How to Earn Money through AI-Generated Artwork? A Simplified Guide

Check out the simplified guide about the ways to earn money through AI-Generated artwork

We have discussed artificial intelligence (AI) artists like DallE and Ai-DA in a number of our previous articles and how they provide artists with the opportunity to create one-of-a-kind collaborative works, such as what LG's AI art generator Tilda did with designer YounHee Park during this year's New York Fashion Week.

However, one of the most significant benefits of AI today is that it bridges the gap between artistic technique and imagination by allowing people who aren't the best artists to freely express themselves. If you want to enter the AI art market and make money through AI-generated artwork, the following advice might be helpful.

Step 1: Creating the art

Before we move on to the part of the business that makes money, you need to use an AI tool to create art. You can create your artwork with free tools like Midjourney, BigSleep, WOMBO Dream, and Starry AI if you don't want to pay for a subscription to an AI art generator.

Your work of art needs to be something that people want to buy. Illustrations, patterns, textures, and website backgrounds are just a few of the most popular kinds of art that can be sold for money. Make a portfolio of your work on any platform of your choice once you have a few of these ready. This could be on your website or a website for artists' communities like ArtStation or DeviantArt. Doing so assists you with setting up records to sell your specialty at a later stage and gives your clients a window into what they can anticipate from your work.

Step 2: Selling the art here are several different ways that AI art can make you money.

• Stock Images:

You must have a portfolio of your work to sell it on stock image websites like Shutterstock (this is where all of your hard work from step one will pay off). You can upload your artwork to several free image platforms, such as Freepik, Unsplash, Pexels, and Pixabay, to increase your chances of making money. Given that it recently formed a partnership with Open AI, the company behind Dall-E, to provide its users with direct access to Dall-E 2 to create additional art generated by AI, Shutterstock might be a good place to begin among these platforms. With stock photos, you can make $0.02 per image per month on average. The general sum relies on the number of pictures you sell. It's important to note that Getty Images has banned the sale of AI content, and other stock image websites have opposed the rise of AI art. Therefore, you should check the stock image website's content policy before uploading your content there.

• Make Items Given Your Specialty:

Print-on-demand products made from your AI art are one of the most lucrative ways to make money. You should simply transfer your plans to sites like TeeSpring and RedBubble. Your artwork will be printed on a variety of products from mugs and t-shirts to posters and notebooks by these websites. On average, a sale would net you between $US2 and $US10. It can take a long time to choose the best designs to upload to these websites because not all designs will sell the same amount. So, before you start selling print-on-demand products, think about these things.

• Prompts For Selling AI Art:

You don't have to stick to selling AI art alone. You can also sell your expertise in creating AI art now that PromptBase has entered the AI art market. PromptBase is a marketplace that sells the precise text descriptions that your AI art generator needs to produce the desired results. These are not straightforward phrases like "anime" or "nail art"; Instead, they are detailed descriptions that allow the buyer to enter additional information to get more individualized results, such as the artwork's aesthetic and scene elements. Therefore, the description would include specifics such as "Anime girl walking in the rain with her back to the viewer" rather than the word "anime." Purchasers need to pay between US$2-US$5 for these depictions. On prompt sales, PromptBase takes a 20% commission. The seller keeps their work's copyright and keeps the rest of the money from prompt sales as income.

While all of the aforementioned suggestions have the potential to make you money right now, this may not be the case for a long time. Soon, the market will be flooded with these high-quality images, and people won't need to pay someone to make them because more and more AI art generators are hitting the market and people are getting better at using them. The market, on the other hand, is ripe for you to experiment with AI art and generate passive income up until that point.