Brian here again. As promised I am back after my first week taking a look at the latest Adobe Photoshop that comes with Creative Cloud. As mentioned in last week’s blog post: I haven’t used Photoshop in over 10 years opting for the free alternative, Gimp, as my primary tool for Image Manipulation. Now, granted, …
Howdy. Brian here this week. Last week Adobe was having a Cyber Monday deal on their Creative Cloud bundle offering it at half off for an annual subscription. We’ve been hesitant about subscribing to Creative Cloud because it is costly. We figured, however, it’s an investment in the business and there are a number of …
Being that this week is Thanksgiving I think it is apropos to use the blog to reflect on some of the things we are thankful for. Brian: I am thankful for opportunities. This year has been a year of new possibilities: possibilities for the business, for my family, for my job, and for my education. …
As a new artist trying to sell your work, it can be tough to match what you make with what people want to buy. You will get a lot of unsolicited advice from people as you go to different markets, socialize with people, and post online. You may ask yourself “How do I make a …
Adaptability is one of the keys to running a successful business. Often times when we start a business we have a clear idea of what that business should be. After months of creating and you aren’t seeing your product move you may start to feel defeated. Sometimes, however, it is just that you are missing …
With the holiday season upon us, it is time we start thinking about what we want to gift our loved ones as we travel near and far to spend quality time with them. With the plethora of options of things to get for them, it is very easy to look for quantity over quality. There …
When I started out in pyrography I didn’t know much about woodworking. As a brand-new artist, I generally bought wood that was processed from vendors such as It’s David and Renee and Walnut Hallow. Now, to this day, I still buy a lot of my finer canvases from vendors but when you are at the …
We wrote a blog post last year on creating your own website as an artist. You can find that post here. This post is mostly about maintaining your site. This month we took a a look at our website, bzfurfur.com, with a critical eye and had to make some decisions about what works and what …
Creating a successful small business as an artist is hard work. So much has to go into creating your work, building an audience and managing the back of house. Now consider you have to do all this and still be profitable. As much as we, as artists, want our business to be about the art, …
As a small business you often have a vision. You want to create the things that you love and you want your customers to love them as much as you do. Honestly, I would love to just make the things I want to every day. In reality, though, this isn’t always how it is going …
