Quote - If you work hard enough to make a living as a vendor you're still not going to have time to invest into making a movie.
Between modeling, texturing, UV mapping, rigging and posersizing, and making catchy promo images and self promotions and everything it takes, you're pretty much working 12 hours a day.

If you don't put that much effort into it, then you;re looking at the lower end of earnings - which is $0-$500 a month. 

Also as was pointed out, skill and talent and having a feel for what people are interested and will buy in has a lot to do with how you'll do.

That is unfortunately true. I initially started modeling cause of the idea making a movie too.
But ended up in having no time anymore. As said in my post above: It consumes your time more than you think.

And: I think that only a handful of people may be able to live from what they earn at any marketplace: Consider: You have to pay taxes even on the little money you earn here! So the 1000$ you target get taxed-- you may have 700 in the end to live from...

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