Will Draw For Food: Compare Your Life To Pixar

A slideshow video representation of me explaining why perseverance is a massively important key to surviving as an artist.

Also, sorry for the quality. I'm pretty new at making these things. This is the first.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• artist
• surviving as an artist
• freelance artist
• cartoonist
• illustrator
• pixar
• disney
• pixar entertainment
• toy story
• finding nemo
• up
• wall-e

[eph26er]

very awesome.

i'm so glad you made this it is very encouraging.

i've been working independently as a comic book artist since 1998 and it's this same state of mind that keeps me going.

i just graduated from college where i learned animation, and now i want to continue my independent pursuits.

I have stories to tell and there are people out there i'm sure want to hear them.

again this has been very encouraging

thank you.

[willdraw4food]

@eph26er The more you work on something, the more likely you are succeed.

[Padawanpuddle]

Soooo... can I count the nearly 10 years I wasted, trying to be an ADULT, before deciding that art is my life and I won't quit until I have it count towards those 12? XD

"Making it" as an artist is harder than anyone could ever imagine or even believe. It's not just about getting famous- it's about doing what feels right rather than what everyone thinks you should do. Thank you so much for this.

[willdraw4food]

@Padawanpuddle Hahaha, exactly. It's about being happy and what you want to do, not fame. Success is all subjective. I was going to make a follow up video where people just "wait" 12 years until it happens, but the point is they have to work those twelve years (on average) to get it all rolling.

[Padawanpuddle]

@willdraw4food I just got accepted to school- so I am thinking the 12 comes AFTER that... But I'm okay with that. I have already accepted that I'm not going to be "BIG" in the industry, but I WILL make it for myself. I'm in the 20%- believe me!

[willdraw4food]

@Padawanpuddle If you believe you are, then you're probably right!

[PerfectSylar]

Definitely favorited so I can watch whenever I'm feeling under the weather.

March on, fellow artists

[AwesomeGirl86]

Thank you so much for this video!

I originally saw this video on bliptv. (thanks to somebody from SheezyArt for posting the link in their journal).

This video definitely made me feel better. :)

[mediciled]

thank you.

[BethanyHarbaugh]

@ReasonNLogic It's actually not comparing the company to the individual. What he's doing is providing an example of a high success story. It's just something that he felt would get our attention. You know?

[BethanyHarbaugh]

I've been working on my stuff since...2006. So, that means I'm about halfway through the 12 years. I haven't made a huge impact out there, and I was starting to wonder why. But, if it's an average of 12 YEARS, then I still have about six more years before I can start wondering about my success! Haha!

[wcbcheetah]

This is inspiring. Props.

[ReasonNLogic]

The overall message is sound but hes comparing a company to the individual.

[xonyStar]

This made me smile (:

[slagit]

Good video and there are a few talents that are just born with the skills and get some sort of success after just a few years. Some of us get it lose it, get it and lose it again. Maybe I am relating more to income. With art there is also much competition these days. So only advice I can give is work, work and work at it. Network also and never stop learning!

[trixdisorder]

Very nice.

[ShilreyBurley]

are you saying that I can't become a professional artists 5 years from starting out? :*(

[Cruelhazard]

Screw Pixar. 2D is best! :(