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Anyone know what work he can do in the meantime, while getting his dream started/off the ground?
Anyone know how he can get his artwork known out there & actually make a living as an artist?
Tell him to take some of his best small artwork to a Trader Joe's and see if he can be hired as an artist at one of the stores. If he can't get the art gig, try and work for Trader Joe's and see if he can switch to the art team. I know someone that did this and they get paid pretty well. Then your friend can do more art on the side.
My friend has just 2-3 main areas of expertise...pest control, warehousing, & security guard(ing). Unfortunately, he never stayed in college long enough to get a degree, (but probably took the equivalent coursework of an AA degree, which of course won't do squat).
So he's got a few things stacked against him:
- no degree
- he's not in his 20s anymore
- he'll never return to pest control
- his interest is about halfway gone w/ warehousing, but he'll do it if he has to
He's a talented artist. His dream is to get licensing deals & make a good living selling his work, which is not only on paper/canvases, but caps, keychains, drinking cups, & most recently jewelry, which he started making.
Anyone know what work he can do in the meantime, while getting his dream started/off the ground?
Anyone know how he can get his artwork known out there & actually make a living as an artist?
And by that, we are talking about from now until he collects ss at 65.
A good question would be - where does he live and what is needed in that local market? Perhaps he can work his resume and pivot to one of the industries that need people in his local area.
Lots of money to be made for artistic types with tech skills.
HA! That is funny, lots of money.
"Just learn Photoshop and make lots of money." ...... I am a Photoshop master. Just knowing Photoshop does not get you a job. Any graphic design is farmed out to $0.10/day people overseas.
"Exposure to HTML/CSS" Oh sure, tag on decades of programming skills and sprinkle a little Photoshop on top, that can probably get you a job. There is a huge difference between "graphic design" and "web development".
Tell him to take some of his best small artwork to a Trader Joe's and see if he can be hired as an artist at one of the stores. If he can't get the art gig, try and work for Trader Joe's and see if he can switch to the art team. I know someone that did this and they get paid pretty well. Then your friend can do more art on the side.
This is info I've never heard before, thank you! I'll pass it along.
Im an artist. I've done it for myself which was the best, most fulfilling time of my life, and I've done it for a non-profit(now) which is soul crushing horror. Its very different now in the era of computers and internet, but there are a lot of positions for production 'artists' which might be a good starting point. Take some bootcamps for Photoshop, Illustrator, CorelDraw etc. I would try to get by on a part-time job. What is almost impossible to overcome if you work a 40 hour a week McJob, is that you are too tired and beat up to be your best creative self. I've never known an artist who can concentrate fully and be mentally stimulated after a week of labor and getting yelled at by rednecks and stuff . . .
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