Category: Artist Resources

Stack of finished sketchbooks with dates on the spines

How to Finish a Sketchbook

January 25, 2021 · Artist Resources

So you’ve accumulated a bunch of sketchbooks over the years, each with a few pages used, but none of them finished. What a shame! It can be incredibly satisfying to finish a sketchbook, and if you can make it through just one, the rest will be easier!

Convention Artists VS COVID-19

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 · Artist Resources

The effects of COVID-19 on the Convention Artist community are laid bare in this 34-page report, featuring data collected from nearly 500 artists worldwide. How much income has been lost? How effective has the move to selling online been? How do artists plan to move forward?

2019 Convention Artist Census

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 · Artist Resources

After unsurprising, if not requisite, delays, the 2019 Convention Artist Census Report is ready for perusal! The census collected information about artist demographics, finances, and business status. The report presents the data in a variety of graphs and charts for easy consumption and analysis.

2019 Convention Artist Survey results & conclusion

January 16, 2020April 8, 2020 · Artist Resources

The official end time for the 2019 Survey has passed, and the raw spreadsheet of results is available here. With that, this project is mostly concluded, though there are still a few loose ends…

A super basic visualisation of a decentralised network

The Only Way to Beat Algorithms is to Retrain Your Audience

November 27, 2019May 19, 2021 · Artist Resources, Miscellaneous

Social media is convenient. Not only do you not need any technical expertise, you don’t have to build anything at all. It’s much easier for people to find you, and they don’t have to manually check your feed every day. Everyone they follow is combined into one feed. So handy!

But: algorithms.

2018 Convention Artist Survey results

July 18, 2019April 8, 2020 · Artist Resources

The 2018 Convention Artist Survey collected 987 artist responses regarding financial and other data for over 300 conventions in North America — how much they made, how much they spent, how far they traveled, how they rated staff communication and organisation, and so on.

2017 Artist Alley Survey results

May 1, 2018April 8, 2020 · Artist Resources

Analysis and results of the 2017 Convention Artist Survey featuring artist alley finance data, convention rankings, and over 160 charts and graphs!

2016 Artist Alley Survey results

April 11, 2017April 8, 2020 · Artist Resources

Analysis and results of the 2016 convention artist survey featuring artist alley finance data, convention rankings, and over 100 charts and graphs!

How to be a con artist

September 7, 2016April 8, 2020 · Artist Resources

Because of time constraints, I stopped writing long, detailed, individual convention reports at the end of 2014, but since mid-2013, I’ve been co-running the How To Be A Con Artist blog.