Manasi Arya started posting artwork on Instagram and TikTok after she graduated college.
Arya's ArtwithManasi accounts now have 40,100 followers on TikTok and 19,000 followers on Instagram.
Around the same time, she hit 10,000 followers on TikTok and applied for the platform's Creator Fund.
She earned $9,000 to create one video for DirecTV that was posted on TikTok and Instagram.
Although her videos about art remain popular, she branched out into posting about fashion, identity and representation, and dating.