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Can you make a living as an illustrator while keeping your personal life out of it? It seems like internet is filled with weird nerds who like to invade people's personal lives the moment they do or say something they don't like.

I'd like to make some cash on the side with my illustration, but I don't want people going after my facebook or my friends or knowing who I am.
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>>2299171

LOL no. your work only has as much value as you manage to inflate it into by self promoting and become an e-celebrity.
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>>2299171
Create a fake persona that almost anybody can like.
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>>2299171
Simply operate under a pseudonym. It's been working for me so far. Just be careful not to have any connections to your rl information whatsoever. Don't put your real name on invoices and be careful not to give out TOO specific information and bam. I draw porn, so I don't want this coming back to me at all. I'm so paranoid, people aren't sure if im male or female-- which suits me just fine.
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Ideally, you'll only attract weirdos if you're popular, a grill, or a porn artist, but it just seems like an occupational hazard if you're promoting yourself via social media at all.

The most you can do is stick to posting your art and obviously limiting the kind of information you include in your blog posts.
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Op here, I also posted nudes when I was a sad young 20 something so I'm pretty sure that will come back to bite me in the ass.
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>>2299220
I only disconnect my art from my personal life because I say a lot of pretty racist and inflammatory shit, and I don't even try that hard lol
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>>2299220
How do you receive payment without people knowing your name then? Especially for large sums of money.
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>>2299287
show
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>>2299360
Paypal allows you to change what information goes on the invoice customers see, so I don't have to put my actual name when I'm billing. Only paypal knows my real name because of bank account to deposit money

>>2299347
Then if you're op, you can either keep doing that + art or just make an entirely different name for yourself in your art.
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>>2299171
>eliminates personal life
>problem solved
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>>2299287
pics or it didn't happen
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