/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

you want to become an artist?
>years of building your art skills
>feel like you can start out as an artist
>make a checklist of what is needed
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>finance art material
>in the meantime, work odd jobs
>self-manage your career
>layout and design your own catalogue for presentations, scholarships, open calls
>spend days refreshing, redesigning catalogues after a year
>spend more days preparing documents for scholarships
>need a shitload of connections to get into galleries
>try to cram time spent with family, with partner, work, time spent on your own art all into the week
>meanwhile research on materials, techniques, themes never ends
>gitting gud never ends either

"oh will you lookadat, yor an ardist, huh? well, i thenk you juss work-shy and lazy is all! you just be hangin around at home, munchin chips on the couch while us hard working people are out there working our asses off. yeah dats some kinda art alright!"

you're basically a startup business with one employee, if you decide to become a professional artist. why do people not understand this?