Topic: I need a reality check on being an artist?

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Posted at July 5, 2006, 2:42 am:

topics like this probably came up before but i did a search and dindt find any. OK so how bad is it out there? i mean is your job really just drawing stuff you dont care for? how long did you go for without a job? and when you did get that job, was it friggin too low pay? is your job even fun anymore?

for me right now, i feel very niave (SP) of what the real world of being an artist is like. i just imagine myself struggling hard in the beginning and few years later having it where my job is pretty stable and im skilled enough to work for different companies.

right now im on my summer vacation closing into starting of college, and im thinking, well maybe i should just go to a vocational school and get out in a year and get the technician job which is stable instead (makes 30-50k but not sure about starting). and that will allow me time to build my portfolio (most likely without fulltime schooling but probably classes here and there and mostly self teaching and learning from books/ca org). then i can do part time concept arting for fun. the whoel thing is, i dont want to be where i have to worry everyday about whether i can pay for my bills for hte month if i just had an art job instead. i think that, if im truly tired of the whole technician thing,m i could jump into the conceptart field if i feel that i am good enough to be able to find jobs (but isnt job prospects down for artists?). ok sorry this isnt organized but im so filled with thoughts i dont know what to do.

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For me, the answers are pretty straightforward.

Look.

Who cares how much competition there is out there? If you become skil...

You also might want to consider the fact that you can switch careers a...

im glad i saw this thread, i needed it.

The competition out there in this field is plenty, there are lots of j...

ahh i'm so glad some "magic" got dropped into this thread--&...

Learning and getting better applies to every job you do in your life.

what? if you choose to take a job you don't enjoy, that's your own fa...

Sweet line.

thanks a lot for the information everyone, yeah i guess simply put is ...

LadyLioness I sort of went through the same thing you did.

well, i picked that because of the short amount of schooling needed pl...

my own opinion on the subject: sounds corny, but money really isn't e...

Agreed, wholeheartedly.

I intend to be an artist for a living.

Hi again ladyL, yes I undertook and finished a business degree and a c...

shit, how'd that happen? oh well, I was probably rambling anyhow.

Well that's just a question of personal taste.

hmm.

LadyLioness, It sounds like the real source of your anxiety is hang...

A staff job in videogames ?? can you give more details what thats abou...

i think the thing any youngin going into the art world needs to unders...

Most game companies don't have full time in-house concept artist (but ...

im not workin atm not in the field any way .

I was told the same thing when I was younger: "You can do that as...

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