08-29-2016, 05:25 PM
I agree with you. For me, making a steady sustainable living from Art as a freelancer (not in a studio) involves (out of my ass) 80% business savvy, people skills and discipline, 20% artistic technical skills.
Only 20% on skills because you should already have the majority of skills you need at a particular level of proficiency before you should even begin to try and make an art career sustainable.
The "locked away in a cave" routine tends to happen to people early on in development or early on in freelance. Anyone who makes it to pro, fairly quickly realises this type of lifestyle is undesirable.
Obviously life extends far beyond the realms of art, so to shun it for art, for me points to borderline unhealthy obsession. You can't take your art with you when you dead.
Only 20% on skills because you should already have the majority of skills you need at a particular level of proficiency before you should even begin to try and make an art career sustainable.
The "locked away in a cave" routine tends to happen to people early on in development or early on in freelance. Anyone who makes it to pro, fairly quickly realises this type of lifestyle is undesirable.
Obviously life extends far beyond the realms of art, so to shun it for art, for me points to borderline unhealthy obsession. You can't take your art with you when you dead.