>Just do art and animation on the side as a hobby, bro>Get a real career as they say>Work 9-12 hour days, 5 days a week>While trying to make animated shorts on the side>By the time I'm home after work, I'm too exhausted >The weekends I can barely work on itHow the fuck are people actually doing this? I'm considering going on neetbux or unemployment
>>7937672You'll have to sacrifice something. Personally, I decided to lower my work hours to 20-25 a week and just rent a room. Animation is too important to me to give up. I don't need a lot of material things. I also sold my car
>>7937675>sold my carThat was dumb of you if it was paid off.
>>7937681Don't care anymore, I work from home and don't go anywhere All I give a shit about is animating
>He actually fell for the hobby memeThis is a universal crabbing methodI dare anons to name 3 artists who actually made it while working full time
>>7937672i wfh two days a week and i am very firm in going home at 5. i can get in 1 to 2 hours per day if all is well, 30 if not. that said you need to sacrifice something (for me it was video games and working out, i only work out a few times per week now, i do not touch games during the week/sunday) and learn to compartmentalize. try your hardest to mentally separate the you at work from the you at home. i've reached the point where i can slowly detach on the commute home and once i am at home, i'm ready to go. there are methods online to help you with that, look 'em up
Moving back in with your parents is underrated unless you have shitty parents and if they're shitty, maybe you can make a deal with them.
>>7937683I worked from home for 5 years, quit 2 months ago. All you get is 2 extra hours back you don’t have to commute. I’m still tired as shit after work and numbing the pain from dealing with retards both email and on the phone from multiple different clients is equally as draining. It’s just another golden handcuff. Neet or bust.
>>7937739Unless you mean you’re working as an animator already then you already made it I guess
>>7937672>>Work 9-12 hour days, 5 days a weekkek>be me>work a trade job for a few year>move to a cushier position>do nothing most days, sit in the office and draw>pay increasing to six figures in near futuregit gud>>7937681Not really, cars are money pits even after being paid off. After gas, insurance, and maintenance, you're looking at several thou a year at least. If you can afford to get around on a bike it's not only cheaper, but better for you as it ensures you're getting exercise.
>>7937672When there's a will there's a wayYou're not married or in a relationship. Just use the time you have on weekends.
You're supposed to have a do-nothing job like 99.9% of the population and draw at work
>>7937672>9-12 hour daysYou're supposed to get a 9 to 5 job. Or, ideally 8 to 3. Nobody is fucking working more than 7 hours a day, anyway.
>>7938223>You're supposed to get a 9 to 5 job. Or, ideally 8 to 3. Nobody is fucking working more than 7 hours a day, anyway.Yeah you're "supposed" to just get a job and just "supposed" to select your hours on your terms.
>>7938231t. neet
If you can, smoke pot.I stock shelves in a supermarket at night, and I do the water aisle. Trudging home, I have my bowlful of inspiration and reward, and my fatigue VANISHES! And I can draw for a few hours until I need another bowlful to recharge. One a day for you might help.
>>7938252you have adhd anon
>>7937672In my late twenties, I have finally accepted that for me to become good at making comics that I'm probably going to have to accept the fact that I'm going to die a virgin and that I'll never be in a relationship ever again. As a man, if I truly follow my dream career, I won't be able to provide anything for a woman nor will I have a family. This much I have accepted. Women are privileged enough in the Art field because usually they are partnered up with someone who works in the STEM field, but I, as a man, will need to accept the possibility of living and dying a poor man for this creative field and never reproducing. I'm fine with it, but the problem is explaining to normies as to why I don't have a good career or kids or a house when they pry in my personal life about it. Is it attractive to a new person when they ask you what you do, and you say "I draw comics" as a man? What about when you're new in the workplace and your hobbies aren't watching sports or drinking?
>>7937672Every time read a thread like this I'm reminded how lucky I am to have a job that doesn't kill me inside and that is comfy enough that I go home with a lot of energy still. It's not the best paying I could probably get, but it's more than enough and the qol is unbeatable.Can usually fit in at least 4 hours of drawing, and still have time for at least a little bit of other stuff. But yeah, even then you will have to make sacrifices. I only meet with friends like maybe once a week and don't go to the gym as much as I used to.
>>7937672I'm a physician and I work like 30 hours per week so I can keep up with my hobbies. My family thinks I'm stupid because I could be making way more.
>>7938252They have you in the water aisle? That's brutal back work anon. I did this for a while, fucked one of my coworkers and got a handjob from another. Overnight people are usually creatures and they don't mind that you're poor... well they're not making the best decisions in life as well or are young enough to just want to fuck. I got out of there and got an E-commerce job where they schedule you 4 hrs and you make your own schedule. It's great, but the money is shit.
