This is going to be a quick thought, but I’ve been digging around a lot of galleries and their respective websites. I’ve bought and sold numerous vinyl art toys and I’ve come to the conclusion that if you want to be successful as an artist in this new boom, choose your subject matter carefully.

The morbidly cute or sweetly horrific images seem to be selling the best. You only have to look as far as Luke Chueh, Camille Rose Garcia or Kathy Olivas to see what I’m talking about? Mix some Barbie with Ozzie Osbourne and sprinkle with fairy dust and you’ve got an instant winner.

As I’ve been fiddling around with my sketch pad recently, I’m troubled to find my vision, my muse, if you will. I have a tendency to draw the macabre, but I every other half-assed, would-be artist can draw a skull with a cigarette. Making it unique is something completely out of my league right now. Frustrating, but I’m determined. Wish me luck.

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