Story Time ✿ I left my job to be a full-time artist ...and failed (webcomics & illustration)

✿ ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ Hi everyone!
It's been a long time coming (and even longer since I last posted!), but I'm finally sharing the story of when I left my full-time 9-to-5 job to pursue an art career - more specifically, to create a webtoon and freelance illustrations - and ended up quitting to return to working another corporate 9-to-5 job.
I'm only sharing this experience now, but this journey ended just over a year ago. Now that I'm starting to ramp up on a new (and very exciting!) webcomic/graphic novel project, I figured now would be as good a time as any to share this experience with anyone out there who feels like they want to take the leap (or perhaps have already done so) into pursuing a full-time career in illustration.
So please grab a cup of tea, a snack, and something to doodle on, because it's gonna be a long one!
Thank you for watching!
❤ Riniapple
˗ˏˋ ‿︵‿︵‿︵ Chapters ‿︵‿︵‿︵ ˎˊ˗
0:00 Cozy intro
4:12 Why I'm sharing this story
8:34 My childhood: The very beginning
13:00 My parents didn't want me to go to art school
14:50 Deciding what to do after graduating
18:07 My very first webcomic
21:00 All on my own
25:40 A spark of inspiration
27:26 Taking the leap to full-time illustration
32:37 Diving into my second webcomic
34:57 Self-doubt starts setting in
36:34 Pivoting to pursue client work
43:22 Self-doubt sets in again
49:53 Anxiety takes over
54:46 Job hunting & regrets
57:05 Black & white thinking
58:01 Returning to work & abandoning my dreams
1:00:49 Complete and utter emptiness
1:03:44 Going to therapy & processing the experience
1:06:49 My spark reignited
1:09:35 ✿ My new webcomic project
1:14:17 Outro
˗ˏˋ ‿︵‿︵‿︵ Links ‿︵‿︵‿︵ ˎˊ˗
Video by ‪@minniesmall‬ : • Quitting My Job to Be ...
SVS Learn: www.svslearn.com/
The Illustration Department: illustrationdept.com/
Webtoon | I'm Going to Mars: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/im...
Webtoon | Follow Your Art: www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/fo...
˗ˏˋ ‿︵‿︵‿︵ Social Media ‿︵‿︵‿︵ ˎˊ˗
Webtoon Profile ♡︎ www.webtoons.com/en/creator/d...
Instagram ♡︎ / riniapple
Tumblr ♡︎ www.tumblr.com/riniapple
Pinterest ♡︎ www.pinterest.ca/riniapple/
Twitter ♡︎ x.com/riniapple
˗ˏˋ ‿︵‿︵‿︵ Music Credits ‿︵‿︵‿︵ ˎˊ˗
Song: Daystar - The smell of flowers | Source:
• ✨샛별 - 꽃내음🌼✨(Royalty Fr...