One of the most lucrative sources of income is commissions for furry porn.
I have no idea WHAT that is - and I'm afraid to find out - but that phrase is making me laugh my ass off nonetheless.
Many of the artists I know who make a go of it as artists draw a lot of stuff that they're not fans of, because it's a paycheck.
She's really great at animals esp horses - she sold three copies of a bronze horsehead, sold equine paintings as recently as this year, was commissioned to do a relief of someone's cat etc - and lots of people encouraged her to stay with animal art but she wants to "do different things". Now she's doing downtown buildings, next week she might do landscapes again. Kinda hard to make a name for yourself as an artist if you're all over the map stylistically and in terms of subject matter. *sigh*
There's a reason I got a boring office job.
Oh definitely; most of the artists Judy knows (or knows of) either make their primary income through teaching - or are married to someone with a comfortable income and can support them. I guess she should have aimed her sights higher than me. She actually makes her living as a licensed physical therapy assistant; she had fantasies of quitting that when she took time off to return to art school ten years ago in mid-life, but went right back to PTA for the steady salary. She's just a couple years away from retirement.
Re: Sorry for the late response!
I have no idea WHAT that is - and I'm afraid to find out - but that phrase is making me laugh my ass off nonetheless.
Many of the artists I know who make a go of it as artists draw a lot of stuff that they're not fans of, because it's a paycheck.
She's really great at animals esp horses - she sold three copies of a bronze horsehead, sold equine paintings as recently as this year, was commissioned to do a relief of someone's cat etc - and lots of people encouraged her to stay with animal art but she wants to "do different things". Now she's doing downtown buildings, next week she might do landscapes again. Kinda hard to make a name for yourself as an artist if you're all over the map stylistically and in terms of subject matter. *sigh*
There's a reason I got a boring office job.
Oh definitely; most of the artists Judy knows (or knows of) either make their primary income through teaching - or are married to someone with a comfortable income and can support them. I guess she should have aimed her sights higher than me. She actually makes her living as a licensed physical therapy assistant; she had fantasies of quitting that when she took time off to return to art school ten years ago in mid-life, but went right back to PTA for the steady salary. She's just a couple years away from retirement.