Sunday, August 17, 2003
i've been pondering ways to supplement my income. the best idea so far: donating plasma. i'll check into that tomorrow. i considered trying to sell art on my site, but i really doubt that would work: A) my art isn't phenomenally great or anything, and B) i think my audience must be dismally small.
it's funny that i'm even saying this. last month i was having a discussion with my friends about file-sharing, and i went on the record saying that as an artist, i never demand or expect to be payed any money at all. i said that i produce and distribute my art on the internet for free, and it would be incredibly self-righteous of me to tell people that money has to change hands for them to see it, as i don't believe that art is something that anyone can 'own.' i feel a little bit differently about this now that it's costing me about $20 a day to live (a figure dangerously close to that of my income). frankly, i need cash.
of course, i'm not about to charge micropayments on reading my web comics, as has been the trend lately. i think that if i had a ton of readers, i could probably get away with auctioning off original pieces of stand-alone art, and make some very welcome money, if not very much. so, damn it all, does this mean i have to start promoting myself??
and, since i'm drawing All About Black Holes for my own purposes, does that mean that large numbers of people will even want to SEE it? is this even RIGHT???
money, ladies and gentlemen.
it's funny that i'm even saying this. last month i was having a discussion with my friends about file-sharing, and i went on the record saying that as an artist, i never demand or expect to be payed any money at all. i said that i produce and distribute my art on the internet for free, and it would be incredibly self-righteous of me to tell people that money has to change hands for them to see it, as i don't believe that art is something that anyone can 'own.' i feel a little bit differently about this now that it's costing me about $20 a day to live (a figure dangerously close to that of my income). frankly, i need cash.
of course, i'm not about to charge micropayments on reading my web comics, as has been the trend lately. i think that if i had a ton of readers, i could probably get away with auctioning off original pieces of stand-alone art, and make some very welcome money, if not very much. so, damn it all, does this mean i have to start promoting myself??
and, since i'm drawing All About Black Holes for my own purposes, does that mean that large numbers of people will even want to SEE it? is this even RIGHT???
money, ladies and gentlemen.
