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ART CAREER PATH (wins & struggles) (Patreon)

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2024-05-11 20:25:00
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Hi Patrons!

I was contemplating should I make this video, but I think that it can help you guys on your journey, and inspire you and give you perspective that anything is possible if you believe in yourself.

Having an art career is both challenging and exciting, and there is definitely so many layers to it, and everybody's path is of course different:)

I think that it is good to give an insight to how we started, so that other artist's can have easier time kickstarting and staying on their art journey!

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Mizidora

Great video. It is nice to get to know you a little bit. I found myself in a bad combo of perfectionism and being afraid of not being good enough, and not being able to stand up for myself and believe in myself when the time was right. So I think that that is the base difference of people who achieve their goals vs. people who don't. Thank you for sharing.

Milica Mastelica

Hey🙂 It is never too late! We have one lifetime to do what we want, and of course life can become complicated, and we get sidetracked. But we can always pick up where we left off. Also ,art related goals can change over the years. It is important that you're still drawing, and spending time doing what you love. Doing art is difficult, it requires a lot of time spent being alone in your thoughts trying to figure out what to do. It is okay if we don't figure out everything immediately. We have years ahead in our lifetime to do things that we want!♥️ Keep going🔥💪💪!

Alicia

Thank you so much for this video! It's really interesting to see your journey and see how it compares to mine. I wanted to ask you, I have a lot of trouble with online presence and how to approach people who are in the business and basically networking, in a very short time I'll be at the Annecy festival, my portfolio is ready but I'm a little afraid of not asking the right questions or making a bad impression in front of the studios, and apart from the festival finding work in the business seems impossible with the few ads and the number of people who apply.

Alicia

In your video you talk about a lot of opportunities you've had, for the one where you weren't recommended how did you do it?

Alicia

Sorry for all the messages x) also sorry for not being too present on the discord I had a lot of things to do for the portfolio but I'm on the end!

Milica Mastelica
>>137781391

Hey! I totally understand you! If you want you can send me the portfolio, we can go trough it together, if you think I can help:) For social media, my advice is to present yourself in the most genuine way you can, share what you like, the techniques you like the most, share the process behind your work(sketches, exploration, Colorscripts, you can record yourself painting, so that the audience can have a deeper connection with you). Clients love this as well, because they then have a good idea what to expect. I tried ads on instagram, they kinda work, but in the long run it is better to have organic reach to your audience. This can mean posting regular posts, reels, carousels, and stories.If you’re comfortable you can share your personality that gets eventually reflected in in your final work. I've gotten some opportunities because I commented on some artist's post on instagarm, and it turned out that that artist was the art director and they were looking for someone for the future project. Usually the art directors are the ones that do the evaluation should we work on the project or not, because they are in charge of the end visual result, and they are the ones that will be guiding us and giving feedback on the project. So I think that it is also a great idea to find the art directors of the studios you like, then share their posts, comment on their work, they are artist just like us, they appreciate being recognised for their effort as well:) Then you can send them an email, that you are interested in working with them if they have some project's open. For in person networking, with people working in the particular studios for example, it would be good to show interest in what they do, get informed in what kind of work they produce and try to understand how you would fit into their pipeline. And share your ambitions that you would like to be the part of that as well, show them that you're willing to learn more about them and what they do. Also it is great when they give you feedback on your portfolio, they would tell you exactly how it is, because usually every studio looks for something very specific, for their needs:) Sorry for the long rant:D

Milica Mastelica
>>137781407

I would say that I tried to do the best work that I can, to really try hard on my peices, because quality gets noticed eventually. I don't mean to brag when I say that, what I mean by that, is that I treated my personal work like I would client work. I would pretend that I'm my own client, and i would try to come up with a mini story and do several paintings for it (it doesn't have to be anything to fancy, just to have some kind of a little project). I was sharing all of this on instagarm, and I tried my best to be consistant and to post couple of times a week, it didn't have to be a polished piece every post, but I would share process videos and sketches in between my more bigger and polished work. Also one thing to note, clients are hiring us to problem solve. That means that it would be good to display in our portfolio the themes that are a bit harder to do, so that we show them value that we can offer them. For example for me the harder themes were: city scapes, very designed and curated interiors, industrial places, paintings with vehicles, interiors that show a lot of story, etc. All of these things require a lot of energy, effort and thought to complete, and therefore that makes them more valuable to a studio, because these things are hard for them as well, so then when we show that we can do it, it makes our portfolio more marketable. Of course these hard things can mean something totally different in your case, everyone's work is different. But we can say for example that nature landscapes, simple architecture, or a simplistic interior is easier compared to what I mentioned above. But my advice is to listen to your gut, and what you like to paint, you don't have to bend to the industry and do absolutely everything their way. It is okay to find your own voice. Specially if the new project is being made, for example how Spiderverse films, and Arcane changed everything, it was some completly new approach. For that they were looking for artist's with a unique expression, that will help them build that new world.