Why don't you update your site more often? Art has magically become my full-time job, but that's meant spending a lot more time on stuff that has nothing to do with making art: filling orders, answering e-mails, etc. But the big reason is that oil painting takes forever (tutorial). And, since I've started painting, I've gotten more and more ambitious and the more time I'm willing to spend on making things look and feel "right." I guess if you have a website you're supposed to put up new stuff everyday, so I started a blog as a place to put slighty more frequent updates. I see some of your paintings were done as commissions. How much would you charge to paint something for me? I *did* commissions, but I'm no longer taking them. Mainly because I'm busy enough with my own ideas. However, I will sometimes consider commercial illustration work. How come you haven't been sued? Because it is never strictly illegal to make an image of something. You get in trouble if you defame someone (which I've never done), or infringe on intellectual rights--in the latter, it is always an issue of, Are you merely copying something or using it as the basis of something new? Are you drawing a picture of Mr. T, or making a commentary about Mr. T and his place in the strange society that spawned him? Some sort of interesting case law can be read here and here. What advice do you have for me, a young artist trying to make his or her way in the world? Don't move to an expensive city after you graduate and then stop making art because you suddenly and need five jobs just to stay alive. Go wherever you can find a comfortable physical & mental working environment and a reliable, trustworthy peer group. DO NOT blindly follow the advice of galleries, because half the time they have shit for brains (sorry, gallery owners!). Also, it will take time (as in, years) to figure out your audience and the economics of things (Do you sell lots of small things, for example, or giant paintings for thousands of dollars?), and what you think is going to be your big break probably isn't. For me, it's been a lot of little things eventually adding up, and horrible mistakes pointing the way to correct choices. Can I be your Facebook friend? Sure! Twitter! No. Christopher Walken is building Optimus Prime, right? Why would you even think that? He's neither blue nor buff nor red nor antennae-ed. It's C-3PO wearing a BMX chest protector with a head based on Hoist. |
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