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/ic/ - Artwork/Critique

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Is it worth investing all my free time in art?

>> No.3222494

>>3222429
>nah, quit while your ahead

What do you do now anon?

>> No.3222494,1 [INTERNAL] 

I'd invest lots of free time into art if you wanna get better but that sort of realism in the picture looks retarded tbh. Don't go for that

>> No.3222664

>>3222429
better than jerking off or playing vidya

>> No.3222665

How old are you?
Do you like drawing/art?
How long have you been doing it?
What do you plan to do with it?

>> No.3222876

>>3222429
if you enjoy it, it will be worth it

>> No.3222899

>>3222876
this guy right here has the right idea

>> No.3222907

>>3222429
The visions don't go away, they only get more vivid and the sensations stronger.

>> No.3222994

>>3222876
This. Anything you enjoy doing even a little when you start doing it will be even more enjoyable when you're good at it. If you don't enjoy doing it AT ALL. Then it probably won't be worth learning it.

>> No.3223663

Not really. I mean, sure, but you need to socialize and exercise too, you know. I think reading fiction is also important for artists. But other than that why not. But make sure you spend it wisely - check out the term "deliberate practice".

>> No.3223810

>>3222665
20
yes very very very much
2 years
work in the industry making kewl shit

>> No.3223819

>>3222429
>>3223810

Define "worth it" to you.

If you want to become an independent freelance artist, understand that in addition to being a skilled artist, you need to be very entrepreneurial and business minded (something that I think a lot of people on /ic/ fall flat on). Most people don't 'make it' in this regard.

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3223823

>>3223819
>work in the industry

>independent freelance

not the same thing tho

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3223828

>>3223823
Is this a joke? What do you think the 'industry' is?

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3223852

>>3223828
A "lot" of artists get a regular permanent 9-5 job at companies.

pic related counter reaction image

>> No.3223854

>>3223828
the gud ones get to be art directors at Disney, and it's not a "contract".

bonus points if you're a jew. You get a solid job forever.

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3223934

>>3223852
I see your counter and raise you a counter counter.

I don't disagree with you there - there are plenty of inhouse positions that artists can fill. That's not what we were talking about though - we were talking about whether or not freelance artists are apart of the commercial art industry. For you to suggest otherwise is just fundamentally wrong. I'm going to take a wild guess and say you probably think the 'industry' only refers to the standard fantasy / sci-fi / concept art work that /ic/ circle jerks over. Those are only sub-industries of the larger commercial art industry of which both freelance and in-house studio artists are apart of.

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3224056

>>3223934
true.

when I think working in the industry I mistakenly think of perm or contract position in a movie/vidya studio

>> No.3224071

>>3223810
You're still young and you have potential. If you enjoy doing it keep practicing, studying and consider taking classes, but have a back up plan. Art is a fucking hard business with lots and lots and fucking tonne lots of competition.

>> No.3224471

>>3224071
>but have a back up plan
what does /ic/ mean when they say that?

if I don't find a job, i'll work as a pizza delivery man. The job looks comfy.

is that a backup plan?

that or i'll continue my studies in biotech and then get a job.

is that a more "real" backup plan?

>> No.3224821

>>3224471
You know damn well what that means.
Have a plan B career ready to go so you aren't screwed if it doesn't work out.
You aren't barred from drawing after that; you just aren't doing it as a stable career.

>> No.3225055

>>3224821
>You know damn well what that means

maybe I'm retarded but I actually don't.

>Have a plan B career ready to go so you aren't screwed if it doesn't work out.

I don't have a family or anything, jeez. I could just pickup a normal job

>> No.3225055,1 [INTERNAL] 

You say “just pick up a normal job” like someone who’s never had a job