> Also he probably didn't start out thinking "Alright I'm gonna become an artist and make tons of money with my art!", he probably started doing it for his own

> Also he probably didn't start out thinking "Alright I'm gonna become an artist and make tons of money with my art!", he probably started doing it for his own personal pleasure, and it just took off. If someone were to start out with the goal of making money as artist, a graffiti artist would be the last on his mind. He was probably either financially independent already, or had a real job and was doing graffiti as a "side project" when he started out. You say that, but Ludo is a well known artist who took to street art to enhance his profile and has had large commissions in public places, magazines and concerts and live events. http://thisisludo.com/category/news/ http://thisisludo.com/category/news/ I don't think Banksy's model is the only way, but it has worked well for him given his approach for social critiques and the mystique is just his form of branding to create exclusivity to his work(s). He even admits to Blek Le Rat's work being comprable, if not better, to his own in the quote above.