>>5839408>>5840122But anon, the alternatives you mentioned don't stroke the ego NEARLY as much!
The reason you see all this talk about commissions on here is because /ic/ is full of maladjusted people with some sort of insecure attachment disorder that want to slave over work for someone for peanuts so they can get some personal recognition for a glimmer of a moment in time until the process just repeats itself ad infinitum because they're trying to fill a void. Same with the obsession with getting a following.
You're right OP, there are tons of successful artists that use the methods you listed. They don't do commissions, yet still make over $100k with their work because of the alternatives you mentioned. You literally cannot get to that level off commissions alone, there is simply not enough time in the day.
Here's one artist that talks about it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMB1d9HPIMMCommissions are literally baby's first art job that every teenager gets into at age 13 so that gives you a hint how stunted the people that post here are.
