creating art with profit as the primary goal, isn't such a great idea. Artists of any kind will dry up, burn out, lose interest and probably produce crap unless they can somehow - even if only while locked in the creative process - be jazzed by what they're doing. If it turns out that this effort produces something that people pay for and it's profitable, then they have a career if they choose to. Otherwise, it's a business and the "artist" is actually a manufacturer.Some people (artists, real ones) will work on an idea for months, even years. They do a painting, a sculpture, or a musical piece over and over again until they find the end. This would drive you nuts if your motivation was for profit. So, if you want to "create" for a living, you have to have talent and trust that what you're doing is not about the money. I'm sure there are exceptions, but for the most part. I think this is so.
Don't you hate that?
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