I’ve always been interested in passive income, but who hasn’t? Making money while you’re sleeping is the American Dream. I’ve often thought of setting up an Etsy.com store selling greeting cards or trying to sell some of my (less than professional) photography on stock photo sites. Etsy is a big investment if you factor in printing costs and there’s of course no guarantee people are going to buy my stuff, same with stock photo sites.

Another option is Envato. Selling digital art and making a passive income is a no brainier. No printing costs, no real overhead, it’s perfect. However, the competition at Envato is steep and getting your file accepted seems like an act of God. These thoughts held me back for awhile, but if you’re reading this, one of my files is now for sale on GraphicRiver! Yes, I finally told my brain to can it and created a small collection of Twitter backgrounds to sell. Was it challenging? Yes. Figuring out what I wanted to do was. I first thought about doing print materials like business cards or newsletter and brochure templates. However, when it comes down to it, if I was going to gamble and spend the time designing something that might not even get past the review process, I had to design something I would enjoy. Something web related seemed to be the way to go. Twitter backgrounds don’t seem to be an overly saturated market on GraphicRiver, so I sat down and got to work one evening and really enjoyed myself. Being in more of a production role at my 9-5, having total creative freedom felt awesome and reignited a spark for design that I haven’t felt in awhile.

You can view my file on GraphicRiver here, more to come!