Starting an art career is hard, and figuring out how much money you should realistically expect when you’re just starting out? even harder. In this video, I share how much I earn as an artist on youtube (currently with 10k subs) including the details of my first sponsorship deals!
I’m not sharing my income as an artist to flex or solicit pity but as a community resource. I know all of you really value my transparency and I want to share everything I can with you. I don’t really come from money and I know from experience that financial literacy and the income possibilities of a creative career are FAR from common knowledge.
Building up income streams takes time, but it’s definitely possible to succeed as an artist and creative.
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This is so cool! I also made a video like this recently. I would be curious to see an update like this where you break each income stream down on a monthly basis. sending much love from a fellow small creator ^^
Hey Kelsey, Your videos are amazing and you are the art youtuber I trust the most! Your calming talks and amazing advice is what keeps that channel so alive. I am working on similar goals as you reached right now as an artist on social media and you inspire me to work even harder and more consistent towards that. Greetings from germany!
Thank you so much for your sharing!! May I ask what is the software of the business plan? I want to get one too.
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Thank you so much for helping us artists really. I love your content
wow you went from 10k to 136k in 7 months
Very inspiring to know that artists these days can make the bag
Thank you for keeping it real and honest! It’s super refreshing.
I’d love to see an update to this video at the end of the year to see the gradual growth of your business over each month of the year
Amazing evolution in only a few months 👏👏👏
if i you see yours videos i feel so exited
I really needed to hear the part at 09:00 min mark about marketable skills. Thank you. I just started last year end of December with my small business and I’m currently binge watching your content to help me get to where I want to with my business. Thank you thank you thank you sooo sooo much for your content 🙏🏽❤️
great video, thanks for posting. making a living as an artist is living your life set on hard difficulty.
Can you please share where we can create a business planning like yours? I mean what is this document? Where can we find it? Thanks and good luck with everything!
u have no idea how much u motivate me
You are seriously so inspiring, I just found your channel and I’m so glad I did!
Thankyou so much for your transparency. This is really inspiring to watch and I love your journey!
That was super helpful!! thanks you very much 🙂
Great video, Kelsey. Thanks for sharing, and congratulations on your achievement as a result of all of your hard work!
I really vibe with these kinds of videos.
I want to take action on my art and seeing concrete steps helps me plan out my own road map.
It's hard to plan when I work full time.
Thank you so much for your videos! I'm a new freelance illustrator and artist struggling a bit so your videos give me hope and inspiration
I don't know if you have a video on this and I'm really sorry to be annoying if you do, but what age did you start your channel? And do you wish you started sooner/later?
Thanks!
Love this 💖 been doing same by sharing my streams of income as a part time artist over on TikTok, never thought of make a YouTube video about it. but I might just have to now ☺️ thank you again for being so open with us, so much value in this information 🙏
Thankyou for sharing ☺️ This gives me hope 💫
So thankful for you openness!🤗
Super duper helpful video, thank you for that so much! It seems that I could do a lot more stuff than I thought before. 😀
yeah, i'm subscribing
You are really cute to see your art work.i really love your style though.
Get your glasses adjusted
how and where do you find/get clients to video edit for? anything would help this struggling newbie creative TIA subbed!
Thank you so much for sharing. I'm figuring out how to get into artwork as a job and its great to know about all the income streams
thanks for being genuine and honest and helping those like us who are aspiring as well
These videos are so good. I love the transparency. Transparency only makes all of us better
Are you making more videos about how to make money as an artist rather than more art? I´m asking.
Sorry I did not read the whole list of comments so maybe someone else has asked – can you compare those income amounts to your outlay . . . video equipment, art supplies, subscriptions, software. I love your work quote and can see that you put it into practice. Hope you are happy and have some ways to relax and recharge 🙂
just found your channel- babe your amazing!!!
Quality intel. The behind the curtain stuff is always helpful.
9:33 can you make a video explaining how to get started to do this? I'd like to also make money through my video editing skills (i have a youtube channel in a different language thats going pretty well) but i have no idea where to start looking for people who are willing to pay for this service, and idk how to market my skills or how to word what im offering, etc. also if i get paid per hour, what happens if i'm slow at editing and it takes me several hours? what if the client says i took too long on purpose to get paid more? i have so many questions on this specific type of income…
Loved your video and you being so open about what you earn. I'd love to talk about a partnership proposal with your channel. Can we get in touch?
This is honestly such a massive help, I'm currently pregnant with my first child and unable to work due to my high levels of anxiety, depression and an undiagnosed disabity that causes me to have lower levels of physical and mental energy. I have always loved the idea of working for myself and doing something with my hands but i never new were to start. So thankyou Kelsey for talking about the things not many YouTubers/artists talk about.😄
Thank you for this video… very helpful .. Iv just started out.. so watching this gives me a good insight .. have a great day . Iv subscribed too 😊 so I shall have a look at more of your videos 👍
Thank you. I often have questions that I have asked some of my favourite YT'ers but I never get answers. I hope you will answer me. So, my questions are in the area of how can I, a viewer, help a content creator regarding ads. Do I have to watch more than 35 sec of the ad for you to get money? Also, If I click on ads do you make more money? Also, is there anything else as a viewer I can do passively, without spending money as I don't have any wiggle room in my budget, that can help you the creator? Thanks.
Great info Kelsey. I’d love to know more about how you keep track of your income and business expenses. Maybe a notions template and video around this idea. Thanks