[shimmeringleaf]

I'd say, be an artist first and focus on building a community engaged in your art first, just becoming an "NFT artist" (shudder) probably won't do much for her, but if she can share and engage people in her art and then also offer ways for them to support her practice it may work.

It's important to have realistic expectations. When I first started out as an artist I made physical prints ... and nothing sold for, like, two years and I had to do commercial gigs I disliked to make ends meet. If then was now and instead I minted NFTs ... I expect the same would happen. Basically nobody apart from my family and a couple of friends even saw I had prints available because no-one knew I existed. As such NFTs are the same as the old art market, you need to be visible and have a proper community before they can be relied upon as a revenue source (a lot of "traditional" artists can rely on sales of paintings/prints as they produce them).

I'm not personally familiar with Solana, but I've good experiences with tezos (POS (way more eco friendly), very low minting fees) platforms like hicetnunc.