Capstone project draft:

Name: Tia Date: Feb 23

Teacher: Mr. Green Block: C

Capstone focus: Entrepreneur

Proposed title: Selling art to fund for my education

Inquiry questions

How can a monetized hobby be an effective unemployment alternative?

Rational/context

I choose this question as it closely reflects my personal reasoning for my capstone. Choosing this as a
question could help me get creative in my current state and my future state to understand how to
make money in nontraditional ways. I am passionate about having money so I am hoping that this can
be a viable option in my future in case I cannot get a job right away. This is a topic I am focusing on
because I was planning to do this either way, whether now or later.
Background

I do not know very much but there are freelance artists that I have seen that can make a decent living
or at least gain any source of income from commissions. I would focus on paintings and drawings but
if I had the time and resources, I could do videos or bracelets or whatever.
More research will be done so I can understand fully what I am getting into.
Career connections

I am planning to go into animal sciences which is a long and expensive career path. Because of my
move here two years ago after an unfortunate situation I am a bit of a late bloomer when it comes to
maturity. I do not have any well-off relatives that are willing to pay for my education and I am not
even sure if either of my parents helped set up a savings thing for me, so I have work to pay for my
own education.
This I guess will help me learn independence, it will also help me explore other ways to prevent myself
from having no money.
Interdisciplinary and core competency connections

I guess this would work on self-motivation again. Since this is my project, it requires me to stay on top
of any potential opportunities that come my way. I will have to generate ideas, art ideas, and diverse
ways to promote.
Capstone presentation medium

I will use a PowerPoint presentation and a dream board mind map type of poster things to help show
off the planning that went into this project. I suppose that the accounts that are made will act as a
portfolio to show what has been made and what kind of revenue was produced.
Description of capstone project

I will research how much I should set my commissions as a beginner artist. I will research and use
different platforms to promote my work. I will study and work on diverse types of skills I could further
develop in my art so that whatever potential customers are content with whatever money they may
have spent.
 Resources and technology

I will need paper, a pen, pencil, a digital drawing program, time, and motivation. The skills that this
would require are time management, creativity, and self-motivation. I have most of these materials,
though they are not the highest quality. Hopefully, the skill that I do have can overcome that though
as I do not want to spend money if I do not have to. I am currently in an art class so I could take the
time there to work on any commissions I may get.
Mentors and community

I do not think that I will need any mentors. If so, I have my art teacher to help if I need assistance. I
could research or message some people that I follow online in case I get desperate.
Project limitations

Time could be a limitation; resources could be a limitation. It could also be a limitation if no one tries
to buy anything because that is like the whole point of the capstone.
Other considerations

I may split between making animations/edits and art, or I could take inspiration from a persona I
follow and do both. I also already have an alternate account and would like to use that for the
capstone instead of starting fresh. (I have run out of emails to use as well). This account already has
content on it that I would not want to delete either, I would be willing to achieve them though for the
meantime until this project is done though.
References

3Voices (Contributor), By, & (Contributor), 3Voices. (2024, January 16). Strategies to “monetize” your hobby
to survive unemployment. 3News. https://3news.com/opinion/strategies-to-monetize-your-hobby-to-
survive-unemployment/#google_vignette
Sabatier, G. (2024, January 31). How to live without a Job. Millennial Money.
https://millennialmoney.com/how-to-live-without-a-job/