Is this a legitimate path or just a meme? Every time I hear someone saying this, their art is usually limited to half finished pieces. My goal is to animate a webseries, I worked full time for a while and could barely get anything done.Now I decided to quit my job and live in my van and I've been getting far more work done. I don't give a shit about having a wife or family so I don't even want anything anymore other than my animation. Plus, the world is literally going to end or have a significant population reduction by 2030
>>7865894On the side is and always has been copeIf you aren't making money from it then it's worthless
>>7865894Sure. Doing anything on the side can be a legitimate path. If you're in a band, and are unwilling to do anything BUT be in the band, you're likely to end up doing nothing but small bar gigs covering other people's songs. Accepting that there's a lot of luck involved in these types of industries, and making them a hobby is the smart way to go about it after a period of time. Most indie games are hobby developments, as are indie comics, etc etc.However, if you're truly passionate about a project, and want to work on it full time for a while, go for it.>I don't give a shit about having a wife or family so I don't even want anything anymore other than my animation. Plus, the world is literally going to end or have a significant population reduction by 2030Not sure what this has to do with you making an animated series. I will say, you should think about the possibility of your future predictions being very wrong; would you be alright with your decisions if they are?
>>7865894You live in a van, not a paid off house. Keeping a wife and children secure should be much easier if that was the case. The only reason you don’t want these things is simply because you cannot have those things.
>>7865894it's worse than a meme, it's normalfaggotry>just play guitar on the side>cooking is just a hobby>you don't need to lift more than three times a weeketc etcif you're actually interested in achieving something, never listen to normalnigger's opinion of it
I have nothing else, so I can't draw on the side.
>>7865929Ouch the burn. I'm in a similar situation, mid 30s no house and no family wondering if I should just go full autist in my interests and live under a bridge
As opposed to the "full time artist" that spams studies but never actually makes anything? What you're really critiquing isn't the amount of time people are investing, but where they're investing it. Part time, full time, doesn't matter if you're wasting your time.
>>7865894just get so good that your 'on the side' work gets you what you want.
>>7866122We can take the risk now but we're absolutely fucked by age 55. Nobody is coming to save you.
>>7865894I do "art on the side" in the form of the drawme subreddit. Yes, I know, "reddit," okay. It's not bad, I get practice with portraits and figures and character design, people like when you draw them, and you gain a soft following (only about 120~ followers, no clue how many are bots but the drawings I put solely on my page get about 10~ likes). I'm not paid, but honestly, I'm not good enough to get paid. When I'm comfortable I might switch to x.
