There certainly some artists that are now full time, but more as artists with toys on the side, or having to concentrate more on design work these days than design but started in the art toy world. Like Tado, David Horvath or Meomi.
Not everyone can do a Kaws or Tokidoki. But that doesn’t mean you can’t be successful in your own little way 🙂 concentrate on you and your own style, have passion and that’s what will draw the fans to you. Quality not quantity 🙂
I like seeing the TEQ customs, it’s nice seeing how other artists can interpret this figure. A bit like the more common platforms!
If the releases still sell, and they are selling out, there’s clearly a big Quiccs following and he can ride that wave for as long as it lasts! It never lasts forever.
People that use bots will always try and find ways around every new thing we do, I think the only way is the hard graft of a human sifting through orders to find the ones that look suspicious and dodgy. If high value artists like Kaws can do this, then we’re on the right track.
The internet is great, and also garbage, at the same time.