Would you like to know the secrets to creating a professional artist portfolio? Did you know that a professional artist portfolio can lead to more art sales and a growing career? I get emails and questions all the time from students asking about their portfolios: "How many artworks should I…
Today I want to share some great tips about finding gigs and making it as a professional concept artist in today's industry. I get a lot of students asking me how I got to become a professional concept artist, making my living creating artwork for games, films, album covers, and…
Are you interested in becoming a concept artist? Would you like to become a professional artist that designs book covers for the many authors on Amazon? For many of us artists, we have big dreams about making it in the art world. Some of us see ourselves working at a…
Tell me - what's the single WORST piece of advice you've ever received about selling art? Over the last few years, I've heard some great ones about selling art. And I want to share them with you - and get some of your thoughts too. You know how it goes...Unsolicited…
An artist selling art online is really in the business of getting attention and cultivating desire One of the things I've noticed is a real tendency for artists to get obsessed with the latest shiny red ball. In other words, some new and exciting tactic or strategy takes hold and…
I hear from a lot of artists. They usually say something like this to me: "Gary, my art speaks for itself." No, it doesn't. Sorry. Your art won't sell itself. When I hear them say they "hate marketing," I ask them why. Many reply with some variation of "I hate…
Would you like to better understand the mainstream art gallery establishment? Do you want to sell more art in brick and mortar galleries in the mainstream art gallery establishment? When I first moved to New York City in 1998, I had positive and exciting emotions about my art career. I…
I'm all about giving it to you straight. The #1 reason online artists fail is because they never find a way to make money. Plain and simple, if you want to want to be a successful online Artist/Entrepreneur, you have to create a business that generates revenue. If you are…
“It’s five times more expensive to sell to a new customer than it is to sell to an existing one.” We’ve all heard the cliché hundreds of times, right? And yet, most entrepreneurs would rather spend time and money chasing after new customers. Getting us to focus on conversion and…
What do you think it takes to get your customers to actually make a purchase of your original art online? What does it Really take to earn an art sale online? Sometimes it can take just a little bit of luck, like being on the right page at the right…
