second bachelors , associates, or masters after Illustration degree?

annikasorrensen
Sat, 16 Jun 2012 15:52:55 +0000

I still think if you love drawing and graphics there is work for you out there in your field. Stretch outside of animation and try companies making games for face-book (Zynga, Playdom, others) or game design companies for example.

I guess I am pointing out that there is no need to leave your illustration in a closet for the rest of your life and there are jobs in related fields.

I would stop looking for “respect” and find a job to get your toe in the door so you can keep learning in the work-place environment.

I also suggest you find a mentor in the business that can give you advice on how to proceed both with job options as well as what you need to do next to keep developing your skills. You need someone to let you know honestly where your portfolio is strong and what area/s needs improvement.

I promise you if you stick with it for another 5 - 10 years you will be so much farther along in your art that you won’t recognize yourself anymore. If you stop today and put in fulltime effort in a nursing/science degree and career that in 5 - 10 years you will still be in the same place with your art and be swishing out bedpans for a paycheck. It is awesome to be a nurse if that is your calling and choice of profession… but I don’t get that sense from you yet.