1. an artist gets 3k RTs for gushing about receiving an order for $900 of prints
2. some other artists plug their own stuff in the replies, presumably hoping to get big orders too
3. some people have a problem with this
I have a range of semi-conflicting thoughts about this
I love art and artists and they should get paid
I think self-promotion can be an art form in of itself, and most people - artists in particular - aren’t typically very good at it
the sin is tackiness and bad aesthetics
I’m pretty comfortable identifying as a self-promoter
yet you may notice I don’t actively tell people to buy my ebook or subscribe to my youtube channel super often - I do those things about once a month. I’d probably make like 2-3x more money if I did it about once a week
For me though the vibe and aesthetics comes first, and interrupting the flow to ask for money, in my mind, is tacky.
I DON’T think my model is actually “correct”, and I intend to NOT judge or demean people who choose to do it more than I do
I think the sort of galaxy brain situation is - the real unfortunate thing is not merely that your tackiness is ew and cringe, but that your tackiness (generally) actually kinda reduces the perceived value of your work in the long run. This is super messy to talk about
There are exceptions of course, particularly over longer time periods. The extreme examples are illustrative - a penniless, begging wretch of an artist can become highly-esteemed posthumously. Personally I’m not really ok with that lol. Get paid while you’re alive pls
Wanting to be non-tacky is a really long game though. And yknow, even someone like Gal Gadot had to play Exotic Sex Object before she got to play Wonder Woman. So I’m *really* not here to judge artists for the decisions and trade-offs they have to make
I suppose that’s my answer to lots of things: play a longer game. The longer the game you’re playing, the more comfortable you can be practicing an abundance mindset with respects to the bag. And I say this as someone who’s not too financially secure
(incidentally, I have a plan to make a bunch of extra cash from something that I don’t intend to make a front-facing part of my brand - I’ll talk about it and reveal all the details in the coming months. It’s quite sophisticated and clever and it relies heavily on an alt)
(It might also just be a total flop that makes $0. The creative life is very exciting)
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Yes I actually do all of my threads one tweet at a time, like this. I don’t plan anything
We are over a minute in, this feels like it’s taking a little longer than it normally would, but I’m probably feeling weird because of the posture