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The Crucial Question That Could Save Your Art Career [YAB 1.3]
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In parts one and two of this series, I emphasized that most artists will never find a financially sustainable career until they develop a complete, professionally viable skill set.
…but why invest the time and energy necessary to develop a financially sustainable art career if you don’t love the work?
…or at least like it?
We saw how Mary Blair struggled to pay the bills with her passion for fine art, then settled for a steady paycheck in animation.
…but got bored with the work just a few years later.
If she hadn’t given animation one last chance, by joining Walt Disney’s visual development research trip to Latin America, she might never have discovered the skill set from which she derived creative fulfillment, a steady paycheck and her legendary career.
Today, in part three, I’ll share how and why I wasted a lot of time pursuing a career I never loved and three steps you can take to avoid the same mistake…
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