Money-making from art - Scribbling on business cards.

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Further to Fred the Fireman, I just remembered a guy who's made a business out of scribbling on business cards.

Yep! That's how it happened. Sat in a bar, got out his pen, and doodled on the back of a business card - who said business is difficult ? Have you seen the cost of an MBA ?

His business now produces business cards with scribbles on - and limited prints, where the cards are blown-up huge.

See his website, where he doesn't hide the roots of his art:
www.gapingvoid.com

Prints with extra colour at:
gapingvoidgallery.com

Here's a nice one for those of us who eventually end up getting overtaken by the love of Mammon and forget to be philanthropic (copyright Hugh McLeod):

He's also done consulting for Microsoft ("Big Blue" leading to big-blue wine labels), and got involved in a South African wine called Stormhoek, with interesting comments on how blogging boosted sales.

Big blue cartoon on wine bottle:
Blue cartoon wine label

Larger image:
Larger Big Blue image

Blogging helps Stormhoek wine sales:
Stormhoek wine and blogging

KC