If you are fantastic with Photoshop and good at taking pictures, this is the business for you! With Photoshop, you can take a black and white photo of someone and paint colors on it. The end result should look like an oil painting without all of the, well, painting.
Have you mastered Photoshop? If you have and you possess a good eye for taking beautiful pictures, this may be the business idea for you! Especially if you enjoy working with Photoshop and you enjoy creating beautiful art. Be an artist that can offer affordable art to all people that appreciate art.
What a great way to offer breathtaking oil paintings for sale to people that don't have the many thousands of dollars for a truly hand painted piece of art. Photoshop is a tool that can make fantastic looking paintings in a much easier and quicker way than the old-fashioned way that is so expensive.
You have the option to offer simple portraitures of people into beautiful hand painted looking portraits that are quite impressive. If this isn't something you would like to specialize in, you can take beautiful photographs and change them into paintings by using your skills with Photoshop, and not be required to spend the many days of painting a replica of your photo.
If you are an artist that would like to make a good living using your skills with Photoshop, this is definitely a 'business idea' you should seriously think of starting. Having a passion for an occupation you choose is a much more likely to turn into a successful career choice. It will also be your best choice for a successful 'business idea' and challenge.
Offering your work on the Web would be a smart idea. This will allow you to reach a huge worldwide customer base. The first thing you will want to do is create a good supply of artwork for people to choose from. Also, make it clear that you will be happy to work with their photos also; if this is something, you are comfortable working with or doing.
Getting your first customers could be hard at first. A typical problem for most artists, but don't let this discourage you. There are many ways for you to decide how you would like to make your artwork known to the world. Just offering your work on eBay can be a good way to introduce your work to a huge market place. Since your art will be affordable this is a good way to advertise your work and make money at the same time.
Placing your artwork in busy places that people frequent can be a good idea also. These places would be; banks, restaurants, libraries, community centers, coffee shops, etc. Take advantage of any place that is frequented by large numbers of people to place your art. Just make sure that the owners of the walls are agreeable to hanging your art in their establishments. You might even offer a certain amount of money to them if your artwork sells. This will require you to post near your art – your asking price, name, phone number and any other way of contacting you to buy your art piece.
Resources:
http://www.cassingham.com/
http://www.paintphotos.com/?gad=1&gclid=CLrKyNLpj5QCFSgZHgodXxwJgQ
January 22, 2009
