In this episode we cover:

1:25- How Patricia began selling prints on Etsy

5:15- Selling digital prints comes with its own unique challenges

9:00- How Patricia came to realize that she could make a living from her art

13:20- The advantages and disadvantages of selling on Etsy

20:50- How to get website traffic from Pinterest

24:40- Finding success selling prints on Society6

29:30- How Patricia's licensing deal with Anthropologie came about

31:05- Finding the balance between living life and 24/7 hustle to build your business

36:05- Helpful productivity and time-management tools that Patricia recommends

In this episode we cover:

5:10-How Stephanie is inspired by the mythologies and fairytales that stem from oral tradition and span thematically across cultures and languages

13:38-Stephanie's struggle to convince college advisors of the validity of pursuing both computer programming and art, at a time before digital art had entered the scene

25:40-The complexity of "Kickstarter math" and the importance of having your numbers right before committing to a crowdfunding campaign

40:46-Stephanie used to exhibit at 12-15 conventions a year. She shares how helpful those conventions were in growing her business, and where she's at now

45:15-How early-career artists can have a profitable experience on the convention circuit

49:12-You can be successful at conventions even if you're an introvert!

53:40-Stephanie's recommended reading for those interested in fairy tales and ghost stories

In this episode, we cover:

1:43- How Artwork Archive got started

6:44- Artwork Archive's philosophy and process of providing valuable content to their audience

11:07- One of the big keys to good content creation is know thy audience

16:35- What it's like to run a business that serves artists

27:20- How the Artwork Archive discovery engine began and what it's for

31:45- How Artwork Archive plans to implement AI in their artwork discovery tools in the future

34:16- Some of the industry-level problems with the current technology available to help people discover new art

39:40- How Artwork Archive is helping artist grow their careers