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Recently, in a discussion about costs of making art, many of my friends mentioned that as digital artists, they have fewer costs than traditional artists, on the contrary, once you figure in utilites, your internet hookup, your computer, your tablet, your scanner, your external hardrive, the programs you use, and I’m certain I’m forgetting other things you pay for (your space/office/studio) the costs can be as much as traditional materials.

When you do not figure in all of your costs, you are not just giving away your work, you are paying someone to take it.

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People think art is easy, they think if they see you in action that it doesn’t take much effort, ignorant of the fact that you had to draw for hours, days, years to get to the point where it looks easy, much like a professional athlete or dancer.  And sometimes art or craft can look simple, but it’s a combination of scale, colour and design that makes it work. Sure you might be able to copy something, it’s coming up with the concept in the first place, and abstraction is the most difficult of art styles, saying the most with less, haiku instead of prose.

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