How To Make Money As An Artist (And How Much I Make!)

How To Make Money As An Artist (And How Much I Make!) - Art Business Ideas

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Now that I'm able to work full-time as an artist I thought it'd be nice to share some ideas with you for how you can also make money from your art because I know a lot of you have dreams to have your own art business!
I also share for each of these income streams how much money I've made from them over the last 6 months to give you a realistic insight into my business as it is at the moment.
The lovely accounts that I mention or show in this video:
Katnipp Illustrations: www.etsy.com/au/shop/katnippi...
Roche Woodworth Illustration: www.etsy.com/shop/RocheWoodworth
Jel Arts: / jelarts
Fran Meneses: / frannerd
Kurzgesagt: / kurzgesagt
The Daily Christine: / thedailychristine
OchMonika: / och_monika
Ahyas Artroom: / ahyasartroom
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🥰 PATREON
Join me on Patreon for updates, downloadable goodies and drawing tutorials: / mimimooillustration
🎨 ETSY
Find some digital illustration goodies over on my Etsy shop!
www.etsy.com/au/shop/MimimooI...
🌷 PRINTABLE PROMPT LIST 🌷
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When you're stuck for something to draw you can download my prompt list for free or if you'd like to support me you have the option to pay what you like for it ♥
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PINTEREST:
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INSTAGRAM
You can see more of my illustrations over on Instagram where I post drawings three times a week:
/ mimimoo_illustration
WEBSITE
And for my blog on drawing and creativity tips be sure to check out my website: www.mimimooillustration.com
♥︎
WHAT I'M USING FOR ART:
Laptop: Microsoft Surfacebook 3
Stylus: Surface Pen amzn.to/3xfVd1E
Software: Adobe Photoshop
Brushes: 'Natural Feel' from Kyle T Webster's Megapack www.adobe.com/au/products/pho...
FOR FILMING:
Sony A7iii: amzn.to/3ga0y4C
Tamron 24mm f/2.8: amzn.to/2TONZD4
Tamron 28-200mm F/2.8-5.6: amzn.to/3vgItGm
Manfrotto 190x Tripod amzn.to/3xzEOFv
Zoom h5 Audio Recorder: amzn.to/35dUKRe
Elgato Key Light amzn.to/3xyVoW8
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Some of the links provided in this description are affiliate links
A big thank you to my partner for filming and editing this video!
00:00 Hello!
00:57 1 - Commissions
02:30 2 - Patreon
04:10 3 - Products
06:17 4 - Content Creating
07:42 5 - Licensing
09:09 6 Month Income
#artbusiness #smallbusinessideas

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@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Are you currently selling you art in any of these ways, or do you have any different ideas that I haven't listed here? I'd love to know your story! ❤

@hanifreka Жыл бұрын

i want to know which art style make money the most? i like your style of drawing.

@angelahiggins8945 2 жыл бұрын

*"The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago and the next best time is now"* I consider this to be best motivational quote I've heard in a very long time. But motivational quotes are useless if you don't practice what you preach*

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely such a great quote!

@suzanne7285 2 жыл бұрын

@Tuberville Geurink I invest with a professional called Mr. Charles Schwab by a crypto company that trades for us and returns profits on weekly basis for me and you can invest your capital and get weekly Returns of investment (ROI) without any extra fees attached

@sherrydubay7386 2 жыл бұрын

Please how do I start trading with Mr. Charles Schwab?

@fedrickjames6743 2 жыл бұрын

I'm happy to see Mr. Charles R Schwab mentioned here, my spouse recommended him to Me after investing $4000 and he has really helped us financially in times of COVID -19 lockdown here in Australia.

@sherrydubay7386 2 жыл бұрын

@Lisa I'll contact him and start my trade with him.

@anujapangaonkar7410 2 жыл бұрын

‘Making money from your art videos’ have really encouraged me to put my work out there and create more because it’s leading up to something positive. Thank you so much for all your information. Hope your channel grows a lot more.

@heavyheartedd 2 жыл бұрын

Love your transparency! So valuable and helpful

@TheMuzikluver12345 Жыл бұрын

I love that you give us a time frame for everything because it gives us an idea of what to expect when you're first starting out! Kinda makes the process feel a little less discouraging.

@25esimpson Жыл бұрын

Great video! You are inspiring. To the comments section: don't sleep on print on demand! I'm primarily a graphic designer but make $50-$100 per month from work I created several years ago that still sell well, and I haven't been actively uploading new designs for 2 years or so. It's a legit way to earn passive income as a designer or artist, and can be scaled if you put in the effort.

@girlishville 2 жыл бұрын

Your video was an answer to a specific prayer of mine. I didn't learn anything new but your pragmatic and reassuring manner let me know that I could do this; and that's a big deal. Thank you so much

@belindahugheslifestyle 2 жыл бұрын

This.

