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4 things that can help you overcome your fear of releasing your art files for licensing

About a month or so ago, I received this question on Threads: “How do you let go of the fear of releasing your files?” And I immediately connected with this question, because it was one I had early...

How I discovered I could license my art to luxury hotels

Did you know that you could license your art to hotels? This is where you hand over a hi-res file of your artwork in exchange for a handsome fee and a signed permission slip. …Yeah, I didn’t either...

Beginner's Guide - 3 Things you need to know about how art licensing works

When I started my business, I only had a vague idea of what licensing was and how it worked. When I would see other artists get licensing deals with big dreamy retail stores, I would think to mysel...

4 Things I learned from my first successful licensing income

When I typically tell the story of how I first started licensing my artwork, I always mention that my first licensing deal was with Anthropologie, and that is true to an extent. I would consider th...

What is an art consultant?

When an art consultant first contacted me in 2016(ish), I had no idea who they were or what they did. Up until that point I had been mainly dealing with regular everyday customers-- people who saw ...

Avoid These Common Pitfalls When Pricing Your Art Prints

If you’ve been hanging out here for a while, then you know that I believe selling art prints is a brilliant way to make money from your art without having to constantly create originals. But let’s...

RGB or CMYK? The Best Color Profile for Fine Art Prints

If you’ve started thinking about creating art prints from your original artwork and poked around the internet for how-to's, you might have heard “RGB is for screens, CMYK is for print.” And while t...

Avoid Blurry Prints: The Best Pixel and DPI Settings for Digital Artists

If you're a digital artist dreaming of seeing your work as a crisp, beautiful print, there are a few technical pieces you must get right before you hit print, actually before you even create your f...

Navigating Chronic Illness as an Artist: How I'm Adapting My Business While Healing

Today’s post is a little different—part update, part real-time reflection on navigating chronic illness while trying to keep a creative business afloat. If you’ve been following along with my prev...

5 Essential Tips for Preparing Your Art Business for the Unexpected

Something that is often overlooked when talking about starting and running an art business is:  Can your business handle an emergency? Can it survive chaos?  The recent L.A. fires, have prompted me...