Context: I’m currently a student in medical studies and work p/t in a care facility. When I have a little time on the side I do artistic things, with a niche speciality in illustration. I’ve been told/asked by strangers, family, friends and others if I’d ever find a way to make money on what I do …but aside from the odd print, or a few commissions, I really never have. I’ve thought about somehow getting stickers made, or shirts , but I really would have no clue to go about it. I’d like to have some passive income that came from utilizing art skills I have, but I am my own mental wall when it comes to being confident enough to try.
At the same time, it must be said that I have a condition called “Dyscalculia” , it’s aside of some other learning issues…but the main point being, me understanding business terms, numbers, data, tech and algorithms is very unlikely or difficult. I once had help trying to set up a shopify and I had to stop because the person who was helping me lost patience trying to explain.
Anyway I feel I have all these ideas, for like images, branding concepts, little characters etc and idk if I could ever do much, if anything with that. Any advice, tips, feedback or just general comments ( negative or positive ) is appreciated.
30’s, living in western Canada.
I live in an area with a large homeschool community and people pay a lot for art classes of any type. Once a week for an hour, ten kids or so, you can charge about 150 per month. 1500 for four hours is not bad.
Thanks for the suggestion; I’m really not capable of teaching.
Being able to teach artistic things and doing them, unfortunately are 2 separate skill sets and I really only have one of them lol my communication skills are not great tbh