I am really curious about this, and I guess I mean with the exception of animation really. In other words, making digital models, running websites related to digital art, publishing internet magazines etc. I am really interested in trying to do something like this for an income, but am not sure where to start, SO: a first indication of how realistic it is would be how many are already successfully doing that. Replies appreciated!

Pure hobbyist myself.

Just for fun. Not good enough to make serious money at it.

Yup doing that.

I was very involved in a high level capacity with a new company whose main product line centered on computer graphic art and design within the music industry. After 3 years of steadily pumping out the art work and rubbing elbows with music greats, radio personalities, power brokers and trying to get the company on its feet, internal disagreement and apparent tom foolery with the IRS caused further internal descent and the company was forced to dismember. Then the issue of intellectual rights came into question but that's another story. Other than that I've freelanced and have made a small piece of change with it from time to time. More recently, though, it's basically a hobby and a channel for creative release.

I am also just a pure hobbyist at this.

I've made a total of $50 on my CG but I make my living with digital audio which sometimes involves artist ventures. Dan

I'm just a hobbyist. :)

Small change here & there from Logos etc, The rest is Hobby.

From what I've seen and heard, the folks making their living off 3d art are the ones making and selling models/textures or Poser add-ons in the store. Selling your actual art is tough, even for someone like Hobbit. I've made about $100 selling some skies here...not bad for skies!

I make a small suplimental income from my digital art. Some animation, some Poser/DAZ3D products that I sell, some web design, some Photoshop retouching for photographers. Mainly I'm a cameraman, but it's always good to have a sideline to get you through the slow times.

Pretty much just a hobby for me and also therapy. When I get home from work at 4:30 in the morning, it's a good way to forget about everything for a while.

Still not a living although I would like it to be. Got laid off two years ago in the IT world and still have not found work in that field. I've made some money selling Bryce trees here and I've sold a few pieces of digital art locally, but it is not nearly enough to make a living. I made more money freelance building websites than I ever did on digital art or supplies. I think to really make a living you have to work at one of the big digital studios (ILM, Pixar, Dreamworks, etc) or have a solid customer base already as a freelancer. Good luck but in this economy you are better off just enjoying it as a hobby. Scott

Much the same here. Have been a carer for a few years, which tends to be 24/7, but with free time. Have made some pin money, nothing serious. And strangely enough that was mostly from non bryce or poser stuff. Textures and some graphics for fabric design and tourist souvenirs.

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I don't make a "living" off of it per-se. I only use it as a profitable hobby. Full time college student, part time worker for a computer consulting/distribution center, CG hobbyist. I use cg profit as spending money. Since august it has brought in appr $750, which is not enough to live off of, but is perfectly fine for something I enjoy doing and would continue with even if there was no money involved. Most of the money has gone into computer upgrades.

Purely hobby at the moment. I make my living as a computer journalist. Who cannot live without Bryce and digital art. :-) But I've been inquiring lately into some covers and stuff and had some nibbbles. Although it would just mean a little money on the side, not a serious-living-on money. On the other hand, I've been busy with learning modelling, which I think earns better money. We'll see.

Im a hobbyist, but ive made a few $ thanx to Bryce though... Money, you can never have too much of it! :)

Currently just a hobbyist. Used to be a web designer and graphic artists. But thanks to the Dot Bomb and the dwindling paper industry, the design field in WI is dead, buried and forgotten it seems. Companies keep advertising for 4 year degrees with 10 years experience for entry level positions. Oh yeah, and will pay less than 25k a year with minimal benefits. (Can ya tell I'm grumpy about it? ;c) ) I'm starting to market my own work locally, but it's slow going.

If I did this for a living I would probably starve for my work!

struggling to do that.. I love what I do with bryce..and well..doesn't earn you a thing. Sigh. Along with this..I'm a freelance photographer, and well.. struggling artist! :)

Hobby and enjoyment.I think about courses all the time then realize I love contracting so much.To build things and see happy faces upon completion is enjoyable.If I did CG for a living I am not sure I would enjoy it as much. I do want to get into webdesign for profit though.

A few years ago I was approached by a friend to do web design and graphics for his site. I grew to hate doing it so much that I stopped doing anything in the graphics arena for almost two years. If you hate deadlines and being told you have to have something completed "yesterday", only to have them request something completely different the next day anyway, and then they decide they didn't want to change anything afterall, and you get sick of doing the same thing over and over again...be cautious about who you work for when it comes to something you love doing. :)

I sell my assemblage artwork in galleries, make a little cash there (where I live it's seasonal, meaning ski season), and I sell my digital stuff on my site, no money there (yet, but I'm hopeful, at least I'm not splitting it 50/50 with Rosity), and I am a merchant here at Rosity and 3D Commune, and have made some money in both places. I do some web design, not much, and this is mostly as a secondary income. I wish I could make more by selling my stuff at the marketplace, seeing how hubby's laid off, everything thing I have here and at 3DC will be on sale for Christmas, hoping to at least make enough for a decent holiday meal...

I make some money from my art but not enough to live from but its a bit of extra money. I just happen to know someone who designs exhibition stands and shop interiors, i get some visual work from him when a client wants to see a 3d image of the design. I've found bryce a great programme for doing this type of work.

It's all supplemental for me, I do commercial art for a local computer company. Things like fliers, pricelists, stuff that would normally involve JUST Photoshop but I take it to the extra level and use Bryce too. It makes our fliers and ads really stand out in the 2D crowd... Also, my day job involves technical renderings and "artist rendtitions" about exteriors. To date, I have modeled over 300 windows in Bryce. I hate each of them, except the one I'm doing today! (for once they let me put in candles!) I can pay my rent every month with it, but that's about it. Progress is the key. We create the markets for our stuff, it's all marketing to me. But mostly, it makes me feel progressive and helps me express myself. It's fun!

Just now starting to make some side money on my art(Bryce,Poser, Photoshop, etc), it's definetly not my mainstay for an income as of yet, lol. First was/is a CD layout for a Christian musician my brother knows. Now starting on concept/design for illustrating two children's books for an author friend. And, when I get a chance, (lamely) teaching myself traditional 3D modeling to; further my skill, and to sell a few models. (getting there bit by bit) AgentSmith

Part of my day job is max animation, and I also do it as a hobby with the occaisional profit, but I couldn't live off it (don't think I'm good enough for it - or maybe just not motivated enough to risk going freelance - wife kids house etc to worry about)

Aye, remember Gog, going freelance need not exclude your other works! Start small, and build exponentially...

My day job is graphic design. I work on monthly print catalogs and various other marketing materials. I also help out with the company web site every now and then. My previous day job had me doing more of the same plus cartoon illustration. I do my digital artwork after hours and on the weekends, and the income is mostly supplemental, enough to pay for web hosting costs, office supplies, and upgrades. I do private commissions, and I sell art prints. Both 2D and 3D are involved. I've only recently started doing book cover artwork as well (I'm on my fifth cover now), and so far all of the covers I've done have involved the heavy use of Bryce.