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How many years have you spent on learning to become a person who does art for a living?

>> No.3037287

>>3037284
Since early teens, so 8 years or so. Nowhere near tho, gotta keep getting better!

>> No.3037288

>>3037284
About 2 years.

>> No.3037296

>>3037287
wtf were you doing for 8 years if you're "no where near" now?

>> No.3037313

>>3037296
Being a teenager, cool guy.

>> No.3037343

>>3037284
Coming up on 3 years, not even close though

>> No.3037362

must have taken me something like 8 years if you don't count all the time drawing stupid shit as a kid when I really had no idea what I was doing

>> No.3037738

Took me 5 years to go from "I want to do this for a job" to getting my first big studio position, and then another 3-4 years to reach a level I actually think is decent.

>> No.3037741

3 and half years from start until first internship.

>> No.3037746

4.5 years since I started from scratch.

This year I started accepting commissions and already made 2.2k USD.

However I'm a 30ish old fag so I'm still uncertain about art as a way of living but I will keep doing it nonetheless

>> No.3037827

>>3037738
post your work that you can post without being associated to anyone

>> No.3037836

>>3037284
I've been taking it seriously 9ish years I guess. Time flies.

>> No.3037848

>>3037313
kek

>> No.3037855

>>3037284
I've been drawing since I was 4, so 14 and a half years just about.

>> No.3038231

>>3037746

i'm nearing my thirties and i make good money freelancing. i can tell you that it's absolutely possible to make a good living doing this. but you might have to do stuff that's not fun all the time. either way hope a little encouragement helps.

>> No.3038275

dropped out of uni in 2013...

not reliant on it yet, but i got my first 1k commission this year.

still sucking though, majorly. :/ hopefully another 4 years will see better results

>> No.3038290

>>3038275
>1k commision
>sucking

>> No.3038550 [DELETED] 

>>3038290
Anon that's only 25 commisions a year.

>> No.3038727

>>3038231
how do you get attention as a freelance artist? Where do you find clients that'll pay you big bucks and how do you motivate yourself to keep working for other people?

>> No.3038736

>>3038727

Sadly. Big bucks just dont exist in fl illustration.being realistic.

And secondly. Youre gonna have to find a really good art college if u wanna get ur foot in the door,talent etc.

>> No.3038741 [DELETED] 

>>3038290

I have friends that get 2-5k so yes in comparison, and that 1k isn't regular at all

>> No.3038744

>>3038736
lol i would definitely argue with that. If you're at the top of your game you can totally do well. i.e, i know someone offered 3-5k for their pieces

If you're medicine though, yeah you're going to have a hard time

>> No.3038746

>>3038741
post. your. work.

and your friends' work.

>> No.3038750

>>3038744
It takes atleast 5 years to grow a business.

Every successful fl artist tofay has a bacholars degree in illustration. Getting gud is one thing, but making sure people know who u are is another. Trust me. Theres a reason why only a few makes the big bucks. And they dont like competition.

>> No.3038917

>>3037284
You can probably find work as an artist with just a couple years of studying.

But it takes 8 years of serious study to become a good artist.

Takes a lifetime to become a great artist.

It takes something special to become a master.

>> No.3038920

>>3037284
2 years but I spent most of this year fucking around with girls and being distracted lol

>> No.3038922

Just got my first job in graphic design to make money while I try to draw. It pays shit and my boss is a dumbass but it's alright.

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>>3037284
0

>> No.3039429

>>3037827
Hell naw, everything can be reverse searched. :D

The only way my work is getting on ic is if someone else posts it - hopefully in one of those "this concept artist is a shitty hack" threads so that I can tick it off my career goals list lol.

>> No.3039440

>>3037284
art school didn't count for me, so i'll say less than three months. i have no idea which direction to go. kind of wanna do stickers and merch. have i learned how to contact suppliers and build a niche base of collectors? o god no, i have not.

>> No.3039446

>>3038937
Where'd you find this secret RJ demo?! More?

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>>3039446


#artillery2017

24.06 St Petersburg Russia

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>>3039446

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3039496

a new boyfriend?

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omg

>> No.3042055

sing I started when I was 5... 19 years
Since I really got "serious" in the 5th grade: 13

Just had my first feeling of failure and never going to make it today guys.
Shit hurts.

>> No.3042279

>>3042055
Yeah great mentality man, just throw all these years ou the window, just make all these drawing hours useless...

>> No.3042287

>>3042055
You still have a decent amount of time to get gud, just ignore those feelings and grind.

>> No.3042301

>>3038920
>fucking around with girls and being distracted lol
Waifus aren't girls, dude.

>> No.3042679

>>3037284

7 months, not too bad. If I keep at it, I might get there in 2 years.

>> No.3042839

>>3042279
>>3042287
Oh I never said I was going to quit cause that would mean I wasted all of this time. Just had a small crisis today and felt like I wasn't going anywhere.

I'm just getting back to it today.

>> No.3043213

>>3037284

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