How do I get motivated to make art like I was when I was a kid?

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>>18555483
Graphic designer and artfag here,

Unless it's 14th century and you are hired by european royal court to draw portraits all day, art is hardly about making money. Art is what you pursue in spare time, or do as volunteer to some cause, show off to others, to decorate spaces, to win a competition, to please the art teacher or to feel like Da Vinci for a minute there. Trust me on this, I have done plenty of painting, drawing, traditional graphical techniques, sculpture and other stuff that classifies as "art" to most people. Hell, even drew a young nude woman in art school for one anatomy drawing session.

I think what you mean is how to make money from creative expression? Because creativeness can extend to many fields. You can be a mathematician, business, marketer, event organizer and still exercise plenty of creativity in a sense that it's up to your unique way of problem solving how you make a solution happen. "Art" or making music is no different - you want to create a beautiful thing and you need to know the rules, technical skills, buy equipment, have access to an audience and have connections to make an exhibition or a gig happen.

Don't worry about "not being able to draw", there's youtube tutorials these days where you can learn to draw pieces to look like monochrome photography in it's accuracy of detail. Hard part is, how to make creativity something that you sustain. Certainly, even if you draw like a God, you still struggle to get paid, because either there are 100 middlemen who rip you off from your fair share, or you just flat out find that nobody will buy art that is less than 10 dollars.

Try to be more creative in what you do best, OP, and you will be a very good "artist", truly. World needs more people who think creatively and find creative solutions, and less people who can draw a watercolor piece but who are prudish and boring in personality.

Pic semi related, part of the 2D vector series by me for art school final exam project.

>>18555483
why do you need a hobby to make you money?

>>18555554
I looked at the pic, at first I didn't notice the details because I thought I was looking at a photograph of a table placed at a window.

It's amazing!

>>18555674
thanks!

>>18555554
>talks about creativity
>traces a fucking table

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>>18555698
Those traces were necessary for the end presentation plaque (group work) that was sent for printing from the print shop. I posted it because it took few hours each to trace, and it looks like professional work.

You can also have my drawing from 2013 where I drew some collage out of various photos + some patterns by heart. It's not good, but it needed some creative interpretation.

Sorry I can't post any still life or anatomy work, I don't take pictures of those that often, because I am not as good at those as expected of me, and some later pieces that were decent, I didn't take those home with me, because I was angry with the management of the art club and left in a hurry and swore to not go back again.

>>18555781
on that one, I was not using any kind of tracing, just tiny reference photos on computer screen.

Thinking you're not getting rich with art isn't pessimistic, it's the truth. Sure you can always get lucky if you go full sell out mode, but generally that shouldn't be your motivation to make art. There are so many things you can do that will more likely give you fame and fortune if that's what you're after. I pursue art because it's the only thing that gives me a true feeling of purpose and fulfillment. Nothing else makes me feel as good, just thinking about all the art I can and want to create in the future keeps me going even when life gets hard. I make art because I need to and I love it more than anything. Maybe you should also try to find something like that and do it instead of art.

>>18555483

if youou don't have the motivation to just DRAW IN YOUR SPARE TIME how are you going to find the motivation to do /something else/ that will give you the motivation to draw?

heres the thing about motivation: you don't need it. you can just do it anyway if you're not a little bitch baby.