My Parents Are Like Oh Dont Get An Art Degree, Youll Make No Money, I Dont Want You To End Up Starving

my parents are like “oh don’t get an art degree, you’ll make no money, I don’t want you to end up starving and cold and dying, etc”

Do you think I’m looking to make myself into a millionaire? I want to spend my time and efforts going to art school and making art and want to spend hours on a piece for someone, it’s not like there’s no careers I could have in art, there are really so many. S O  M A N Y. I could work in stagecraft, I could be an animator, or an illustrator, museum curator, or make comics, or video game design, and so many other jobs. I have endless possibilities and just because there’s that ‘starving artist’ stereotype does not mean every artist will be starving. In fact, only around 4.5% of fine art majors are unemployed. There are so many opportunities if one just looks for them.

I know I’m not going to be the business major, or some prodigy in the medical field, but I will get the degree I want, and I will find a career that both pays the bills and makes me happy.

30 Day Studyblr Challenge- Day 1: Supplies

Wow that’s a lot of stuff. And these are just what I keep in my bag from day to day…. No wonder it’s heavier than I expect it to be.

1. Staedtler metal drafting set

2. Sewing thread

3. Paint rag and needle book

4. M.Graham & Co. tube watercolors, Napthol Red and Cadmium Red Light

5. Watercolor trays

6. A flashdrive

7. A … spoon? I should probably return that to the kitchen.

8. Blue painter’s tape. What make’s the world go ‘round.

9. Heritage brush stand/case. Brushes, stick eraser, inking pens (Microns in 05, 02, 01 Burgundy and 005, not sure what brand the others are but they’re in brown and burgundy)

10. Alvin compass

11. Another eraser. Faber-Castell, I think.

12. Olfa utility knife. Light of my life, worth every penny and then some. The xactos they gave us in the kit were shit.

13. Alvin boxcutter

14. Pencil case. A gift from an exchange student who stayed with my family a few years ago. No, not everything fits in there and yes, I do need to get something bigger.

15. Some marbles. Just because.

16. Pentel Graphgear 500 mechanical pencils in .9, .5 and .3 mm

17. Foray Stylemark pens in blue, green and red

18. Pilot G-2 pens in black and green

19. .5 and .3 pencil lead.

20. Gelly Roll gel pens in white and gold

21. Sharpie highlighters

22. Mead Five Star note-binder-thing. For my research paper.

23. Art History notebook

24. My planner

25. Post-its

26. Canson XL mixed media sketchbook. Full (!!), need to get a new one from the stack

27. OCAC sketchbook. Paper’s not as heavy as I like, only really good for dry media.

28. Smaller Canson sketchbook. Got rained on a bit. Also full.(!!)

On the surface, it looks very convincing.  The biggest clue that this is a scam is the email, which links to a .de address. (The only official Patreon messages you receive will be from “bingo  AT patreon.com”)

 Please spread the word so nobody falls for this!

30 Days of Art Improvement Challenge

Are you tired of feeling like your art just isn’t improving? Do you want to do a 30-day challenge that’s actually useful? Welcome to 30 Days of Improvement Hell. >:D

I made this because I’ve been feeling super ‘blah’ about my art these days, and I needed something to kick-start myself. Who wants to do this with me!? Start now or whenever you can (now you procrastinators!). Challenge yourself and have fun at the same time!

Tag your posts with #Improvement Hell so everyone can follow along and see each other’s awesome artwork. I may even create a blog and reblog them! :D

What are you waiting for? START!

Self-Portrait - Introduce yourself

Draw a figure using a reference - link to reference

Draw a figure that’s in action, using a reference - link to reference

Draw a part of the human anatomy you have trouble with. x20, with atleast 5 being skeletal/musculature studies.

Draw more figures. Quick gestures and silhouettes. x20, with atleast 10 different body shapes

Let’s have some fun. Design a character from this character generator. (created by PreservedCucumbers)

Pick the weirdest object in your house/room. Draw it. Shadows and Highlights.

Find 2-3 objects, make a scene with them. Draw it. Bonus points for creativity. Double points for dramatic lighting.

Draw a landscape of a place you’ve never been or drawn.

Draw a BG with 1pt Perspective. Negative points if it’s a railroad or an empty street.

Draw a BG with 2pt Perspective.

Look out a window. Draw what you see. Bonus points for adding something interesting.

Draw an interior setting with the character you designed on Day #6 in it.

BG with either bird’s eye or worm’s eye view.

Halfway there! Draw three ‘action’ scenes with different compositions in each. Quick sketches are fine, just make them interesting and understandable! Bonus points if it’s the same scene, but different composition.

Draw a single page comic with 5-7 panels (the story begins and ends on one page). 

Draw an animal you’ve never drawn before. x10  Link references.

Draw a car. Negative points for whining. Hint: Use a perspective grid.

Think of the thing you hate drawing the most. Guess what? Draw it! Negative points for lying to yourself.

Pick an object in your house/room. Now design a character from it, color scheme included. (often known as a gijinka). Also link/post the object you used. Negative points for using a humanoid action figure.

Draw a character/object/scene, and shade them using ONLY solid blacks and whites. Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows

Draw a different object/scene/character. Shade using hatching, crosshatcing, and/or pointillism. Bonus points for lights/shadows and textures.

Colors! Pick a color palette, and paint a scene/character/object using only those colors (some blending allowed). Bonus points for good use of lights/shadows.

Draw and color a scene/object/character - no lines allowed! (aka - lineless art). Don’t forget light and shadows!

Draw a scene/character in a style you’ve never drawn before. If emulating an artist, credit+link. Bonus for color style.

Draw a character. Draw 10 emotions/expressions. Bonus points for ‘uncommon’ emotions. (i.e. anxiety, guilt, despair, loneliness etc.)

Draw three random shapes using your opposite hand (or your foot). Now design characters from those shapes.

Turn on the tv (or load your illegally download movies). Pick an actor and draw them.

Almost done! Let’s have some fun. Draw some fanart. Bonus points if it’s super obscure and unknown. Make people guess what it’s from.

Last day! Find a drawing you did within the last year. Now draw it again using what you’ve learned! Link it for comparison!

 Look at all that amazing improvement! Congrats!

the suffering never ends