"finding an alternative"

As a professional artist it is hard to feel like you are giving up on art by making the pivot. It's a complicated move, and like me, a lot of your self worth and pride may be wrapped up in being a professional artist. But maybe life could be simple for a while? And maybe we can float for a time.

My 3 PIVOT career had these metrics
1. Creative
2. High Paying
3. Breezy
What I learned is you can't have all 3. The creative part, the part I hold most dear doesn't fit into High Paying and Breezy. As those are the two I couldn't cut as those are the two Professional Arts ISN'T haha.

So that means looking into the job market and finding a alternate career in an industry that isn't circling the toilet. IT, Technical Writing, Customer Service etc.
The trick is, is to find your personal metrics for a job.
I had 3 metrics for a pivot job. Cont...

I dug up this old artwork to go into my new patreon post about my history with TTRPG's and the art that they have generated over the decades:
www.patreon.com/posts/dice-p...

Ahhh, now the old base is the hangout loft. Nice and empty!

The move continued! Transporting so many things! This really is like death stranding out here.

It was held together with super glue (I didn't have plastic glue with me). The super glue was melting things and a pain in the ass. I sprayed it with varnish clear matte as a final step, which did frost a bit. But I don't mind some frosting.

I dry brushed some white onto the weapon parts but I think if I did it again I'd just hand paint highlights and shadows. I got carried away and dry brushed a bit of the mobile suit and then had to paint over it because it looked real bad

Photoshoot bonus