Selina often gets asked about her career as an artist, and what advice she has for others interested in pursuing their creative dreams. Below are a few posts by Selina with advice on running an art business, licensing, general business advice and art career guidance.
I still remember when I first put my art in an online gallery. I was fourteen years old and the whole “internet” thing wasn’t as big back then. Elfwood was already around though, and as a timid amateur artist, I posted the minimum amount of art that was required to actually be eligible for a gallery. [...]
Read More» | 9 comments“How do I scan my artworks when they are too big for my scanner? What kind of scanner do you use? Can I photograph the artwork? What do I do?” You don’t need to buy a big scanner to scan big artworks. Sure they are nice, but they also cost a pretty penny (my advice? [...]
Read More» | 2 comments“For an artist just starting out how would you suggest they get their work out there?” This is a question I get asked a lot, and it’s a really tricky one to answer because of one major factor- things are very different now from when I was first starting out. My second disclaimer is that [...]
Read More» | 11 commentsHi selina, Firstly sorry for bothering you i know your probably very busy but i was wondering if you could give me some advice. Someone has approached me about licensing some of my artwork,the site is called “XXXX” and sells digital XXXX The thing is i have never licensed anything before and have no clue [...]
Read More» | 2 commentsThis is the post just about every self published author makes at some point. The one about self published ebook pricing. In the last few years as ebook popularity has grown, self published authors have had the opportunity to price their ebooks however they like. While traditionally published ebooks still cost nearly as much as [...]
Read More» | 6 commentsThere are lots of tips and tutorials on the internet about how to begin your career as an artist. Being self employed is the dream of many artists, but what happens when you reach that point? What happens when suddenly demand for your art exceeds your ability to meet it? Suddenly you’re in business, real [...]
Read More» | 4 commentsDISCLAIMER!! I’m not a legal professional. The advice posted below is based on my own experiences on licensing and is not meant to be a replacement for proper legal advice for dealing with contracts. Advanced Licensing for Visual Artists It’s a sorry state of things when there are very few artists out there who could [...]
Read More» | 2 commentsOne of the best ways to learn as an artist, about art and business, is to join an artists community. There are a few online that I regularly visit (I’m a little bit of a forum junkie!), and over my career have found these forums and communities to be of enormous help in many ways. [...]
Read More» | 2 commentsThere is this phenomena I have experienced myself, and day to day, see artists around me who are trying to build a career experiencing. It’s that “No matter how hard I work, I never seem to get ahead! Where does all the money go?” issue. You know the one. I don’t get it as much [...]
Read More» | 6 commentsLast week I had a little rant about pricing products as a business. I’d love to see artists and crafters charging what they deserve (and NEED!) to charge for their fine work! But this of course raised a lot of other issues. So as an artist, if we start charging more for our art, how [...]
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