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If I was to narrow it down to a reason, I’d say that it’s because I’m a frustratingly maladaptive daydreamer who is constantly thinking about different worlds and realities from this one, I guess it’s a form of escapism. I keep fantasising about being in a mythical fantasy setting, or in space, anywhere from reality, and I always think about writing characters that have a piece of myself in them. I guess drawing is the one barrier that is preventing me from drawing my daydreaming fantasies to life.

I’m kind of afraid of what will happen next after I get good enough and draw my comic/manga. Will I just kill myself after that after producing my little self-insert fantasy? Or will I have newer, fresher themes to explore as I go on through my artistic journey? Who knows what the future will bring.

OP here.

Every time I spoke to a customer at my job what I enjoyed to do and wanted to do with my life, I’ve always said that I wanted to be a professional artist selling their work online.

Some don’t say much, but their faces show disappointment and others just flat out tell you why pursuing art is useless and that you should just go for a STEM degree.

Speaking to my female colleagues about Art is also really surface level. Normie girls don’t really respect artists unless they’re really really popular and even then it is still not as respectable as a STEM degree. I can understand why because being an artist is almost tantamount to being a NEET, isn’t it? Sitting at home most of the day drawing in one space. Your wife might just respect you less. But that’s just my two cents.