Quitting day job to work on comics looking for artists!

[Delphonse]

The job I have is honestly perfect for what I am trying to do. I really should not quit it I just felt in the moment that I needed to add risk to my hobby to force myself to do better but in actuality I need to practice something else. I need to focus on Discipline more than anything because that is what I am still lacking. I have gotten better but I am not where I need to be. I work a job in security where I spend 6 hours a day working on comics and 2 hours of work actually working. My job is perfect for me and it has a pension and PTO and all the bells and whistles I could ask for not to mention 20/h with 3 raises a year for the next 7 years and then a basic yearly raise every year. Seriousy I should not quit my job. I just had a moment of depressive/bipolar convoluted planning that I normally do when I am off my meds lol. I just got back on them so hopefully in a few days my mindset will go back to stable and I can get back on track with doing what I need to do without quitting my job or making serious lfe changing plans.

I appriciate your help in this and I am sorry for over reacting everyone I am normally a pretty relaxed and calm headed person but yesterday was just the climax of 2 weeks off my meds and a rollercoaster of emotions.

I definitly am still looking for an artist for fools paradise I will even look into paying them once I figure out my finacial situation. I just hate that I've spent 30 grand in 7 years and I have not really acomplished much. Due to one thing or another. I have done well in those 7 years but I keep quitting projects once they start getting serious and I start seeing success. I actually have a serious fear of success and I have a problem with following through. I am thinking of returning to my therapist to see if I can work out those problems because once I stop those bad habits I will be unstoppable o.o

[Delphonse]

He is doing it while his wife supports him finacially. they are doing fine living wise just not as well off as they could be if he were also working a full time desk job.

I've decided to stick with my job now that ive thought about it more and talked to more people. Unlike him I dont need to quit my job I need to change my bad habits. He was in a position way ahead of me when he decided to quit his job and right now if I do so I would just crash and burn. I usually think things through with serious thought but this was kind of a delusional depressive/bipolar plan.

I am going to continue to write more and really flesh out my story and also start doing character designs and try doing the creative process on my own in a crappy version so when I meet the right artist I can at least have something for them aside from written descriptions of what i want.

I wish I were better at art and I know it takes time Ive been on and off for 3 years now drawing. I've improved quite a bit but at the same time I feel I am standing still.

[joannekwan]

Ooh, that DOES sound like a nice job! (am a bit envious).
And no worries, we all lapse into emotional periods, just a part of being human!
And yeah, discipline is a big huge key factor!

because once I stop those bad habits I will be unstoppable o.o

Hopefully you'll get there soon though! I wish you the best of luck!

[Delphonse]

Oh man I have that problem now I have a really hard time differentiating work from fun for me I am working all the time and trying hard to just have fun.

[Delphonse]

Yea my friend has that problem sometimes. He use to believe that no work was no money but now he has realized how important it is to take time off and take breaks everyday.

I wish with all my heart I could just quit my job and work on comics but I think I need to improve my art more before I attempt that. I can already write pretty decent but I need to improve my art so I can either assist an artist or do it on my own.

[revisionstudios]

I know you haven't responded to me directly, but I wanted to let you know that I've been in your same exact spot. Stuck feeling like I'm not making any real progress and that I need to just take a leap of faith. I'm in the middle of that right now, in fact--I've literally decided I am not taking a new job in 2020 because I'm sick of the yoyo-ing and want to make this work. It can be motivating, and sometimes you do just have to take that jump.

I think it does have to be a calculated risk though, because if you don't have discipline and a plan in place, you'll flounder and probably end up more overwhelmed and stressed than you ever did before, especially if you have that fear of success.

If you truly feel like you have a lot of to gain by quitting, and like it would help propel you, you can still have that on the table. It's just, from what you've said, it doesn't seem like it's actually a burden on you. Maybe there's another way you can motivate yourself to take it to the next level.

I want to reiterate too that I don't think your overall idea was a bad one, but that it needed tweaking in order to be ethical to everyone involved. I'm glad to hear you've invested a lot in artists, even if it hasn't always worked out for you--that's good. You're dependable then. I honestly think the model of paying for Kickstarter samples, running the kickstarter, then producing it would be a good fit for you if you feel like you've already invested a lot and don't want to risk more right now.

[GamerPrincessXI]

The whole quitting your day job thing is kinda sad. Not lie. My co-worker quit her second job because of a manager I'm like, bruh you just got that job back. I'm over here, struggling to find a full time job with benefits....I just don't understand why tho.

[Delphonse]

I am sorry I completely forgot to respond to your first message.

Yea I know now that I have had a chance to calm down and think it through that quitting my job would not be a good idea. I want to find some way to propel myself to the next step but I still am not sure what that next step is or what I should do to get there. We met at a convention not too long ago and many times before that and I was super excited that I finally made it to my first convention but ever since then I have felt empty and confused on what the next big goal should be.

I normally take weeks to flesh out my ideas before implementing them I am kind of afraid of risk so I calculate every little detail when I feel its the right thing to do but I always miss a step or two.

When it comes to kickstarters I can almost guarantee a success based on the route I take using the comix launch group as long as I follow their steps to a tee and stop half assing it which is another problem of mine. I end up only doing part of the work I need to do because I get impatient and want to see it succeed early.

over all i am probably just going to go my normal route for getting fools paradise out and just pay another artist to work on it like I've been doing I just need to figure out what my budget is now since things have changed quite a bit since I last hired an artist.

[Delphonse]

Yea it can be a bad experience but I have a plan B that would allow me to pick up a job right away if I need to. I always make sure I have a plan B in case things go south.

It sucks that you are struggling to get a job my dad was struggling for three months before he found one and it was not the best of jobs even with his experience.