@shiho_makes_art9463 2 жыл бұрын

This is so helpful Mimi! Thank you so much for another great video!

@itsdaksha 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for giving real numbers. Honestly, I'm doing almost all the mentioned things, i license, have POD site, do commissions, and just started a youtube channel. It's taken a good amount of time for me to reach here and I'd love to scale higher, just like you are! Thanks for sharing these tips Mimi!

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Oh that's awesome you already have a lot of things set up! It can definitely take a little while to scale but the good thing about the internet and building an audience is that it can snowball over time ❤

@Chillmaisha 2 жыл бұрын

By far THE BEST video for artists wanting to make money from their art! THANK YOU!

@chozincreations 2 жыл бұрын

I love how you are so open about this. Thank you dear 🥰

@paolabueso 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent work! Your KZfaq videos, social media presence, products and creative work look so professional. It’s clear that you and your partner (I think I read somewhere that he helps you with some tasks like editing) have put a ton of time and effort into creating this and it shows, the quality of the work speaks for itself. I appreciate your transparency throughout this process so much as well. Thank you for sharing this! ❤️🙌🙌🙌

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Aw thanks so much, Paola!

@HarmonyHardin 2 жыл бұрын

Just wanted to thank you for this great video, so transparent and engaging to watch.

@checkyart 4 ай бұрын

I usually don't comment on other's videos, but I have to say that I absolutely love you artstyle, the passion and the dedication you put in editing and creating these quality videos, also the way you explain everything is soo clear. So, really, thank you so much, as an artist this is super helpful and inspiring!

@LucidKoala 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this really informative video! It’s really cool that you have managed to diversify into different streams like this. I’m still waiting on that first kick to start making money but it is tough when you are struggling with a few hundred followers and noone sees what you post 😅

@mardiellendesigns4298 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, it's so encouraging seeing another artist make money. I'd love to see a video on how you go about pricing for commissions, I find it one of the hardest parts and have been putting off doing them because I just don't know where to start! Especially if it's a digital file which they can use over and over again, so do you charge more for that? I do ink drawings which I then make digital so its quite a bit of work involved. Anyway, just thought that'd be an interesting topic to explore 😊 Mardi. Xx

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Yes it's definitely tricky to know where to start with pricing! You don't want to undercharge but you also don't want to overcharge, I'll definitely add it to my list to make a video about!

@BrybryCreations 2 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for making videos like this, they're literally so helpful and honestly its taking a that huge looming fear of quitting that 9-5 to become a full time artist and just wiping it away , hopefully soon i can take the leap and in the mean time i am just learning so so much so thankyou for these tips!!! i love your art and your videos so much!!

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you found it helpful! I actually think I'll be doing a video soon about quitting a 9-5 job to become an artist full-time so I can share some tips about it 😊

@byJilooo 2 жыл бұрын

I really love your art, and you deserve all those achievements, every content you provide is always useful and rich in knowledge. I learned a lot from you (sincerely).. also your illustrations are so nice and dynamic!!

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Aw that's so kind of you to say - thank you! ❤

@DEJABOO71 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing! This is a great help!

@endahayu1407 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you mimiii for beautiful and super informative video🧡🌼

@thecraftycreme 2 жыл бұрын

this was so helpful! thank you so much for sharing your experiences with us!

@bettyszwagierczak4062 2 жыл бұрын

Love how honest you're with your journey and money made. It gives better idea of what works and how much efford it requires! As for myself - been working on commissions for few years now but trying to slowly build extra income streams - Etsy and possibly YT (just need more courage to film and edit!).

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Oh wonderful, I just watched your latest video and your art is so lovely, definitely keep it up! 😊

@katrinemery1571 Жыл бұрын

Love this video, Mimi! I make a lot of art and I sell physical products. I would rate it a good 4 or 5 difficulty because of manufacuring and shipping! I also don't drive so I find shipping difficult, especially when I have sales and get lots of orders (which I am grateful for!!)

@mouseich9576 2 жыл бұрын

Beautiful presentation and great content!

@Wylfi 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Mimi for inspiration 🥰

@Slomozau Жыл бұрын

Your videos are so helpful. I’ll start my business with less fear💗

@connected6098 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for always motivating 😊

@LizLocksley 2 жыл бұрын

gosh, i love every video you make.

@kathakreiert 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your transparency 🤗🙏

@artyce 2 жыл бұрын

You never fail to keep us motivated and inspired at the same time through your vlogs! Thank you so much! your channel is a blessing indeed! 🥰😍

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Naw that's so sweet of you, I really appreciate it!

@artbyvica Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing, it was really useful for me!

