"I am an artist" or the famous "get a real job" comedy act

[sc101]

Dunno maybe the corona will get me I dunno

[33rdCenturyCaveman]

How old am you?

[sc101]

I are 18 years old......

[33rdCenturyCaveman]

Barely any time to do anything yet.

[sc101]

No idea what that means

[33rdCenturyCaveman]

If this were a role-playing game, you'd be fresh off the character-creation menu.

EDIT: Me not want to diminish any shit you already went through but at eighteen you have barely begun to experience adult life. Things can get better. Life can be good.

[sc101]

Okay cool thanks my fellow cave dude bro

[josephine_renee]

Hey M8, I'm an Aussie too. I was actually born in Mount Isa, mining town... though I think I was the bully there, only to this one lil bitch, we were equally mean to each other, so it's fine . so I don't know your experiences at all. I only lived there till my little sister was born then we moved to Charters towers, a ghost town. Then we moved... Okay, I've moved around a lot!
And why don't you? Why not move closer to the coast where it's artsier? Or if you don't have the money, just go on work holidays. My friend attends an America summer camp every summer and is in the art program so he teaches art to kids. If you're an aboriginal? I don't know if you are, but it would probably even give you extra points and they love Aussies. He works for free but it pays for his flights over there they pay for his food accommodation, and even to rent a car and travel around a bit afterward.

Though sometimes you can't and I suppose that's why the internet is brilliant. Publishers rarely do anything for you, they don't even do the marketing for you now, they just strip you of your rights to it. They're totally dying. Now they only accept like 10 deals a year, and that's probably not going to no-name people's first books.
Why not self-publish your book? I've already self-published a book on Amazon, it's relatively easy to get your work out there. It's what I'm doing. I don't need anybody telling me no, I'm not asking for their permission. I'll probably be on the dole for a while when I get back to Aus (I'm currently in America), but I'll be doing what I love.

[Zak]

I have social anxiety and can't go on public transport. I get part disability and jobseeker payments (so not alot to even support myself and my girlfriend).

I do want to self publish my book as a trade but I managed to get someone who'll print the books as issues though which is a pain but alot of fun. No Im not aboriginal, I would take flights seems like fun but sounds expensive. And to expand on public transport part. I have a fear of going on anything that moves or inside a small box. A number of times during school hours at bus-stops, trains etc. I have been set on fire. Gang bashed by people who thought I looked funny so they "needed to fix my face" and also had stones pegged at my head. Of course, as you would probably know. Public school system didn't do anything about it so I just had to put up with it or take the blame for starting it. (According to authority figures).

So things have been complicated. ^^'

It would sound like a great oppotunity but Im afraid of physical human interaction when it comes to groups. ^^' Well, more than 2. (I cant be around my parents at the sametime when they're in the same room its that bad.)

[33rdCenturyCaveman]

Me accept that you have many things on plate but your sentence pattern go like this: "Me want to do this but . . ."

What you doing to take control of life?

[Zak]

Nothing. I think about suicide everyday and feel sorry for myself.

People walk all over me and I don't do anything about it.

I gave up a LONG time ago.

Also sorry. I'm not good with writing or grammar and talking to people stresses me out.

[potatogirl]

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[33rdCenturyCaveman]

You have allowed yourself to defeat yourself. This am the greatest loss of all.

[LadyN]

I’m a self taught artist, following the family trend. My dad and his brother was taught by their parents, who was taught by one of their parents, which we also self taught. We have a history of teaching ourselves things. So me picking up art wasn’t too much of a surprise.

I love to write. Problem is that I can make plots, characters, and storylines, but not scripts or descriptive scenes. But that’s a matter of me being a lazy person.

Which is why I want to try making a webcomic. The script thing will be an issue but with enough effort, maybe it’ll be decent.

I actually got into art a long time ago, but didn’t really try to improve. It wasn’t until a scenario back in elementary school that made me want to get better. Some girl wanted someone to draw her as a cat girl and when the person said no, I offered and you know what that beach said? “I don’t want you to draw me! I want her to! She’s better at drawing!”

And that’s my tragic backstory.

[Zak]

Life sucks and I suck. Simple as that and no one can change years of people conditioning me into that.

[33rdCenturyCaveman]

Me want to care, but it futile to send positive vibes to someone who have no positive vibes for self. Person who not love self am emotional black hole. Can do nothing for them except label them navigational hazard.

[Zak]

That's fair. And it's okay. I'm not asking for positive encouragement anyways.

I feel better if people have better lives than me. That's what i find worthwhile.

... even if I'm terrified of them xD

[surenlicious]

I decided to get myself a stable career first. I used my art as a direction of where I could make some decent money, whilst still working behind the screens on getting my art career going. So I became a graphic desinger. Ok, that's one gig done.

Now, I strive to make a career out of my art. It's what I do best (along with writing haha) and its where I feel full confidence in myself. I am a content creator so I pull my daily inspiration and expertise from that. Luckily art is such a versatile skill and we can use it to make money off in many ways, you just gotta find what works for you.

[josephine_renee]

WOW that sounds so cool, that you found someone who will print your stuff!

Now I want to punch those people who hurt you for no good reason, bad word bad word bad word. What bad word. How dare they! What were they even thinking, I hate people sometimes? But there are a lot of good people. Your life story is very interesting (kinda sad), but no one could say that your life is boring, so I'm sure your writing isn't either. Think about every protagonist ahh ever, they always have to go through hell and back. But they always keep going, it's what makes them a superhero.
But really, I can't think of anything worse than death. (I know the bad guy is always, I'll have you begging for death, and give you a fate worse than death, but there really isn't anything much that's worse than...) So, please don't kill yourself. Life is hard, but that's what makes it so satisfying! Talking to people, anyone, and overcoming your fears, is really hard, but that's why you have to do it.
'You are surrounded only by the walls you build yourself'.
I think you can do it, anything, if you wanted to.

[Zak]

Thanks. Im still waiting on them but its been alright with the printing stuff so far. Not official, just some dude who helps comic authors so I wouldnt even really count it as a publisher if that makes sense?

It's alright. I have a nice family at times. Albeit family members tend to be a bit feral and go to jail from time to time. But then again who hasnt been in jail at least once or twice? ^^'

I try not to think about suicide sometimes. I get some thoughts here and there. But I imagine how painful it would be during those times. I had a childhood friend of mine kill himself while I was still in high school because his family would treat him badly. So I sorta blame myself those times for not being there for him when he was for me during those times I got bullied alot. So thats why I always think about that subject on the back of my mind.

I have been through alot and I know it won't end either. I'm just convinced everyone is out to get ME rather than me doing something to them. Total strangers just being violent and aggressive and it doesnt help my case. I try to find the best in people but I find it really hard to do it. So I just stick my face in my drawings and hope people don't notice me. I feel safer that way.

I kinda use those experiences with some characters in my comic actually to try and turn it into something else. However whenever I read my stories it kinda hurts a bit but I try and keep going with it because I enjoy drawing them.

For instance my hero is who I want to be one day. Another is being rational and planning, and another is what Im afraid I think about doing to people who wrong me or keep going out of their way to hurt me when I do nothing to them..

Just, People hate me. And my girlfriend was only with me because she could see me for me and wanted to know why people hated me so much... I could use that for a story now that I think about it. That way people finally get it. ^^'

Thanks for talking to me. It helps.