Professional Artist looking for IM Advice

Maybe create a ClickBank product teaching people how to draw?

Thanks mikelmraz good idea

Horny Devil - thanks so much. I'm trying to avoid pet portraits as it just doesn't interest me that much. That being said, I also like to make money from my art so... maybe I will give it more consideration!

Yes youtube is where it's at. I guess I'm hoping to come up with some unique idea for art educational videos that isn't currently being done much. Maybe the whole business of art-marketing online... how to promote using social media and search. Hmm... I could whiteboard that. Thanks again!

Hi Art, well I could do better on Pinterest. Meaning be a bit more active... thanks for that. I do some figure drawing too but it's not something I've pushed much either. Thanks for your feedback I appreciate it!

Have you considered using a tablet and stylus to create digital work and how are you at using tools to create art work?

If you are an artist, then why don't you move to web design ( if you are familiar with photoshop, even if you are not still you can ). I am a developer as well as an internet marketer, but I never advertise myself anywhere as an internet marketer, coz I think thats not the right way to do business. If people are interested in my products, they will buy it from me, if not, then they will not.

However, if you move to web design, then you will do good since web design needs "creativity" and not softwares. If you have that creativity inside you, you can try to give a shot at it. I have worked for several web agencies in the past, and from my experience, I have seen that it is very difficult to find a good designer.

It won't generate a passive income, but am sure the work would be exciting and will make your wallet fat.

Okay I will just brainstorm ideas for you...

Create a product on how to draw portraits.
Create a Youtube channel and upload some tutorials every now and then with a link back to your website.
Write tutorials on your website.
Create a Facebook page and encourage people to share it on Facebook.
Join online art communities and interact with the members.
Share your drawings on popular image database websites.

Etc.

Thanks everyone for your input. I'm mostly looking right now to start pushing some passive income streams. I am making a little bit of adsense and amazon money with some art sites but I think creating some tutorial products such as ebooks and videos will be the way to go.

You could start a blog, sharing tips and tricks on how to perfect the path to becoming an artist.

Of course don't think $$$ right away, instead make the blog free, with quality articles and keep it up to date so it becomes a daily read for people.

Give something away, in exchange for someone's email address (Ie Enter to Win a Snazzy Set of Paint Brushes just leave your email) put a deadline on this prize give-away

and then collect the emails, to build a list, and do it all over again every 2-3 months.

Once you have a list, you can send out "HOT TIPS for my most favorite readers" or something every week

in it, you could technically make a list of materials or whatever u used in your painting, or tutorial, etc and then these materials you could sell through amazon, or through an online whitelabelled store.. etc to make passive money

thats just a start, from what i've been reading having a mailing list, and subscribers that TRUST IN YOU is the best way to sell stuff,

cheers
-Attila

Hi, Eric

Make a book for children and sell it via Clickbank or Amazon. Something like How to draw
animals. But don't be serious. Children like funny pictures.

The video ideas would be good. You could also set up a store with art products and supplies from dropshippers.

I think the term passive is dangerous, and maybe even falsified.

In order to make any decent money, you'll need to be either ...

1. Selling services
2. Selling products
3. Both

Here's some advice I gave to SurrealPSD just recently.

1. Create a library of info-products (training) based around your subject matter
2. Support those products with a recurring membership. Buyers usually always need help/have additional questions.
3. Continue to offer services. Tie in some high end stuff in there as well
4. Sell products or services that are complementary to that of which you are already offering.

The first thing that struck me about your site is the lack of content. You're working in a highly visual field. Start capitalizing on that through illustrations, videos etc.

PS. Look at what the leaders are doing in your space. Gather it all up and replicate.

Oh and don't just do something for the money.

There's no better way to kill a hobby like drawing by chasing cash. You gotta enjoy it, otherwise it will just become a job.

remember that you art is your product, treat it that way. Just like any product your success will depend not on how well you draw, but how well you're able to sell your product.

Make sure you charge good money, so you don't have to draw all day everyday to make a living.

11811,

It seems to me you're like many of the creative types (certainly not a negative label) that come here looking for an outlet to make money from their talent. They focus on what they want to create and try to figure out how to market it online.

Maybe a slightly different approach would help you. If I were in your shoes, I would spend some time doing research online to find out what types of products/services are being requested that an artist (such as yourself) could best deliver with special visual flair.

There is supply and demand in every market. Often internet marketers start out from the supply side. They have a product or service in mind they want to offer but often there is not a lot of demand for it.

I'm saying, why don't you focus your approach on first researching the demand side of the art market. See if you can find one or more niches where there is current demand but where the supply side is weak or non-existent.

I wouldn't limit my searching to traditional art niches. I would include any niche where visual display was important. Web sites are an obvious subject where visual display is important. Maybe research publishing as magazines and books are concerned about illustrations. Advertising is another arena where visuals are critical. I hope you see what I'm trying to say.

If you find a niche where there is demand, but it's not something you want to do (to add supply to meet the demand) . . . that's fine, just move on.

But I'm betting with your creativity, you can come up with some niches that you could be happy in and provide a profitable outlet for your talent.

I wouldn't worry about YouTube or any other "vehicle" of expression just yet. That's a whole different question that can be addressed down the road.

Find a hungry market with discretionary income and rabid fans and you'll have a head start on 99% of all the other artists wanting to make money online.

The best to you,

Steve

P.S. You can do lots of research online by developing a targeted list of keywords that people would use when they are querying the search engines looking for different kinds of artwork on which they would spend money.