What school level are you in? And how do you balance work with drawing?

[Rudydemon]

I work part time and go to college part time for Computer Engineering. I balance it the way I do everything. I have times set for school work, time set for work work (which I refuse to take home with me), and a few nights set for drawing. I go to the local drink and draw, which now happens twice a week so that definitely helps me have time each week for a mixture of comics work and socializing. Whenever I can have extra thou (like a weekend I have to myself, or nights when I am visiting my parents, or me time at a cafe) ill work on my comics. Sometimes Ill use drawing as a rewards while studying. Like, finish 20 pages of reading, get to work for like 30min to 1hr on comic. Finish program early, get some comic time and a beer.

This all seems to go out the window when I get terribly depressed/anxious thou, and I end up just laying on the floor listening to youtube videos.But its all about managing time. And making sure to schedule ME days of nothing, because if I dont, I know I do go crazy. Sometimes I have to shed my preconceived notions of what is success and what is happiness, and just let myself be relaxed and happy for a bit. Then back to real life haha.

[Vanni2u]

I am currently working a full time job that's about 50+ hours and I'm finishing up my associates degree of fine arts after this fall. Usually I would be able to paint when ever I have the time for it and most of the time they tend to be for just my comics. If I ever did like an individual digital painting, I would be able to finish it in two sittings of 3 hours. Now-a-days, I tend to sacrifice alot of things like sleep and hanging with friends for me to paint sometimes. But even then, I'm still love the lifestyle that I chose to do.

[haleymewsome]

I'm an art student, and I work during school too, so most of my free time is spoken for during the school year. So in order to keep a comic active, I spent summertime basically drawing day and night so I have a huge batch of updates to rely on! I figured out that I need about 45ish pages to get me through to Christmas break if I'm updating twice a week. I also try to make time during the school year by powering through homework during lunch breaks so I have more comic time after school.

[monotone_ink]

Currently a year 10 student in secondary school.
From what I've read so far, adult life seems uptight and rigid, which is a bit worrying for a lazer like me.
I haven't done too much drawing lately, as I'm still in the planning stages for a comic I'm working on. I haven't set myself any schedules yet as I'm mostly spontaneous - it sounds like I'm setting myself up for potential disaster in the future.

[indagold]

I'm a graduate with a bachelors in computer arts. Now i'm just working at an internship hoping to get experience and to put it on my resume. It's really light work and I work from home so far I have a lot of free time. How I managed school? Took breaks at the end of each semester.

[scullpanda]

Im a Senior in College and I make two comics Wait...What? and Letters Across The Hall-BL and how I balance my time between friends schoolwork and art is Prioritization
Schoolwork and studying comes first then comes comics and socialization as I like to multitask while I'm drawing I find I get a good amount of art done when with friends as well as when I'm alone.

[jacintawibowo]

I recently graduated out of college, but I launched my webcomic when I was in my junior-senior year. Having a buffer of pages helps! Roughly 3 months worth of content is ideal, because it anticipates any drama/life complications or general business that might happen. It also ensures that you can keep the quality of your art up ;D

you guys make me scared of college lol I'm worried I won't have time to continue my comic, it takes me 1-2 hours for each panel

I went to art school so I was doing double the comic work sometimes triple with outside of school work XD (comics for school + webcomic work + anthology comics)
My last quarter in college was the roughest, I didn't get to work on my webcomic for about 8 weeks (I worked on it a bit in the start of the quarter before things got insane). The buffer was a life saver for keeping updates consistent : ) So don't sweat it, always be prepared!

[mugwump]

I'll be a hs senior next week, but I honestly have the worst time management. I usually work in weekends, breaks and free hours in weekdays. And I'm able to finish an episode in a month
don't be like me.