07-19-2017, 07:36 PM
(07-19-2017, 05:15 PM)Mariyan-Hristov Wrote: Here is my advice , you really have to love doing this. Like for the past 5 years I felt into many crisis , that what i started was impossible and was incredibly horrible decision idk how I pulled thought. Now things are looking better, because I got a bit more comfortable that I'll find work.
21 000 pounds a year is a ton of money(not counting expenses for food rent etc.), for less thank 6 k I think you can have way better education . 1500 pounds for a really good second hand workstation (they are PC's for work , so they last longer than the usual PC's ) In case you need feedback , 800 $ is the cost of a 8 week course with one of the best instructors in the world , you can take 2-3 max which is 2400$ and you have like 1000 $ which is all the money you need to subscribe to 1 year of schoolims and all the gumroads you can ever need. But of course that depends if your parents or whom ever would give you the time and recourses. But 60k for art education is not worth it at all, because you can find a community near. I'm willing to help you if you need as well ( I'm having better work than in my SB , which i haven't uploaded still )xD
£21,000 a year? Nononononono. Here in the UK we have a system where you can take out a loan to pay for your tuition fees. The main course that I would go on if I was going to art school is £9250 a year and for 3 years so that totals to £27750 total. What I was saying is the way you pay back your loan is in deductions off your wages. If you don't earn anything over $21,000 a year for your salary, you pay nothing back. However, if you earn over £21,000 a year then money is deducted from your wage off the surplus money you earn yearly. So if I earned £21,100 a year and I had to pay back money at a rate of 20%. I earn £100 surplus so deduct 20% off 100 and you get 20. Therefore, every year, I would keep £21,080 and give the student loans company £20.
What I was asking is: can I live off £21,000 a year and will I even make that much as an artist with a day job?
My parents won't pay for anything. I'll have to do it myself. They don't really believe in my career plan plus they've already invested so much money in my education already. It's a stretch staying in their house for another year.
I take it you didn't go to art school? I know there are plenty of online resources I can use to improve my skills but being an artist is 50% marketing and 50% drawing. So I have no idea about the commercial side of things. How did you manage that part?