17 Jan 05:18
--i only photobash for mechanical stuff but it still feels like cheating lol
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17 Jan 05:17
--Spaceghost: what I meant by 10 years, is that with my day job, I could only get 2h of practice per day if I didnt have freelance. That is roughly 600h per year if I dont do anything else. If I quit now and do 9h per day, I can have free nights and have almost 3,500h in a single year.
17 Jan 05:07
--but then again it could just be the fact that i was putting in hours during highschool but i didnt know how to study that well back then
17 Jan 05:02
--think that rule applied before the internet and all this free content and information we have now. the last 2 years my skills have greatly improved just from watching vids on youtube
17 Jan 05:00
--i dont subscribe to that whole "10 years before you can make money at art" thing. its been disproven by so many ppl like alex negrea.
17 Jan 04:54
--I'm 22 and I still live with my parents because I tried to study physics after a lifetime of not paying attention in maths
17 Jan 04:49
--im thinking about getting a summer job so i can horde up on learning material, gnomon dvds,etc and help with bills if revamping my portfolio and looking for work doesnt work out
17 Jan 04:46
--im 20 so i still live with my parents so its a kittke easy for me. but still im pressured to get a job and contribute to the bills because my parents dont really know what im doing in my room all day. they prob think im foolin around playing videogames.
17 Jan 04:02
--It's more difficult to draw while driving. But I completely agree with you being stuck in a non-fufilling job can really be fustrating, man have I being there. What's left is to plan wisely and simply push yourself as hard as possible - remember folks that there is light at the end of all this!
17 Jan 03:51
--and when you sit down and do the math, you'd have to to drag this during 10 years to make the same practice time people can accomplish in 2, if you can go full time practice. It hurt a bit. Felt like a lot of wasted time on a job that was not fulfilling
17 Jan 03:50
--so yeah. Takes a bit of planning. I know a lot of people saying you dont need to quit your job to make this work, but I was feeling very, very stuck. The whole situation was holding me back
17 Jan 03:48
--No, no, I totally understand. We have a lot of people making excuses - however, the 14h shifts makes you sick, i can attest to that. And if you work and get freelance, you stagnate completely
17 Jan 03:43
--Sorry if that steps on toes a bit, this is something I think about all the time.
17 Jan 03:43
--Haha I have tried drawing on the bus. Nope, didnt work. 3rd world. Yes, I do budgeting, hence the decision.
17 Jan 03:40
--Focus on what you can affect instead of what you can't. -if you spend time commuting, draw people on the bus
17 Jan 03:37
--I think it is harder, to work full time and make it happen, but it's not unlike challenges other people face in non-art related fields, i.e. Getting a degree and working full time. I think there are tools that can help like time management and budgeting
17 Jan 03:29
--This is why budgeting rules. Have you guys tried coming up with a monthly forecast of expenses/income?
17 Jan 03:26
--But keeping a slow pace in the evenings can work and then take a break and explode into a few months of hardcore art - planning of coure will be essential, so next time I'll be aiming for pro deadline.
17 Jan 03:16
--it... did take time away. It felt like it was holding me back, so yeah, trying to fix that. Still scaring to give up the fixed income