Whether you already have a job that fulfills your desires as an artist, you work in a boring office in a tiny cubicle that you have no interest in, or you're even unemployed at the moment, crowdsourcing is a great way to share your art and earn money at the same time.
The term crowdsourcing was coined by Jeff Howe, who defines it as, "the act of taking a job traditionally performed by a designated agent (usually an employee) and outsourcing it to an undefined, generally large group of people in the form of an open call". In simpler terms, artists such as yourselves can submit your works of art on multiple crowdsourcing websites and be payed in small amounts of money if a company decides to use your artwork for their business. This can include creative ideas, photos, designs, logos, typography, and much more.
While crowdsourcing only pays you in small amounts of money and there is a large community of artists on these websites that you are competing against, if a company decides to use your artwork you can include that information on your resume/portfolio as well as post on your various social media websites which will improve your presence online and professionally as an artist.
Here are some crowdsourcing websites that I highly recommend for artists:
- 99designs.com
- crowdspring.com
- shutterstock.com
- istockphoto.com
- cloudfactory.com
No comments:
Post a Comment