Long gone are the days of the starving artist. There are several ways that you can make money with your art online as well as off. Most often times-no offence, you don't really have to be that good with your art. Let's take a look at the best ways for an artist to earn money.
Selling Photos
There are many places online that will let you submit photos for customers to buy. My pick for the best website is listed at the end of this article.
Clip Art
Believe it or not, you can make money giving away clip art for free. You can make your own clip art, or find public domain clip art. After you have at least one hundred images, find appropriate affiliate programs, publishers Ad programs(Adsense), PPL's and PPC's(Pay-per-lead and pay-per-click) and place those on your website and you can start promoting them. You can easily find pay-per-click and pay-per-lead programs on sites like Commission Junction and Clixsgalore.
Arts & Crafts Fair
You can set up a both and sell your own artwork at your local arts and crafts fair. Another idea would be to set up a booth at your local fairground.
Art Licensing
You can lease your artwork, copyrighted or trademarked under contract. It's like licensing your music, or a board game. You agree upon the royalty rate or fee for a certain amount of time. Artwork on t-shirts would be 8-10%, on posters 7-10%. Your income from licensing depends on how many units are sold and, and just where you art is sold from. When entering a contract, never, ever sell your copyright, give away your reproduction rights, sublicensing your art without your approval and signature and own your original under the licensing agreement.
Art Rentals
If you have art pieces that you don't want to sell outright, you can rent them to restaurants, corporations, photo shoots, etc. If you had 20 pieces of art and rented them for $20 a month, you'd make $400 a month!
Illustration And Graphic Design
You can get paid to place your art on album covers, book covers, comic books, comic strips. Just look in the Artist's &Graphic Designer's Market. There are 2, 500 places to sell your art.
Art Galleries
Don't just think local-think global. The Artist's & Graphic Designer's Market includes art galleries also. There are also many free art galleries online to upload your art. Some help you sell, others don't, so you'll have to decide what you want by surfing the internet. Don't let anyone tell you that you can never make money selling art, there's plenty of ways for money to be made, all you need is the information. | | Author Info: Denise is a musician, writer and artist who makes an income online. For more information about selling your artwork, go to http://www.linkbrander.com/go/49309 |
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