life help: My life and my future are ruined. - Help.com

I am same; I spent my life drawing and painting, and trying to write. Everyone loved my artwork and wanted me to do stuff for them, but they never wanted to pay for it. I’m good but not good enough to do the constant work required for a comic book or storyboard. I wrote shorts but never seemed to have the way into a full book. My best work is something I have to labor over. I have a job I hate that pays the bills but is killing me inside. You’re not alone.

just because you don,t know any artist never means you never meet one you have to look in the right place we hide from the eyes of the norm.seek your local art college out work togethere for a dream.you never know what new form of art is out there till you look.but never give up a dream

You don’t have to give up your dream. Try planing a little more sensibility. Lots of school are looking for teachers with a BS, especially in English. Hold something stable and continue your dream. It’s never a good idea to “put all your eggs in the same basket”. Giving up is not the solution, sensibility is.

this is not as silly as it may at first sound…

“My life and my future were ruined when I found out I could never be batman”

but for you, you just need an artist, or not even that. There a plenty of comics that have **** art in them for the first three seasons. Leunig, babylon 5, reallifecomics etc

if you are lettign a little thing like that stop you, I’d say you were using it as an excuse, you afraid of failure or something. you want it? DO IT!!!!

I don’t think you’ve lived in this guy’s pain, guys. Everyone loves to say they love art but few are willing to pay for it. I’ve been in the market for years and there’s a reason they call us “starving artists”. You guys love a nice image or bit of writing, but it’s a very unpaid field without connections. Help the man get some connections — I mean HELP.com is supposed to be about real solutions right?

After graduating UT, I spent another 3 years in college for Visual Communications, Digital Imaging and Electronic Publishing. It’s a very marginal payscale.

I’d ask anyone out there who can, to give this friend a real opportunity, not outsider advice. Art’s work, but quickly killed by lack of paying the bills.

understood. I wish too that I could be paid for my art, but I alas, don’t have any. Don’t know anyone who needs an artist, so can’t help you.

I do understand your pain, dont think you have wasted your time and energy, what you have learned over the years can still be used, just maybe not as you dreamed it would…
your words will no doubt reach people, your friends, your family, people you have reached out to, to share your inspiration with them, do not think any of this goes un noticed or is undervalued ( apart from finances :S )
your skill can even be transferred, ok so yes, your dreams will not be as you ‘wished’ but you never know what lies around the corner that your able to fulfill a growing need, maybe certain research or learning skills you have aquired through your hard work will land you something u NEVER dreamed of, but are more than happy to include in your dreams
I know nothing said prob wont make you feel all that much better right now, but i do hope something here will reach out to you in the near future

As I check my computer now and then I’ll admit, I’m a bit annoyed that J.D.L. hasn’t taken an active part in these discussions. We’re going to bat for you buddy; would be kind to weigh in.

No way, there is a point continuing,I just think you should be open to include other means of financial support as well, either something that utilizes the skills you have already developed or something bold and new, but don’t discontinue your writing, keep going, many great writers struggled before making it, but many also included other means of support. Your right its not a free world where you can just pick what you want to do and get paid for it, keep working at it, anything worthwhile is not worth giving up on, it just needs some added support!

alot of writers also draw inspiration from their real life adventures, but need need to actually be doing something other than just writing to do that!

J.D.L. wrote:
all I’m hearing from everyone is that yeah, I’m right. My dreams are useless and if I want to make a living, I should try doing something else,

I don’t read this post as saying that at all.

JDL, how long have you been writing, and what is your largest work? I’ll understand if you don’t want to reply in an open forum, but if you’ll say, then also what is the theme of your favorite piece?

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