Okay, compare that to the amount of hobbyists by headcount. Also subtract out the support roles in those industries that don’t constitute “artist” roles. Is a p

Okay, compare that to the amount of hobbyists by headcount. Also subtract out the support roles in those industries that don’t constitute “artist” roles. Is a programmer an artist? Is someone working on color grading according to the specifications of someone else an artist? Subjective for sure, but at least for me most roles in those industries don’t qualify as “artists” since they don’t exercise substantial control over the art output. As an illustrative comparison, if we apply the same “massive org chart” model used in film or video games to painting, each employee would apply a few brushstrokes according to requirements specified by a painting director. Is each of them an artist? Or is the painting director the artist?