Simple Ways to Make Money Online with AI Art – Do you want to earn more income with no skills at art at all? Here are three sources of income you can earn by selling art using AI (Artificial Intellegence)!
One of the greatest benefits of AI today is that it allows those who are not the best artists to express themselves freely, bridging the gap between artistic skill and imagination. If you want to get into the AI field and want to make money, here are some tips to help you out.
Step 1: Creating the Art using AI
Create artwork with AI tools that fit your needs before you get into the money-making part of the business. If you don’t want to pay for an AI artist subscription, you can use free tools such as:
The art you create should be something people are interested in buying. Some of the most popular forms of art that you can make money with include illustrations, textures, patterns, and website backgrounds, just to name a few.
When you’re ready, create your portfolio on the platform of your choice. This could be your own website or the website of an art community such as DeviantArt or ArtStation. It helps you create accounts to sell your artwork at a later date and lets your customers know what to expect from your work.
Step 2: Selling the Art to Make Money Online
Here is a list of various ways to make money online with AI art:
1. Stock Images using AI Art
To be able to sell your art on stock image sites like Shutterstock, you’ll need a portfolio (this is where all the hard work from step 1 will pay off). There are many free stock photo platforms (such as Freepik, Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay) where you can upload your work to increase your chances of making money.
Among these platforms, Shutterstock might be a good place to start, given that they’ve partnered with Open AI (the company behind Dall-E) to give their users direct access to Dall-E 2 to create even more works of art created. On average, you can earn $0.02 per photo per month with stock photos. The total amount depends on the number of photos you sell.
Most importantly, some image sites oppose the appearance of AI art, and Getty Images prohibits the sale of AI content. So be sure to check the content policy of the stock image site you’re uploading your content to.
2. Create Interesting Products Based on Your AI Art
One of the most profitable ways to monetize AI art is to use your art to create custom printed products. All you have to do is upload your creations to sites like TeeSpring and RedBubble. Your work will be printed at these sites on a variety of products including t-shirts, mugs, posters and notebooks. On average, you will earn $2-$10 in sales. Not all templates are sold equally, and choosing the right template to upload to these sites can be time-consuming. So, keep these factors in mind before you start selling print-on-demand products.
3. Be an Expert on Using AI Art Prompts
You don’t always have to sell AI artwork. With PromptBase entering the AI art market, you can also sell your expertise in creating AI art. PromptBase is a marketplace that sells the exact text descriptions you need to input into an AI art generator to get the desired result.
It’s not simple keywords like “flower” or “fast car“; Instead, they are detailed descriptions that include artwork aesthetics and scene elements, giving buyers the option to enter more details for more personalized results. So instead of “flower“, the description would include details like “a single red flower in a field on rainy days“.
Buyers must pay between $2 and $5 for these descriptions. PromptBase takes a 20% commission on prompt sales. Sellers retain the copyright to their work and receive the remaining amount of sales tips as income.
While all the tips we discussed above may make you money online now, they probably won’t last long. As more and more AI art generators hit the market and people start using them, the market will soon be saturated with high quality images that people won’t feel the need to pay for. Until then, however, the market is ready to experiment with artificial intelligence and passive income generation.