[mezeek]

You sound like "making art" is only the painter in his Brooklyn studio. But it's video game designers, movie animators, videographers, graphic artists, and more that work in agencies and marketing departments of all companies that will be affected.

[ben_w]

Those are mostly not well paid roles[0], and there are clearly many hobbyists in these areas also — looking at YouTube, all output is necessarily videography or animation, but what's the income distribution? I have a channel, no money from it (not that this was ever the point).

[0] Unless you're doing furry art, but that's only because furries are "suspiciously wealthy".