Putting the pencil to sketchbook is something I haven't done regularly in a while, but for the last week I've done a lot of doodling and stream of consciousness writing and drawing. I'm already "feeling" a difference in both mind-set and result, which is a great thing! I'd like to consider a personal project that could help me build a portfolio... I currently have a lot of random drawings but I've never put forward a REAL portfolio, and it's something that I need to do.
The goal for me is to continue working my hourly retail job part-time, but supplementing my income via my art/design. The other option for me is to work full-time, and presently the only option(s) for me are retail (with the dreadful ever-changing work-schedule and crappy pay). It's not just a dreamy pursuit anymore: it's an absolute necessity born out of the disastrous past 12 months of my personal life. The next 12 months could be even worse if I don't do something!
My new reality sucks, but it's one that many many people find themselves in. I can no longer depend on someone else to provide my income, the roof over my head, my health benefits, my security. I'm mad at myself for ever depending on someone else in the first place... and I'll never let myself be in that position ever again. I'm determined to figure out a way to provide with the least amount of disruption for my daughter. I'm hoping that I can do it using my talents rather than being forced into a low-paying, soul-sucking, crazy-schedule job (or jobs!)
My photography gigs help some, so I continue to seek out sessions here and there, but on-location shooting is a seasonal thing in my mid-west climate, so supplementing with graphic-design is what I'd like to do. There are a lot of sellers on Etsy and elsewhere who work their asses off in order to be profitable, and it is possible...
So it really truly is now or never. I am under no illusion that it will be easy, but I am determined!
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