@mayedits8131 2 жыл бұрын

Hello Mimi! Thankyou for the tips❤iv been wanting to do something like this for a long time 😔

@glimpses15 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks. This is really helpful 🧡

@AyuArtwork 2 жыл бұрын

This is very helpful, especially for me who is starting an art business 🙏💓

@ArtBubble 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you soo much for sharing!!! I'm planning to open my shop this year ( one of my art goals) and right now I'm currently working on building my audience on both youtube and Instagram.

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Ooh so exciting! Hope it goes well! ❤

@merakilous 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much again for the advice! 🍄⭐️

@famifaart3394 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this video, i like your art style

@jesshd27 Жыл бұрын

very useful! thank you so much for this video :)

@alfredmanzano680 Жыл бұрын

Appreciate the knowledge 🙏🏽

@VitasArtworks 2 жыл бұрын

thanks for sharing ^_^ i think an important tipp for all who want to make art as their carrier. also draw and paint when you don't sell things or have commissions. show your art to the world ^_^

@BooStudio 2 жыл бұрын

Great content! Thank you)

@littleravendesigns5587 2 жыл бұрын

This is great advice and I appreciate the difficulty rating

@manjushajadhav1868 2 жыл бұрын

Really helpful thank you.

@rochewoodworthillustration 2 жыл бұрын

I was like “😃😃whaaaat!!” when my etsy store popped up unexpectedly haha. Thanks for the shoutout there, love your videos!

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Oh yay I'm glad you saw it! You have a lovely digital store 😊❤

@NedaDraws 2 жыл бұрын

Great video! 😊🙏

@belindahugheslifestyle 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing your honest experiences and encouragement, Mimi. I've taught art in person when I had a gallery membership years ago, but would like to know more about teaching online and offering courses and tutorials. Bright blessings.

@SketcherAmitSharma 2 жыл бұрын

Best of luck... I wish u earn more nd more💐

@lordemiley Жыл бұрын

awesome video!

@idle_NPC 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you this is very helpful.. Im just starting out and hoping to earn as an artist

@lelittleelephant Жыл бұрын

exhibitions, workshops and art galleries as well good to get income

@pamelaann6326 Жыл бұрын

Love your ideas. I’m very curious which program you use for creating your digital art.

@gabrielanavarro6512 2 жыл бұрын

I love this type of videos! Your content is really helpful, thank you! I'm a fan!

@MariJadeWrites 2 жыл бұрын

I am growing my KZfaq, not monetized yet and published four coloring books for girls :) Since I don't have a large following, I made only a few sales, but it's a good start. I also did some commissions before, but currently have no clients. Good luck, everyone :)

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Oh that's amazing! So cool that you've made sales on your colouring books, no doubt as your audience grows so will your sales 😊❤

@MariJadeWrites 2 жыл бұрын

@@MimimooIllustration Thank you, hopefully it'll grow :D

@galuhdharmawijaya Жыл бұрын

I remember you mentioned about researching market (but i forget on which video 😄)...can you teach us how, where and what tools to do market research...? 🙂 thank you Mimi...

@artesdalilih 2 жыл бұрын

Obrigada!

@Gtothej5 2 жыл бұрын

I currently only make videos of my art. I am now looking into alternatives.

@belindaburns201 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all your awesome videos! I love your art! Are you actually making the wizard duck 👕 I need it it my life!!!

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

I'd really like to! I'm looking into it at the moment!

@ItsJgood Жыл бұрын

I got a side hussle related to art which i made animations and i got paid per project 😁 hopefully i can make my own channel and hire some people to work for me

@user-fs8kj4hh8m 2 жыл бұрын

Hey Mimi, I LOVE ur content, ur videos are amazing! and ur art work is absolutely gorgeous - wanted to ask you about licencing specificly. Do you know how to work wuth agencies or how do you start approaching companies? thanks alot!

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Hello! I haven't worked with an agency before, and at the moment am putting together a list of companies that license artwork and may be accepting artist submissions, then I'll make a pitch/catalogue of my art to send them. I'm learning as I go so once I've done it myself I'll share a video about whether it worked or not 😅

@user-fs8kj4hh8m 2 жыл бұрын

@@MimimooIllustration cool! cant wait to see that video, just another small question. How do you know what companies license artwork?

@Hanamelody Жыл бұрын

hello I am your subscriber hana ~~~:) and illustrator also in Korea. I have a questian!! what do you using for your digital drawing when you using pen tablet on the computer monitor? what tools or computer do you using??? :) I just using I pad for digital illustration :

@Rebecca-qg8pb Жыл бұрын

The commission part is scary, what if the customers don't like it. What if they are mean. How do I deal with the paranoia and perfectionalism.

