I submit for consideration as a test case the artist Myles Pinkney.
Myles is almost unknown to fandom. He has been to one con- MisCon this year, where he was AGoH and had prints in the art show- all of which sold. He had a couple of kidfanlit bookcovers in the far past, but does NO work inside fandom, illos in books, bookcovers, magazines or anything of the sort.
He makes a good living as an artist doing nothing but fantasy art- primarily licensed to the Bradford exchange, the Danbury Mint and WalMart.
Not that he is likely to be nominated as he is pretty much unknown, but under current defs is he a pro artist, as he makes his living off fantasy art (outside the boundaries of our genre-limited awareness) or a fan artist as he sold some prints at a con?
Sorry for picking nits if it seems I am- I am curious how this works.
Re: More recent use of the term
Myles is almost unknown to fandom. He has been to one con- MisCon this year, where he was AGoH and had prints in the art show- all of which sold. He had a couple of kidfanlit bookcovers in the far past, but does NO work inside fandom, illos in books, bookcovers, magazines or anything of the sort.
He makes a good living as an artist doing nothing but fantasy art- primarily licensed to the Bradford exchange, the Danbury Mint and WalMart.
Not that he is likely to be nominated as he is pretty much unknown, but under current defs is he a pro artist, as he makes his living off fantasy art (outside the boundaries of our genre-limited awareness) or a fan artist as he sold some prints at a con?
Sorry for picking nits if it seems I am- I am curious how this works.
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