from Hacker News

There May Be Money in Internet Art After All (1999)

by mattbierner on 2/25/19, 7:59 AM with 16 comments

• by pjc50 on 2/26/19, 11:32 AM

  It's interesting to see how the predictions have diverged. Internet penetration into "gallery art" basically hasn't happened at all. Cynical people would say this is because it's unrelated to artistic value and mostly a complex sort of money transfer that absolutely requires unique physical objects.

  Small-scale sponsored art through Patreon is huge though, with a large NSFW component. Kickstarter enables people to do print runs.

  There isn't really a big "internet famous" artist though, is there? Would Banksy count?

• by bellerose on 2/26/19, 1:53 PM

  I'm aware of ridiculous money payed towards artists online creating furry art. This specific subculture is the highest paying to artists that I'm aware of and for artists to trade their time for creating an image the client desires. The amount payed is apparently enough for artists to live while satisfying their clients. The clients will typically post the finished work online for everyone.

• by Adamantcheese on 2/26/19, 8:19 AM

  This and the following three webcomic pages are probably the closest thing I've seen as "internet art" in it's most literal sense. http://www.avasdemon.com/2112.php

  Although I guess now it's really commonplace, Patreon and all.