@LanaABA Жыл бұрын

I am curious about earning money with other styles of art - fantasy illustrations & watercolour digital paintings. I understand who can potentially order a commission art in a cute cartoony style of their friend or pet but I’m not sure people would pay for digital copies of fantasy characters or scans of a sketchbook. What are your thoughts on this?

@masabordbar 2 жыл бұрын

I'm just a beginner at 3D modeling. In fact, using 3D modeling in animations isn't very popular in my country! So I have to find a way for making money by modeling from other countries. Do you have any point for me? Darling Your video helped me. I'm not an English speaker and I'm learning English and the Korean language. Understanding your video wasn't easy for me but I'm practicing it. I'm motivated now ^^

@hanifreka Жыл бұрын

how to choose which style drawing i need to stick into it?

@Me-mw5zx 2 жыл бұрын

Or making stickers!

@fuzzydragons 2 жыл бұрын

i've been thinking of offering commissions again, but maybe only a few at a time so i dont get overwhelmed

@after.moonrise 2 жыл бұрын

OMG you said $1500 wasn't a lot, but I was like "wow! So much money!" haha, I hate being poor!!!!

@stonewick0073 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a small artist and i still haven't been able to figure out a income source after years of trying... Tho wt you say sounds easy but truly hard.. thanks for the info tho! 🙏

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

It certainly sounds a lot easier when it's all summed up in a list like this! You're right though, the reality is quite hard and lots of work to get these income streams up and running. Hope you have more success with yours in the future 😊

@jenna_n_goodwell_art Жыл бұрын

I'm in the same boat. It's way harder than many artists make it sound. Especially the time it all takes next to the job you have to pay for your living. Secretly you need quite some luck and privilege to start your business.

@ghostie-spook 2 жыл бұрын

For the likes of selling digital on Etsy, do you use a website to get photos like say your mobile wallpapers displayed on a phone screen?

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I usually buy digital mockups from Creative Market, but occasionaly I'll take my own photos as mockups if I want something really particular 😊

@rimuruslime23 2 жыл бұрын

Have you shared which app and brushes you use?

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

In my video descriptions 😊 I use Photoshop (and sometimes Procreate) and am mostly using the 'natural feel' brush from Kyle's Paintbox through Adobe

@chethperera1611 Жыл бұрын

please please how to editing your aesthetic video ❤❤ what The app name please 😢

@undadibigmangotree 2 жыл бұрын

I have a question. Art-related companies seem like they don't always like to pay content creators. I have seen countless videos of artists saying they were sent this for free and it would be tablets or art supplies. My question is if you have worked with any art-related companies how did you persuade them to pay you?

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Hi! If you're talking about brand sponsporships and collaboration within content, then it really depends on the situation. Sometimes companies will pay to be featured as a sponsorship, some will provide a free product as a gifted collaboration. It's totally up to you as the creator what you want to accept, and if you only want to be paid and don't want to receive any free product then you can tell the companies that and it's up to them whether they want to work with you or not. I did a gifted collaboration with Cricut 😊

@undadibigmangotree 2 жыл бұрын

@@MimimooIllustration thank you for the feedback.

@ladyihcobob 2 жыл бұрын

About the digital products, I'm curious how large your social media following was when you opened your store. In my experience, without a decent following, you won't get any sales at all.

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

My Etsy store I started when I had around 20,000 followers I think, but I've started other Etsy stores (not related to these illustrations) and have made sales without any followers but instead using Etsy's search engine to drive traffic

@PinkWytchBytch Жыл бұрын

The struggle I have is that I’m in a position where using any kind of social media aside KZfaq will get me in a lot of bullish!t I don’t wanna go through so how should I best sell my art if I’m basically unofficially not allowed to use socials by my partner

@techiyew Жыл бұрын

find a better partner

@altoobaateliert Жыл бұрын

You all are so lucky that u have access to etsy my country is banned from etsy and PayPal lol sad

@aniaphotouk 2 жыл бұрын

Skillshare/ Udemy courses

@WedgyBlue Жыл бұрын

Rip when u don't have TIN in Etsy just to make an acc

@original_619 Жыл бұрын

ai has got to be stopped… or ignored.

@Ismelda.Garza.Studio Жыл бұрын

Thank you I been thinking of a platform that you mentioned for digital product 🙌✅☕🧲🎨

@amandac8836 2 жыл бұрын

This is so helpful! I have been wanting and putting off making an online store for my art for the longest time but you explain everything so nicely and I feel very encouraged now. Also watched your video on how long it took you to follow your dreams with art and the fact that you’re Australian around my age (I’m 31) I feel like I can relate to you a lot more (minus the travelling part as I barely travelled haha). Hope you have a lovely day! ❤️

@MimimooIllustration 2 жыл бұрын

Oh lovely to connect with someone who's a similar age, sometimes it feels like everyone else on the internet is 21! 😅