Art Techniques & Styles : How to Make a Living as an Artist

In order to make a living as an artist, try different fields such as graphic design, cartooning and animation, which utilize art skills such as sketching, drawing and creativity. Prove art skills by compiling and showing a portfolio of art samples to potential employers using the career advice in this free video on artist jobs from a professional cartoonist and illustrator.

Expert: Danny Page
Bio: Danny Page is a professional cartoonist & illustrator. His work has been featured in many art galleries, exhibitions, and conventions across the west coast.
Filmmaker: Nathan Boehme

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• drawing
• sketching
• artist
• animation
• color theory
• anime

[DemitriousMercury]

Great video.. Art breaks up into so many businesses that you can write books on the many different options that are available.. I think the first mistake some of you guys are making is thinking you need a degree in art.. Or thinking you'd have to leave your job.. or choose one career over the other. You need a degree in art just as much as a poet needs a degree to jump up on a stage and be a poet.. Sure a degree would help. But a creative imagination is all you need. Just DO IT

[menderfire9]

I'm sorry, & I admit that I am a very opinionated & critical person when it comes to listening to advice from people who have so little education or experience in life, but this has got to be the most stupid vid I have seen on art careers. Look at your title, & your first comment "dozens & dozens of ways to earn a living as an artist" & yet you name only 3(which are more like feeding big business than feeding the artist as a person or as an actual artist.)For the love of artists, this vid sucks!

[FREEHANDILLUSTRATOR]

and, in this economy boys and girls, you'll have to be very flexible... like, can you do flips or cartwheels? I'm at the point where I understand it's 20% skill and 80% of being in the right place at the right time. I was offered a job as a freehand illustrator for Disney, and shook it off because I hated California. Since then I have created just about everything in an artful way and some days I feel like cutting off my ear!

[Zulydropdead]

Whit dude im about to become a college student & dammnn this video really help me, lol I kinda have an idea of I what I wnt to be now lol xD Tunis mannnn lol

[menderfire9]

@ulysees9 Say what you want. I'm out of here.

[ulysees9]

@menderfire9 Look, whatever point it is you want to make is really neither here nor there. I pulled you up because you think its okay to dismiss someone's entire existence in a sentence, even though you don't know them from Adam. Your statement was arrogant and only stands to teach others that its okay to rubbish a person, purely on some weak basis such as misreading the title and not shown "dozens and dozens" of ways to make money. also age does not necessarily beget "greater experience".

[menderfire9]

@ulysees9 It is clear that you can't handle straightforward talk from people with greater experience than you. The issue here is that I am trained to teach "quality performance." And ethical teaching means telling beginners that we expect much more of them because they are CAPABLE of so much more. Presenting videos to the world comes with the danger of leading young people to think they can get by with mediocre thinking, planning & presentation. Giving them a "failing" grade is an act of love.

[ulysees9]

@menderfire9 My friend, it really serves no positive purpose to comment publicly on somebody's education or experience in life if you don't know them. Regardless of how wise, talented or experienced we think we are. The ability to be even slightly humble is often quite rewarding, personally and socially. I have little interest in your opinion of yourself, I love all the children of earth the same. Have a good one.

[menderfire9]

@ulysees9 No, It is not presumptuous of me to state what I stated. It is more accurate to call me bold, honest and experienced and caring. All based on decades of daring, adventurous experimentation and learning experience as well as dealing with a vast amount of raw, underground artists and wild art students. Sorry to up you, but I am dedicated and passionate about helping fellow artists, not the least bit frustrated nor pointless. Worthwhile learning and teaching are my specialties.

[ulysees9]

@menderfire9 it seems incredibly presumptuous to state that the individual in the video has "little education or experience in life". The guy's obviously just trying to explain the main area's of art in industry. Yes it covers basic points, but it serves as motivation and reinforcement of a positive message. Point your frustrations and pointless criticism's at yourself and you might learn something worthwhile.

[Koroar]

@fuknurface Yeah, people should just pay you for existing, am I right?

[JaguarNumber1]

All artist what ever you do with your talent I'm 100% with you I suggest you go to artist groups in your area so you can learn more on how to market you art work good place to ask questions don't let now one put you down keep drawing realisticly to become better I am a Certified Animator I created my own comic book series if it sells I can move up to create an animation based on my books ect; It all up to you willing to keep marching forward hope this helps.