I have been a fine artist and illustrator for years, either doing commissioned work, or licensing existing work from my catalog, which at this point is fairly l

I have been a fine artist and illustrator for years, either doing commissioned work, or licensing existing work from my catalog, which at this point is fairly large. Commissioned work is infrequent, because I don't market it much and I charge real rates for my time, and Silicon Valley is actually a fairly milquetoast, cheapskate market for art unless someone is buying a very established name for an investment vehicle. licensing is more common. With the advent of JIT print services (e.g. Society6, DeviantArt, Redbubble, etc), I also monetize any existing work where applicable. It's not huge in terms of revenue (small margins), but it's very low friction to capitalize on.