The Economic Crunch

Posted by blainegarrett on Oct 20th, 2008 | View Comments

I figured out my bills today and… damn, I am broke.

With my transmission crapping out last week, I am going to be cutting it reeeeeallly close this month. Close to the point where I am probably not going to be able to now afford to pay off my stupid furniture I bought in June. I’m thinking of asking Jon if I can barrow some cash to make ends meet… assuming he won’t charge me 25% apr or whatever CITIbank will charge if I don’t pay off the furniture by the end of the year. Gulp. I think everyone is getting lumps of coal this year for Xmas. God I hope I get a bunch of money back from taxes…

Anyway, this lead me to a thought… I should really dedicate more time to making art, and selling it. My allusions to interaction series was initially created for the intention of selling it. However, as the series progressed, I got more into it and forgot about the idea. Maybe, I need to think about it more.

So, if I were to sell my work on the side, I need to figure out what would sell well without compromising my style too much. Perhaps smaller drawings in the $20 – $50 price range. Perhaps big paintings in the $1000 range.  Perhaps I could try to solicit commissions for flyer artwork or similar gigs. I could probably pick up some design work, but I really hate being on the computer. If Brandon and I get the lizard molds figured out, we could probably sell those as well… maybe $100 per mold less materials split 2 ways. Attempt to sell 40 of them for spring when all the people are out getting their gardens ready. That would be $4k before materials and splitting it. Not tooo bad. Hmm. I could also hop on the fest circuit. The holiday fairs are coming. hmmm…

Anyway, I ask you all, would you be interested in buying any of my previous work? or perhaps have interest in commissions? I’m not taking bids – I am just polling to see if there is interest to help me guage if this is a viable solution to getting out of the gutter.

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