Starting having work- Please help

[John]

Have you done character concept/design gigs? If so, could you help me by sharing some experience?

This is a question for Amit, but just to add to what he's going to say, I could point you towards somebody else's insight.

Feng Zhu talked about the career in concept art in his podcast. He broke down that impression that concept art isn't as glamorous as people think it is.

If you haven't heard of it, here's a link! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PoQBxYt2sVQ
The succeeding episodes are quite insightful as well!