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Art, Life, and making the two work? 2017-08-23 03:09:20 Post No. 18649039
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>be me
-late 20's
-Shit at most jobs, overqualified for a lot or health impairment due to highschool sports. oh, and criminal record.
-Saving grace is talented with my hands
-Started selling shitty art in my late teens to afford food
-No matter how many jobs bomb through, arts always there
-mostly selling OC illustrations to /d/ faggots
-end up trying normie job thing for exgf's, fails spectacularly like clockwork.
-cut to now; living on own, no help-- 2 roommates. have PC studio suite
-supporting self with art. still selling dick to /d/
-embarassed, but still happy to have food on plate, AC in hot as balls summer
-having bad month, supporting roommate for last 6. best friend.
-miss rent once. rely on tumblrina roommate. everythings chill, but tight.
-catching up on work
-really bad week cherry on top of shit sundae; mom in psych ward, bank account jacked, sister in shithole trapped relationship, dad back on the meth
-minor breakdown
-shut down for a few days, dont wanna deal with people
-normally working/streaming art daily.
-best friend pitches fit to drag me to bar to 'cheer up'
-meeting former neighbor he has crush on.
-suspect not so much cheer up as to fund beer and him hooking up/wingmaning
-go to shut people up.
-bar is ok. ladyfriend is there with new boytoy. boytoy is black, athletic, nice dude.
-I hang out with him, talk comics & shit, artist too.
-bestfriend having shitfit
-forced to shell out 40 to put to drinks for bestfriend and tumblrina roommie
-fml
-black dude says he's quitting olive garden, willing to put in good word.2 positions; cook, server.
-suggest unemployed roommate try for it
-thrusts it back at me that I need it
-my fucking face when
-agitated, fuck off to smoke in front of bar, fresh air and decrease tension.slightly drunk.
-best friend comes out. drunk angry. fight. turns to fists.
-best friend calls art not a real job
-throws everything in the world he can at me.
-fucking scene
-ladyfriend comes out to break up fight
(pt1)
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>>18649039
>cont
-days later now
-things are cool, apologies around
-bestfriend found job almost on the spot with local restaurant, server.
-new art jobs coming in
-client buys another comic page, big money 4 spider dicks. idk, easy art.
-modfriend on discord working on Skywind
-modfriend recomends me for project, invites to discord dev group
-suggest I do voice acting (smoke so dark elf is easy to do, eloquent from years of streaming)
-new clients hmu for art
-Game dev in workgroups hmu for concept and voice work
-my face when
So here I am. sitting here wondering what the hell... why is it people think my work accomplishes nothing or isnt a 'real job' in the least. I spend upwards of 10 hours a day illustrating and entertaining people. I get work, I have galleries with a combined viewership of over 750k unique viewer signatures and growing. I have a healthy number of subs on picarto and just...
I still feel people are looking down at me. /adv/ whats the outsider perspective on this? help me sort through this last stupid fucking month cause as is I feel like slamming my head in a car door repeatedly.
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>>18649095
You need to dont give a fuck about people opinions they just try to drag you down a be miserable like themselves
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