in the past few months I have posted thousands of images for sale in the shop there but have not sold a single one. but who knows? maybe some day. also the images are pretty hot. deviant arts' ai dream up is included with core and I get about 200 prompts each month. I wouldn't say free as I have to pay for the plan but DA helps me with marketing my work and protecting it from theft so it's still a pretty good buy. and since going core I have gained over 1200 watchers. it beats being invisible but still no sales to date.
on the other hand, the ai works are gorgeous and I can create images to use in my other shops too.
for example, I can put ai images from DA on a mug at Zazzle or a Tee at Teepublic or lots of other shops.
Ai is creating a whole new world for artists and bringing more eyes to the artists of the world.
even if you don't make ai art, you can benefit from it because it brings art fans to your works too.
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