What's your day job?

[mappypaint]

Custom painting. Anything dumb enough to sit still will get painted. ^u^

[gateofselidor]

I work in the video game industry translating and proofreading Japanese games for an English speaking audience.

I'm not really looking to go professional/full time with my comics because I really love working on games, although I would like to move back into the development side at some point.

[PocketFloral]

I'm a cook at a senior assisted-living place. Though I can definitely see myself sticking with cooking (especially baking) considering it is a job that offers creative outlet, my real goal is to become a story board artist someday in the future. I don't have big hopes in profiting off my comic just because I wanna focus on having fun with the story but if I could I would definitely not hesitate to make it my full time work.

[ErithEl]

Never actually graduated college because I'd rather not be in debt my entire life!
I'm a manager at an art supply store. It's retail, so it sucks most of the time, but I do get to exercise my creativity on occasion and do things like this to our office door:

and come up with a theme for our big sales and decorate the store accordingly:

It's fun working with nerds

[getsuart]

I'm a freelance infographist-illustrator and a new children animator. Being with children is exhausting but amusing and you always have to remain creative and focused.
Besides this, I make my comic, which does not pay the bills at all XD But the goal is to become super wonderful and maybe pay something in the end (why not heh, I spend all my free time on it).

[mjmassey]

I am a Content Strategist in Pharmaceutical advertising. It's not super creative, per say, but it does involve a lot of critical thinking and understand how content and story flow can work or be manipulated, so it does tie in with writing comics and advertising comics, in a way. I try out things I learn through work for my comic. I enjoy it, but recently I wish I had more time to draw since it's been really slow at work. Plus, there's a lot of nice perks and free food!

[jessicasurline]

Currently I am a freelance comic artist. I just make traditional comics and post them here on Tapastic.

[okellymx]

I didn't graduate but I plan on going back to college for either Animation, but I work in retail Retail is nasty.

[Doubtcent]

I have two jobs:
I work in a sort of fulfillment center, were get orders from all over the place. Amazon, Ebay, and a few other selling sites. I then confirm, send and ship those orders.

The other is selling my own inventory off of Amazon.

Although I wish the time I spent on art every night was a job too. Maybe at point. I'll give it another year or so.

[starsyscomics]

Right? The hours at night we spend on comicing are my favorite hours of the day. It'd be amazing to live that life 24/7.

[eagle1]

Lets see here:

I run 3 1/2 startups, and do art and jewelry on the side. One of the startups is NO-Earth comics, one is a consulting business, and one is a service company. The half is still underwraps but ties into one of the existing businesses. In other words, I roll out of bed in the morning, start working, and stop only to go to bed in the evening.

Eagle
(Busy Bird!)

[starsyscomics]

We have the same work schedule! What are weekends? What is sleeping??

[eagle1]

What is sleeping??

It's that thing I used to do when I was tired. Now I just drop into a coma.

Eagle
(And dream of work)

[littleelliebot]

I'ma (recently promoted!) assistant manager at a local game store! We specialize in retro stuff like all the way back to Atari and such,. It's a pretty fun job, I love my co-workers and the discount is pretty darn sweet too ; P
but gosh dang as everyone has said, retail SUCKS. :T

[SimeriDraws]

I'm a web editor and web designer : )

[Jaka]

I'm in the animation industry. Currently doing development stuff.

[Alli]

I work at a big-name retail store, making minimum wage with a (business-related) college degree. Comics don't pay bills, but they bring back my soul whenever retail tries to steal it from me.

[suddenlyapples]

a motion graphics designers. i scream at pixels and move them at my whim in after effects, and sometimes screaming about 3d in cinema4d. then i go home and scream at pixels in photoshop for fun. take care of your eyeballs, everyone.

[KreativeConfusion]

I'm basically a part time supervisor in retail. it sucks and once the new year comes I'm gonna start looking for something else (probably in retail with my luck but I honestly just want to get out) I wish I could make a living off my comics but I'm not holding my breath on that one.

[carodoodles]

I currently work in graveyard shift as a dorm staff at a therapy program for deaf kids with mental illness and/or traumas. This is my last week and I'll be transferring to day shift as teacher assistant at a deaf school. Whooo no more staying up all night like a vampire! And occasionally, I do commissions on side.

And a big hats off to all of you who work in retails. <3