Artsy illustrator, rather than a contemporary gallery artist. So the galleries aren't my thing now, maybe in the future but for now as I see it, there's no place for my work in any local gallery.

Thank you Leo, I'll just keep at it then! All what you said makes perfect sense, I wasn't thinking on the WOW factor that much. I think there are many ways to develope this, being smart or incredibly skilled would be two examples I guess. It's inspiring to see how many things I still have to learn!

Hello, a fellow aspiring artist here, studying a Fine Arts degree! I think I understand you, since I've been on your same place. There are a lot of artists around who just tell this lies on interviews in order to get others to admire them. A LOT of artists do this, "mangaka", some digital illustrators, and some of the most well-known artists of the history. If you really enjoy doing art, and want to make a living out of it, you should be able to be practicing around 4 hours a day. That's what I've done, and if you practice in a smart way you will improve in no time. Also, this days, if you are a good comunicator and sales-man you can make money from your art without being a master in your craft. Hope it helps!