Comments on ShadowScript - The Art Blog of Angela R. Sasser: Confessions of an Artist: Switching Career Focus?

I don't think it is ever too late to change. Y...

2011-10-10T02:51:46.704-04:00

I don't think it is ever too late to change. You need to do what makes you happy, regardless of when you realize what it is! I know I shouldn't try to work solely as a fantasy artist fresh out of college, and I was fortunate enough to get a dream job as a costume designer/seamstress in my hometown. It doesn't pay much, but it definitely pays the bills and then some, and at home I am able to do all of my art and try to get the art business off the ground. You're a fantastic 2D artist and you are so wonderful with your 3D art as well. I know you can adapt to digital media, or anything you put your mind to! I say, just do it! You might even get a thrill out of it :P

I believe it's never too late to change direct...

2011-10-09T07:28:18.824-04:00

I believe it's never too late to change direction. Don't get hung up on turning 30, think of all the years you have ahead, you should be happy for those years doing what you love :)

I know what you mean. I turn 30 this week, and it ...

2011-10-07T09:51:44.138-04:00

I know what you mean. I turn 30 this week, and it feels less like I'm getting old and more like I'm about to miss some big deadline, as if Life's a train about to pull out of the station. :\ But there will be another train, right? And if not, I can just hitchhike. Or walk. Or build myself a zeppelin.... okay, this analogy is going off the rails. >.>

Here's wishing us both the best of luck in figuring out where to go and getting on our way!

I'm going through similar throes. Somewhere al...

2011-10-06T02:10:57.104-04:00

I'm going through similar throes. Somewhere along the way I forgot that game art, but preferably cover art was what I wanted to do. I've got a couple of months working part time, with a plan to build up a portfolio that's not so focused on character commissions and pretty watercolours. In some ways it feels like learning to walk again, but it also feels like a load shifting

Hey, can I bare with you too? Would that mean we...

2011-10-05T21:55:45.763-04:00

Hey, can I *bare* with you too? Would that mean we are nudists or just reeeaaally naughty? ;)

I hope that made you smile, at least.

Hang in there, I know it is possible to completely switch gears! I will see watching your new development very eagerly! I feel a bit like you, except that I wan to do it all (except gothic, porn and horror) and I can't :)

I went through a similar crisis when I was 25 (a w...

2011-10-05T17:05:58.732-04:00

I went through a similar crisis when I was 25 (a while back; I hit 30 almost a year ago). Stressful as such things are, it makes for a good time to step back and re-evaluate your life/career. I made some changes, shifted some gears, and I'm much happier for it. Even if some of the changes didn't pan out quite like I thought they would.