Answering Your Creative Business Questions On Getting Started & Overcoming Doubts ~ Artist Q&A ✨

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00:00 Hello!
00:34 1 - How to get started
01:57 2 - Which artworks to sell
03:04 3 - Audience engagement
04:26 4 - Is KZbin worth it
05:43 5 - Growing on Patreon
06:37 6 - How to find clients
09:20 7 - Choosing a niche
10:26 8 - Website advice
11:41 9 - Organising digital art files
13:45 10 - Injuries and burnout
15:01 11 - Doubts and fears
16:41 12 - Preparing for a shop launch
18:30 13 - The right time to get started

[@MimimooIllustration]

I hope I was able to answer some of your questions, and if you noticed that my voice is a bit different it's because I was sick a few weeks ago and my voice is still recovering (but I am much much better)! And don't forget, you can enjoy a whole month of Skillshare classes because the first 500 people to use my link will get a 1 month free trial 🎉💖 skl.sh/mimimooillustration06241 💖 See my description for some class recommendations!

[@ArtingFromScratch]

Your videos are so helpful. Thanks for doing what you do

[@makeartalive]

Hope you will get better soon, thank a lot for trying to create meanful videos for us even your health condition❤

[@HannahMorenDraws]

Hey! There's me! Thanks for including my question in the video! It's been a struggle with youtube because it's not even the financial "pay off" but the lack of engagement sometimes ㅠㅠ I really appreciate your insight and will try your approach :) P.S. nice dog close ups :)

[@MimimooIllustration]

I know what you mean, it's so hard to not feel discouraged when engagement is low! My channel has been getting less engagement for a while now, and it's difficult to know whether I need to change something or if that's just the ebb and flow of things. I try and focus less on the numbers and more on the individual people who I can help, although it's sometimes easier said than done!

[@HannahMorenDraws]

@@MimimooIllustration thank you for your reply! I know you're right - but I think for my channel since it is in such the early stages and it's not super "educational," I wonder if *I am* bringing any value to anyone - so I am always wondering if I should hard pivot. I've enjoyed your videos for years! It's been great to see your success. From my pov since I'm interested in travel and the freedom of your kind of life - I would of course love to see more behind the scenes & your travels. But I am only one person in your large audience!

[@asydorko]

@@MimimooIllustration know you are doing a great job ❤ I can’t talk for all audience, but if you have such thoughts, I can at least share my personal experience on why I don’t watch every video lately (but still love this channel a lot). I am in illustration for years, doing it part time. Many of your teaching videos were useful to me too. But mainly I am here for your personal story. It is interesting and inspiring to see how you are growing your illustration career from zero, how you experiment and build a life around your dream. Not so many art channels take their viewer on the journey with them and with such high quality of production. So I get back to this channel to check updates regularly and if videos are vlogs or share business insights, I watch them for granted. if they are „teaching type” - depends if they happen to cover the topics I need. I think the part of audience that is in illustration for longer and loves this channel for vlogs like me might skip some videos for same reasons. Not because something is wrong with them, just because we are not the target audience for some video types.❤

[@LuciaArtWorld]

This is so helpful! Thank you for the amazing advice ♥️ and the illustration is adorable 😍

[@reenatorsart]

Your videos are super helpful and chill I love watching them! ❤

[@ilkaschulze644]

Thanks for all the helpful information in the video! It's great to hear you are recovering!

[@randomsquirrelarts]

This was very helpful, I learned some new things that I can put into practice! Thank you for sharing, Mimi! ❤

[@Evilfairy188]

Thank you so much! This was really helpful. I love your videos, btw!

[@thatweirdkid047]

This was super helpful and I've realized I do really need to grow my art skills and experimenting. Thank you❤

[@BiancaArtsPlanning]

Very informative and cute video, Thank you 💙

[@ChantelleArts]

hope you feel better soon! this is super helpful 🥰

[@MimimooIllustration]

Aw thank you! I'm doing much better now 🥰

[@jaspalette]

Thank you❤

[@twiththea5391]

This is a reminder for everybody here who has signed up for skillshare to cancel their membership. Don't be like me who checked it out and forgot about it. They are so annoying when it comes to refunds.

[@ItsVesperArt]

I always appreciate that when you give advice, you're down to earth and honest about what we should expect. Seeing people making crazy amounts of orders and selling hundreds of items is a bit demotivating sometimes, because it makes you feel like you have no chance of reaching that level. I'm watching your video while I work on my first clay keychains! I can't wait to open my shop, but yeah, I expect it to be quite slow for a while. I'm just trying to figure out which platform to go with. Shopify seems to be the most popular, but in CAD, it's quite expensive, so I feel like it won't even pay for itself for a few months. hehe. However, I'm pretty turned off from Etsy these days - it doesn't seem to be friendly to handmade sellers anymore, and so many people seem to lose their shops or their money - so it seems risky as well. I have more thinking to do, for sure. For now, I'll just work on creating a selection of products, and go from there, I suppose. :)

[@MimimooIllustration]

That's so exciting that you're starting a shop! You're right, it's tricky to know which platform to go with, and they'll likely all have pros and cons. You can always start on the lowest cost option as a trial run to test your products out and then once you know you have customers you could move across to something like Shopify

[@Kay0.3]

Just so you know there is something called Shopify Starter when you are using the free trial period only. It appears to be $5 a month but do your own research... i just found out about it myself 😊

[@asydorko]

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[@WedgyBlue]

I want to start a business or growing audience in Cara, unfortunately it is difficult for me as cartoon artist. The art are mostly Anime or Semi-realism art, which I am really drowning. I hope Cara give opportunity for fellow tiny artists, like me.

[@AvijitSarker-yy9sj]

Hello ma'am I recently purchase your brushes from etsy but it got canceled I don't know why is there any other way to purchase your brushes?

[@MimimooIllustration]

Hi, I've just messaged you on Etsy 😊

[@AvijitSarker-yy9sj]

@@MimimooIllustration Thank you ma'am for replying, I don't know why etsy not approved my payment processing. Is there any other way to purchase brush pack?

[@mari43862]

Thank you so much for sharing, Mimi 🥰🫶 I’m happy you feel better ❤