N-gated Hacker NewsFeb 26
Ah, the noble plight of the starving artist 🖋️—because clearly, the world is clamoring for yet another introspective essay on balancing #writing with the existential dread of rent payments. 🙄 This verbose ode to side hustles reads like a LinkedIn post no one asked for. 📚💸
https://lithub.com/the-work-behind-the-writing-on-writers-and-their-day-jobs/ #starvingartist #woes #sidehustle #existentialdread #verboseessays #HackerNews #ngated
The Work Behind the Writing: On Writers and Their Day Jobs

For nineteen years, until his retirement in 1885, Herman Melville would awake, slick back his dark hair and unsnarl the snags from his beard, don a uniform of dark navy pilot cloth and affix to his…

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Gemma SarraceniaJan 15

I need pricing feedback. These are originals, poster sized colored pencil on Bristol paper. After I get color scans, I will sell them. Internet is already shut off, electric is up to $600 from only paying the minimum too long. Do you think I could sell them for $100 a piece?

#starvingArtist #humanMadeArt #skull #VenusFlytrap #artForSale

Evander L FragosoJun 8, 2025

https://onlys.ky/a-brief-history-of-the-future-of-publishing/?ref=onlysky-newsletter

Interesting read, but also horrifying. This stuff is already happening, writing spacing being flooded with ai stuff, and it's only going to get worse. This is also a place where the value of actual writers should go up, making our work worth more, but...

It's just horrible how people in creative fields, that bring so much enjoyment to the world, whether it's through TV/film, books, video games, are just art, we always seem to be getting the short end of the stick. Unless you're already a big name, it's tough out here ...

#author #writer #starvingartist #starvingwriter #TheStruggleIsReal #GenAi #GenerativeAI #ArtificialIntelligence

A brief history of the future of publishing

Will AI turn creatives into digital coal miners?

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JJ Mayor of wutvilleMay 20, 2025
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I’m gonna lose internet and phone in 2 days and no matter how much I apply for work, Nobody will. so I’m forced to bother y’all, if you could spare a dollar or two to donate to my buy me a coffee, it would mean everything to me
#comms #starvingartist
https://buymeacoffee.com/countjj
Angu Walters African PaintingsApr 9, 2025
You can buy shirts printed with Angu Walters' African paintings.
Shirts
https://www.etsy.com/shop/partyfavoursshirtco/?etsrc=sdt&section_id=52879273
T-Shirts
https://www.teepublic.com/user/artcameroon
Yes, of course, sales benefit the #StarvingArtist in civil war #Cameroon
Angu Walters African PaintingsApr 8, 2025
Follow the link to our online shop for top quality giclée prints of African paintings by #StarvingArtist Angu Walters
> > https://www.artcameroon.com/giclee-prints-of-angu-walters-paintings/
We have 70 prints available to choose from, including some all-time favorite paintings. Shipping is free. Inquiries welcome.
#AfricanArt #artprintsforsale #artprints #artprint #artprint #ArtPrintsOnline
Giclée Prints of Angu Walters Paintings

Contemporary African art prints by Cameroon artist Angu Walters available for delivery from the USA.

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Karolina 🎱Apr 2, 2025

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#pardonmyfrench #humour #starvingartist

Angu Walters African PaintingsMar 30, 2025
Painting of the Day. Saturday Market IV
> > https://www.artcameroon.com/saturday-market-4/
It's a bright and sunny acrylic painting of women and girls carrying fruit through a tropical forest. It's Market Day, the highlight of the week, and everybody is eager to buy and sell.
Angu Walters
99 x 82 cm
39 x 32 in
$1500 original / $200 art print / Free delivery from Boise, Idaho, USA
Sales benefit only the #starvingartist in civil war #Cameroon
Saturday Market IV

Painting in soft colors of African village women walking to market. Original and print available from USA. 99cm x 82cm / 39cm x 32in

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Angu Walters African PaintingsMar 17, 2025
Painting of the Day. To the Market III
> > https://www.artcameroon.com/to-the-market-3-african-village/
African villagers carry their harvest to market through a lush tropical setting in this painting by artist Angu Walters of Cameroon, Central Africa.
100 x 80 centimeters
39 x 31 inches
$1800 original / $200 art print
Sales benefit only the #starvingartist in civil war #Cameroon
#AfricanArt #paintingoftheday #FarmersMarket #farmers
To the Market III

This painting is of African villagers bringing their harvest to market in Cameroon. Original or print. 100cm x 80cm / 39in x 33in

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Angu Walters African PaintingsMar 12, 2025
Painting of the Day. The Drummer and the Flutist III
> > https://www.artcameroon.com/drummer-flutist-3/
In this vivid acrylic creation, Angu Walters has channeled the dynamic rhythms of African music through the abstract expression of a drummer and flutist. His passion for music and culture is what breathes life into this painting.
60 x 80 cm
24 x 31 in
$1000 original / $155 art print / Free delivery anywhere
Buy art from artists / Inquiries welcome
#AfricanArt #paintingoftheday #acrylicpainting #starvingartist
The Drummer and the Flutist III

Painting of African musicians in bright acrylic colors by Angu Walters. 60cm x 80cm / 24in x 31in

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