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[Treewyrm]

That's quite a sloppy idealistic and impractical assumption that there should be no commercial element to artist work at all. There are hobbies and there is work. Both can be artistic. Say if I illustrate books then publishers pay for commissioned work, which in turn is payed by customers who purchase said books. That's a work. Say if I draw concept art and publish it freely under some non-restrictive license, such as creative commons variation, that's more of a hobby, and if you're going to make it your work then it's a marketing tool that may or may not yield commercial proposal. Internet is great for marketing, but let's not assume that every artist is just a hobbyist and stays so.