John Allison's Ten Points About Making Money Online as a Creative

[elfs]

"The points below are what I’ve learned doing indie comics as a career. There's always room for art for art's sake, for hobbyism, but these are the lessons I’ve learned for those who want to escape that prevailing mood."John Allison: "A scene that celebrates itself has nothing to celebrate".

Three points that I want to highlight:

4. Forget what you learned at art school and read some business books

5. Making money from art is not vulgar

10. Being ambitious doesn't equate to being unpleasant

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Hrm, something for my eldest to read...

[pakraticus.livejournal.com]

She's a Junior in high school and already does requested works pretty well (I wanted a logo for a produce business, relatives and friends have wanted sketched portraits). But she absolutely refuses to believe she can make money doing art.