Hi artdvine welcome! Yes you can earn by sharing your content on hive, people who have staked hive power can vote on posts/comments to allocate rewards and you can also earn by staking hive and voting, those are called curation rewards!
This post has some basics:
https://peakd.com/art/@nftshowroom/basics-of-hive-and-blogging-for-artists
Thanks, I found this one helpful too hive-a-complete-beginners-guide-with-fun-doodles-pt-1
Also, it looks like I'll have to reedit my original post's tags to have it included on the introduction page, using the tag in a comment doesn't work.
There's a popular tag #introduceyourself, if you use it I would suggest making a big post about who you are / showing examples of your art etc. It's a good way to sort of verify yourself in the community 👍