The Artist APPEALS: The 7 Step System to Make Money with Your Art

Discover how to invent a best selling toy with the CEO of Crazy Aaron’s Thinking Putty!

Discover how to invent a best selling toy in this interview with the CEO of Crazy Aaron's Thinking Putty! Learn how he started his company. The crazy pivots its taken, and all the details in the Artist APPEALS system. we cover: creating your Art or idea; developing a Product, Presenting your idea and work to the world, Educating your audience with marketing tips and tricks, Amplifying your outreach or scaling and Licensing and contract terms you need to know!

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What’s on the Artist APPEALS… This brief two minute overview gives you an overview of the seven step system as well as what you can find on the website so go to the artistappeals.com and check out all the free resources! And don’t forget to join us for season six starting September 9, 2022!

BETWEEN Season 5 & Season 6 - announcements!

Season five is over and we had a great season! You can listen to all those episodes here on the Artist appeals. Season six is coming up… And will start in fall of 2022. In the meantime you can get the new book the artist appeals: how to make money as an artist in seven steps at the easy to remember domain http://www.howtomakemoneyasanartist.com! The special pre-launch bundle deal is available for the same cost as the printed version! Get your coffee today.

S5 EP07 - Award-Winning Donato Giancola Shares Tips and Tricks!

Donato Giancola is a well-known Science Fiction and Fantasy Artist. He has illustrated Middle Earth and Lord of the Rings, Magic cards, and many covers of books. What advice will this accomplished artist be offering today? Watch his episode to find out!
He has won 18 Chelsea Awards, the World Fantasy Award for Best Artist 2004, Hamilton King Award for Excellence, 3 Hugo Awards for Best Professional Artist, several awards of merit from the Society of Illustrators, and many, many other awards, nominations, and honorable mentions.

S5 EP6 - Amelia Leonards, Fantasy Illustrator

Amelia Leonards creates fantastical imagery and deals with design/branding for clients and exhibitions. She draws upon world folklore and mythology to inspire her Fantasy Illustrations. In this episode, we ramble about other artists, conventions, taxidermy, and discuss cultural appropriation, telling stories about your works, and sites like Lately.AI and LinkTree!

S5 EP5 - Jim Ewing: Art Site Advice With A Side Of Drinks

Join the wisecracking Jim Ewing and I as we discuss pricing and promoting art, helping other artists, creating a good website and advertising, art as investments, commissions, and more! We tell stories and discuss quite a few other topics, and introduce a new rapid-fire question in this episode!

Content warning - Language, drinking

S05 EP04 - Todd Arsenault, Dickenson’s Guru of Abstraction

Join Todd Arsenault and me as we talk about the line between abstraction vs representation, how our media shapes our world, and using digital media to aid his traditional works. He tells stories of people trying to make money off his work, how the internet ties with his art, and catching his students making master copies of art found on social media.

Todd Arsenault is the director of the art department at Dickenson's College. He was the associate professor as of 2007.

S05 EP03 - Come up with endless ideas in just minutes with these amazing new cards!

Clark Huggins, the inventor of the AMAZING Reckless Deck, talks with us about how he invented these cards!

 

Learn about what inspired the first set of cards. Then, watch as we show you how to use them. Check out how incredible they are for helping YOU come up with the coolest ideas in just a matter of minutes! Find out, where you can get your own set of Reckless Deck cards for creating creatures, worlds, or stories!

 

So, whether you are a visual artist or a writer -trust me- you are going to want these cards! They make it SO quick and easy to come up with a TON of super cool ideas!

 

Erin - and Clark - were LIVE in the chat for the premiere of the interview. Read the answered questions about how Reckless Deck works, how to start a business, in the chat!

 

In this episode, Clark Huggins discusses being an actor and being an artist. He talks about the many facets of being an artist and an actor. And how Reckless Deck, his card game, ties into both parts of his career. He shows off Reckless Deck, and we get to play a test run of his upcoming game, Psyche!

S05 E02 - Drake Fleege, Landscape Photographer

In this episode, Drake Fleege, a professional landscape photographer, discusses his personal stories and experiences with us, how a mountain trip got him into photography, and how one print opened up many doors for him.

Drake gives us an honest take on his experiences and shares with you what he thinks goes into making a good photo, as well as some advice for taking, storing, and printing photos, sharing art online, and more!

S05 EP01 - The Artist Who Patented a Technique

Learn about patenting art techniques!

You've heard of patenting mechanisms, toys, and electronics, but have you heard of patenting colored pencil art techniques? Learn how to do just that in this episode with today's guest, Tracy Frein!

In this episode, Tracy and I discuss his patented technique, subtractive drawing, the story and techniques behind it, and touch on his workshops, framing, and other career-related stories and advice. We will also begin a new segment where I ask my guest five rapid-fire questions.