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And yes, other artists are your competition. Competition isn’t a bad thing; it’s just part of the business if you’re in it to make money. And it's totally totally fine if that's something that doesn't interest an artist. But I can't think of one artist who made money from just making art and doing nothing else to help market, promote, get it in front of other people. van Gogh maybe? But it was really his sister-in-law who promoted this shit his work after he was dead. Even DaVinci has to work at getting people to buy his work.

Artists need to ask themselves a tough question: do you prioritize making money or making art? Success requires a mindset shift—treat your art like a business, not just a craft. It’s about showing up consistently, maintaining quality, and taking the business side seriously. The artists who succeed in this way aren’t always the most skilled but they are the ones who outworked and outsmarted the competition in other areas.

Absolutely! Though there’s a lot of competing considerations that try to sidetrack from consistency, especially in algorithmic feeds 

How do you suggest artists find a way to keep creating at the quality they need to, to build an audience that actually values them, while maintaining consistency?