Selling Art Online: The Creative Guide to Turning Your Artistic Work into Cash - Second Edition

. Dave Conrey is an artist, designer, entrepreneur, and family man. Before launching his own brand, he worked for 2 decades as a graphic designer and art director, and he uses this experience to inform, engage, and advise creative entrepreneurs on how to take their work from a hobby to a viable business. When not spending time with his son, playing dinosaurs or superheroes, he is working on a number of creative projec

Before launching his own brand, he worked for 2 decades as a graphic designer and art director, and he uses this experience to inform, engage, and advise creative entrepreneurs on how to take their work from a hobby to a viable business. . When not spending time with his son, playing dinosaurs or superheroes, he is working on a number of creative projects, ranting on his podcast (The Fresh Rag Show), or writing his next book. About the Author Dave Conrey is an artist, designer, entrepreneur, and family man

Pleased. said Surprisingly powerful book even for an Online Veteran. I'm not a newbie to online art selling, I built the first iteration of my creative art business on the backs of Etsy and Big Cartel almost 5 years ago. Like Dave, I have a background in branding and graphic design and I'm well versed with internet marketing and the online business world. I have tremendous respect for Dave and what he is trying to do for his fellow creatives but I never thought I needed the book. I've read so m. Good, but more for designers than artists I found that the book had many tips for selling online but was geared towards designers more so than artists. If I were a designer or if the book was titled Selling Design or Art and Design online, the title may have told me more accurately what the book was about.It did open my mind up as to different online selling options. The most useful thing for me as an artist a bit paranoid about "selling out" was that it is actually o. Take the first step to selling your art online First of all, I like books that are well organized and get to the point, and Selling Art Online is one of those books.Basically, depending on the type of art you create, there are different websites to sell your art from that have very different clientele. Obviously, the hard part is to find the right site to sell your art that will reach the right person who will like your art enough to buy it. The author helps you assess you

Freedom from the confines of old structures, freedom from the gatekeepers who keep you held back, and freedom from the oppressive comments of others intended to keep you from getting disillusioned, but you’re smarter, tougher, and more resourceful than they know.Although you may not find overnight success within these pages, it will liberate you and give you tools to do more with the work you have, providing you new opportunity for more revenue and exposure.. Selling Art Online shows you several ways you can take your art, make money, be happy, and beat back all the doubt and criticism.This could be the most eye-opening book you read about being a creative entrepreneur. Whether you’re an illustrator, artist, designer, photographer or any variety of visual creator, this book could change your point of view on how you sell your work.Is this a get rich quick book? No, not at all. Your Art Deserves to Be Seen!If you’re like most visual artists, at some point in your life, you were told you couldn’t make a living from your work—very few people get rich as photographers, illustrators or designers—Get a real job instead.Many others of you were told t