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So here's the deal: I need advice from someone that makes their living as a illustrator/someone that may know what to do. My main questions are at the bottom, but in the following spoiler I've included a explanation of what brought me to these questions. Feel free to read it to get a better idea on my situation.
When I started my community college career, I went in thinking I was going to get a Art Education Major. Well, long story short, I started thinking maybe I shouldn't go into teaching if the main reason I was going in it was because I didn't know what else I should do with my life. I don't feel like it's my purpose, so to speak. When I was younger I always imagined myself "making video games," or being part of the process behind cartoons/comics. Something that required me to draw. Sadly, those things just didn't seem to be realistic, so I considered teaching. But now I've even crossed that off the list.
A couple weeks after I came to the realization I didn't want to teach I took this personality test at a college nearby to help me in realizing what I should do. It asks you questions about your own preferences, and then gives you ideas for what careers you should go into/what you should major in. Here's the top 11 of my own results:
1. Website Designer
2. Artist
3. Animator
4. Illustrator
5. Multimedia Developer
6. Cartoonist/Comic Illustrator
7. Announcer
8. Proofreader
9. Desktop Publisher
10. Video Game Developer
11. Writer
When I saw my list, I was excited. It's like even this machine can see what I'm truly interested in. Besides 1 and 7-9, I've considered them all. Originally, when I was starting school, I thought how pointless it would be to attempt getting into these kinds of field- like how do I even start going into illustration, etc. in little old Iowa? But after seeing that even the test that determines what I should go into recommends things I've been passionate about, I thought to myself: why couldn't I at least try?
gaia_spoons If you're an illustrator, what exactly do you do for a living/what kind of jobs are you doing? How did you start and get to the point at which you're at? What would you recommend for someone like me that has no idea what they're doing?
gaia_spoons Also, is anyone around here a animator, or even video game concept artist? I would love to hear your sides, too! If I wanted to go into animation, or concept art, would a art degree with a emphasis on illustration be good?
gaia_spoons This last one is a bit random, but is anyone familiar with doing illustrations for children's books? Over the summer I wrote my own children's book, did pictures for it, but I have no idea where to go from here. I don't know who to send it to, or another. The artwork looks like this if you're curious:
Any help & advice would be awesome! heart
When I started my community college career, I went in thinking I was going to get a Art Education Major. Well, long story short, I started thinking maybe I shouldn't go into teaching if the main reason I was going in it was because I didn't know what else I should do with my life. I don't feel like it's my purpose, so to speak. When I was younger I always imagined myself "making video games," or being part of the process behind cartoons/comics. Something that required me to draw. Sadly, those things just didn't seem to be realistic, so I considered teaching. But now I've even crossed that off the list.
A couple weeks after I came to the realization I didn't want to teach I took this personality test at a college nearby to help me in realizing what I should do. It asks you questions about your own preferences, and then gives you ideas for what careers you should go into/what you should major in. Here's the top 11 of my own results:
1. Website Designer
2. Artist
3. Animator
4. Illustrator
5. Multimedia Developer
6. Cartoonist/Comic Illustrator
7. Announcer
8. Proofreader
9. Desktop Publisher
10. Video Game Developer
11. Writer
When I saw my list, I was excited. It's like even this machine can see what I'm truly interested in. Besides 1 and 7-9, I've considered them all. Originally, when I was starting school, I thought how pointless it would be to attempt getting into these kinds of field- like how do I even start going into illustration, etc. in little old Iowa? But after seeing that even the test that determines what I should go into recommends things I've been passionate about, I thought to myself: why couldn't I at least try?
gaia_spoons If you're an illustrator, what exactly do you do for a living/what kind of jobs are you doing? How did you start and get to the point at which you're at? What would you recommend for someone like me that has no idea what they're doing?
gaia_spoons Also, is anyone around here a animator, or even video game concept artist? I would love to hear your sides, too! If I wanted to go into animation, or concept art, would a art degree with a emphasis on illustration be good?
gaia_spoons This last one is a bit random, but is anyone familiar with doing illustrations for children's books? Over the summer I wrote my own children's book, did pictures for it, but I have no idea where to go from here. I don't know who to send it to, or another. The artwork looks like this if you're curious:
Any help & advice would be awesome! heart
