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Thoughts on Art Job Hunting :/

Mon May 18, 2009, 8:52 AM
  • Mood: Hopeless
  • Listening to: Nujabes -Feather
  • Drinking: water
I have been drawing a lot lately, so much so I usually manage to get 6 hours of semi-decent sleep. Then it's off to my regular job which I am at for roughly 10 hours a day working on a video game.

I love my job a lot but being a game tester kind of sucks at times. But the up side is, I get to work closely with developers everyday and are often part of the meetings and side tasks.

So I know how lucky I am at the moment but I still can't help but feel a little empty :/

I guess I feel bad for not having some sort of art career yet and everyday it eats at me. I spend all my free time drawing as much as I can and I am to the point where I feel like I am going in a circle. I even updated my resume yesterday and within a year and a half I have done more than anyone in my entire family could have dreamed of.

I think the worst part is... I looked all over online at possible job opportunities and there wasn't really anything out there for artists. Well, most everything was for an Art Director, which would be awesome to be but requires tons of skill. I think I am still at "Padawan" level.

Is that enough? I need more. :/ I need more work and more projects. I feel alive when I get art jobs on the side. But lately things have been slow. So what do I do now? Go back to school? *sigh*

All I know is that I need to keep drawing and learning and studying... one day, something amazing will happen. I just don't know when.

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  • Current Residence: San Jose
  • Interests: Drawing of course! ^^ running, playing WoW, shopping, going to the beach!
  • Favourite movie: Kung Fu Hustle
  • Favourite band or musician: hmmm... right now? "The Young Folks" by Peter Bjorn and John
  • Favourite genre of music: anything but country
  • Favourite artist: Clayton Crain, Brom, Jason Chan, Norman Rockwell
  • Favourite style of art: Clayton Crain's style.
  • Operating System: Windows XP, prefer MAC for my art though
  • MP3 player of choice: ipod
  • Shell of choice: all of them
  • Favourite game: Video Game: God of War
  • Favourite gaming platform: xbox 360
  • Favourite cartoon character: Gir from Invader Zim
  • Personal Quote: "Life isn't about waiting for the storm to pass, but learning how to dance in the rain.&qu
  • Tools of the Trade: Mechanical pencil, white piece of printer paper, Wacom 9x12 intuos 3, photoshop cs2

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You have some really cool art in your gallery. :D Especially your latest three. They have a lot of depth.

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Your mom goes to college
thx for visiting!!

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Wow
I can't believe you aren't getting more attention on dA
you deserve it!
You're style seems both realistic and intriguingly unusual. I'll be watching. Not quite stalking. But watching.
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Ok, maybe stalking a little, but MOSTLY watching. XD

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Turn that frown, upside down!
(Or do I have come over there and turn it upside down for you.)
Hahahaha, hey thanks ^^.

Sorry for such a late reply... it's been like 2 weeks since I have been on :s maybe longer.
Nice gallery!
Welcome to DA

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~ART is knowing which ones to keep...

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