As an aspiring artist, no doubt you are always looking for new ways to market your work. the term “starving artist” is still in use today for good reason. Many artists of incredible talent have difficulty selling their work in these trying times. Earning a living doing what you love is hard for many people and perhaps for artists most of all. If you wish to continue trying to make a living off of your passion, you're going to have to get creative with not only how you market your art but also with how you present it. Say you're a digital artist. Selling original work will certainly get you a handsome price, if you can get anyone to buy your product for as much as it's worth. Unfortunately, no matter how fabulous your work is and no matter how much people may admire it, many people just can't justify spending hundreds of dollars on something pretty. So instead of selling the original work, why not market prints? You can still make money off of your original, sometimes at even more than the original's value, by selling prints. They cost you some to have done off the top but, a print is considerably less expensive than an original work of art. You could even have your work done as canvas art prints! Those will sell for more than a small 8x10 print but still not be priced high enough to scare fans of your artwork away. In the end, you have a lot of options for getting your work out there: buttons, tea mugs, t-shirts, post cards, calendar pages, canvas art prints, and even shoes are just a few of the many options available to digital artists today. Get creative and don't give up!
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