In addition to writing, I have to do various other jobs to pay for… well, life. Food, housing, transportation, stuff like that.
One of the things I do is commission painting. I’m not the best out there, but I am pretty dang good, and very fast relative to most of my colleagues in the field. It’s not the best paying gig, but it’s something I can do with my art to pay some of the bills while I continue to work towards being a full-time writer.
I recently completed an order for 6 giants from Warhammer Age of Sigmar. Great models, but gosh they took a long time (almost a full month!). Still, it was nice to get them to their owner, and he seems very happy with the results, which is nice. I’ve already started the next job (a bunch of Chaos Space Marines, specifically World Eaters), and I’m looking forward to that one. I love painting sci-fi almost as much as I love writing it!
It’s just neat to find new ways to turn my artistic passions into income.
I just need to figure out a way to turn it into reliable income, and I’d be set. Oh well, one step at a time!
Hope everyone out there is staying safe and healthy!