I’m mutuals and I follow a few artists that I constantly see posting themselves working on their art throughout the day and living comfortably. The artists that I’m thinking of don’t sell prints or merchandise or seem to have any of those types of income streams. So how the hell are they doing it? This one artist I follow doesn’t have rich parents, but he lives in this beautiful apartment in California, has a few shows, and spends (at least it looks like it) the majority of his time working on his art. I even saw a car company gave him a car because he used one of their logos in his work. I wanna say he’s doing good for himself but he’s not world renowned so how is he doing it?! Are there secret art jobs that artists have that I am not aware of? I’m just perplexed by these artists that I am always seeing posting themselves working or doing something art related throughout the day…where does the money come from?