Etsy Business, AI Art, Jigsaw Puzzles

First Blood: What I Earned (and Spent) on My First Etsy Puzzle Sale

With my first Etsy sale now booked on this project, here’s what I earned, spent, and learned so far.

This is a sideways view of one of the puzzles that sold. The image is a blend of AI and original artwork. I’ll show the full version below.

Back in March, I published the following article:

How to Turn AI Art into a Profitable Business (My Exact Workflow)

This article outlined my thoughts and approach toward a new business and art venture I named “Jester Puzzles.” In a nutshell, Jester Puzzles is an “AI Collaborative” art project.

As “AI Collaborative” is a new term for many, you can read all about it in this article (on my Jigsaw Puzzle blog):

Why I Started a Blog About AI Art and Jigsaw Puzzles: An Extended Rant Suitable for Aimless…

The TLDR version of that is: I blend original art and/or digital editing techniques to AI-sourced imagery — more or less perfecting AI-sourced imagery. I’m not super concerned with “who” the artist is (and…