/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

I used to be brimming with confidence in making it in digital art but now I have almost none, I have no real thoughts that I will be someone relevant and successful in the future, even as I make steady gains in my own art and continue improving.

It seems to me that if I want to rival the artists I look up to, I have to have an unreal level of business and social acumen, and that worries the fuck out of me a lot more than my art.

Anyone else feel the same, if so, can you share any experiences regarding this or maybe solutions?

I can't picture it in my head as anything other than hustling for what you can get here and there, like doing art for a TCG card or making some advertising poster.

There's gonna be exciting things you can do as a freelance artist. I just don't know what. Please help show me the way so I can get some inspiration.

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Try having these problems on top of suffering cubital+carpal tunnel syndrome in both arms.

Then you'll know true powerlessness.