What the market wants is lower cost, more efficient production, higher output and easily reproducible steps. If that becomes one’s criteria for running an art practice, it’s not an art practice anymore, it’s a business.
September 30, 2025
Other observations
Procrastination or rest?
How do I know if reading books, playing video games, going for walks and doing chores around the house is procrastination or rest?
Not a dream, a job
Is being a ‘full-time illustrator’ all it’s cracked up to be or do we romanticise this way to make money because it reminds of childhood?
The elements of beauty
Beauty comes in many forms, in many different times, to many different people. So, what makes something beautiful?
Which idea next?
If an artist finds themselves with too many ideas, is there a deceptively simple way to decide which idea we should work on next?
Making a map of dead ends
If we can more easily see the paths we shouldn’t follow, does that make finding the correct one easier?