chronos phantom
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- Posted: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:42:16 +0000
My parents are 110% supportive. however they are supportive in different ways.
My dad is all about connection and exposure. ie. I recently told him I was going to just chill and have fun cosplaying for the first time with my friends (which is a huge step because I'm neglectful to do it) at an anime convention. He tells me I should have a table there instead of screwing around doing that. While I do agree with him immensely, sometimes you just need to chill out and not think about my career, passion, etc. besides, I usually attend conventions for the soul purpose of connecting with other artists and industry professionals anyway. and he knows that. He was being silly about it because cosplay is something I've never done. ^^;
My mom is all about the education and money. She's been immensely supportive getting me through school. Hell, she even praised me and offered some advice for one of my final projects I had ready to go for this and next week. however she does question some of the stuff I do. and why I thought of this or that. challenging questions. nothing unsupportive. but she does have an awkward side to her support. I sometimes tell her how I will be setting up a shop online of my stuff, and do commissions to pull in extra money. and then she thinks of art as the "starving artist /poor man's, if it's not a blue/white collar high schooler part time job, or you're graduated and a professional in the industry I will not get any money at all" sort of thing. as if she doubts my skills. I've never shown her my income I make from it from time to time on my art, so she has this weird vision about it.
My dad is all about connection and exposure. ie. I recently told him I was going to just chill and have fun cosplaying for the first time with my friends (which is a huge step because I'm neglectful to do it) at an anime convention. He tells me I should have a table there instead of screwing around doing that. While I do agree with him immensely, sometimes you just need to chill out and not think about my career, passion, etc. besides, I usually attend conventions for the soul purpose of connecting with other artists and industry professionals anyway. and he knows that. He was being silly about it because cosplay is something I've never done. ^^;
My mom is all about the education and money. She's been immensely supportive getting me through school. Hell, she even praised me and offered some advice for one of my final projects I had ready to go for this and next week. however she does question some of the stuff I do. and why I thought of this or that. challenging questions. nothing unsupportive. but she does have an awkward side to her support. I sometimes tell her how I will be setting up a shop online of my stuff, and do commissions to pull in extra money. and then she thinks of art as the "starving artist /poor man's, if it's not a blue/white collar high schooler part time job, or you're graduated and a professional in the industry I will not get any money at all" sort of thing. as if she doubts my skills. I've never shown her my income I make from it from time to time on my art, so she has this weird vision about it.