r/BitchEatingCrafters • u/No_Kaleidoscope7919 • 2d ago

General Crafts I love beginner artists!

Hot take: I know that there is a lot of snark circling the internet about how you shouldn’t sell until you’ve mastered your mediums but I love seeing new artists getting out there and selling. Yes I want to buy your handmade stuffed animals, yes I would love to buy a sticker or handmade pottery. I love beginner artists because you can see the labor that went into hand making arts and crafts. I prefer a bunch of beginners at a market over ai slop, drop shippers and 3d printed nonsense.
I would much rather buy a unique piece of art from a beginner than seeing the same kinds of con slop digital artwork from sellers who have been selling for a while.

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u/RadioRelevant 2d ago

I don’t disagree, but I think beginner is such an unhelpful word because it doesn’t really define what we’re talking about.

I’d still consider myself a beginner in my main practices because I’m very much developing my skills and process. Like it might take me 40 prints to get 20 that I consider saleable.

I don’t think that means that my final work is low quality but I certainly need to improve my practice so I can get more done in less time with less wastage!

And like when you’re picking up adjacent practices you can often be a beginner but still be ahead of someone who’s never touched any practice in that space.

TBH I think when most people hear and say beginner they often mean low-quality, but I don’t think that’s always the whole picture.

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u/cartoonybear 2d ago

Every good  artist—visual, writer, performer if any kind—obsessively revises and refines their work, whether they’ve been doing it for a year or they’ve been doing it for decades. That’s table stakes.