Are internet artist amateurs or semi-professionals?

[lizardlullabye]

"Technically" . . . People make more than one (x1) art, so it is completely possible (and common) that an artist may be paid to make art (for someone) and at the same time, make art free of charge (for themself). BOTH paid and unpaid, for different art made by the same person.

Sometimes, the world is not a binary of THIS OR THAT.
It may be better to describe things with sentences, rather than one word definitions too.

[TheLemmaLlama]

If you look at their topic history, they're kind of the local pedant, so I'm just gonna not debate vocabulary with them ^^;

[amymadison182]

Okay, What other terms should I use for a unpaid artist with great art skills besides ''hobbyist'' if it doesn't sound like a insult to some people?, also I don't lack social skills, and I do call them artists.

[amymadison182]

Okay, I'll probably ask that question somewhere else.

[RedLenai]

I already answered you, read the answers, process the information and call it a day.

The funniest thing is that... several of us are artists and we're telling you to either not put labels or separate artists in categories, because
1. Each artist is different and won't necessarily tell their specific situation to a total stranger just to be labelled by them
2. There is no need

We told you you sounded insulting, YOUR words like "amateur", "non-professional" and such are insulting. Not hobbiyst and again ther is no need to classify people, just call them artists, you're not their manager to be representing them with people and going around "oh yeah they don't make a living, oh yeah they do make a living, do this and that" like, let that to the artist if they feel comfortable enough to share their art situation with people on the internet.

[amymadison182]

I'm not sounding insulting and I do call them artists whether they have great art skills or not, We're not gonna debate on how terms sound insulting or don't sound insulting, this thread is over.

[joannekwan]

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