Making Money as an Artist - DraftsmenS1E17

Time to make those dolla’ dolla’ bills fly yo! Marshall and I talk about various ways artists make money such as freelancing, getting a job, and starting your own business. We also dive into our own stories about how we made money and answer a voicemail question about taking commissions. And Kim Jung Gi drew an unflattering portrait of Stan.
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[@ProkoTV]

What are some unusual ways you’ve made money?

[@Argail8137]

Kids listen to them carefully.....YOUR COMPANY HAVE ZERO LOYALTY TOWARDS YOU....remember that

[@lionheart1019]

I'm a FedEx guy, fulltime and I do art on my free time. I haven't started as a freelancer yet. It works for me on average I spend about 3hrs every other day on studying, learning, and creating.

[@shoeengine1161]

guy who claims to be an artist doesn't want to make money as an artist and instead monetizes artists who want to monetize their art. buncha artists taking advice on selling their art by someone who doesnt even want to sell his art. ethical?

[@saflool]

I used to work for a painter, I would create entire paintings in his style and he would just come and sign them and sell for hundreds even thousands of dollars.. and pay me minimum lol I was very young and just happy to paint for money.

[@johnstratis2597]

Do what I did; become a plastic surgeon and make the human body your canvas, oh and you can then afford to do the other art stuff you like!

[@jrg7951]

Get really good at anything and someone is going to pay for it

[@jamesgriffin5916]

Wellll...I cant say enough how much you inspire me Proko! I'm an artist but unfortunately suffer from a seizure condition and extreme anxiety, panic attack disorder and depression, but creating art, watching ur content and learning about things from you and creating art after being inspired by you help a lot. If I'm having a bad day with anxiety or a seizure, I sit back and watch content or hop into a piece I'd be working on and it helps calm me down and even prevent panic attacks and seizures!!!! So from me to you Proko, THANK YOU!

[@TheLightFantasticArt]

Doing fan art is more akin to being a classical musician than being in a cover band. A cover band has to sound as much as possible like the original artist whereas when you do fan art you can add your own flavor and do stuff your own way as long as the characters are identifiable and people like what you do.

[@petitio_principii]

Just to be clear, he's discounting art courses in "I don't want to make money with art," meaning, that's his main business, that he considers separately from "art," or is it just like a side gig that ends up making some money? Not that's any of my business, I just assumed this channel/art teaching was his main thing. Which I'd still put under "making money with art," but at the same time I can understand the distinction from that meaning "making money with one's own art pieces [that are not instructional material]."

[@OliVeeTV]

After I took my first 15,000 pictures I still didn’t consider myself a professional photographer -one day in NYC, I was taking random street photography and an interior designer who saw me, employed me to photograph the inside of a multi-million dollar Townhouse in Manhattan...

[@jonathanwiltshire7199]

"I am interested in art as a means of living a life; not as a means of making a living."

[@VisiColors]

"He drew me as a rotting corpse"

[@josiahh.3437]

I could listen to Marshall tell stories for hours. Super interesting and I live hearing his perspective on things, especially regarding art history.

[@d1i9n2a2]

I did graphic design for 7 years and I can attest to Marshall's statement. Graphic design drained me of any creativity I had and I barely created artwork in those 7 years. I now have a dayjob and it makes painting on my free time much more manageable. I am now able to develop my artistic skills and produce much more art.

[@kehkeh92821]

I love the way Marshall talks- the dude belongs on TV. Such a friendly but matter of fact way of speaking. Seems enthusiastic and honest

[@marcoursi6062]

12 minutes into it and I must say Stan is right....Make money as a businessman and practice your art as a pleasure because you have enough passive income to do what the hell you like...good on you!!

[@chungusmychungus]

As a freelance artist I cannot give this enough praise. This is so accurate on so many levels.

[@ladidadida0]

I nearly knocked myself out at around 15min when Marshall starts talking about being a graphic designer in front of the screen all the time and not being motivated to do digital painting on the side afterwards! That is exactly my situation LOL Many people think graphic designers do what they love because it's a "creative" job but it's not the same as drawing/painting/illustration etc. It is using your creativity for a totally commercial purpose which is to sell a product/service where design decisions involve more facts and figures research than personal aesthetics or "style". I loved how you touched on that often misunderstood aspect of graphic design.

[@ApacheJay156]

Been drawing anime waifus on patreon for 2 years now. Made a respectable amount of money at it, (though not as much as some of my peers which bothers me, but it's more than I had before) for doing something I'd be doing anyway.