To myself 15 years ago

If I could give my 20's self advice on how to become an artist,

I could give him some advice.

I would advise him to

Get the skills to make money, not just art.

Doing Art costs money.

Specifically, the cost of art materials, the cost of entering competitions, and so on.

Especially, it often costs about $30 per entry to enter a competition.

If you enter a competition every month, that alone will cost you a considerable amount of money.

Some competitions are free of charge, but in many cases, the competitions are not conducive to your future career.

Exhibiting at art fairs also costs about $2000.

Expensive, right?

Therefore, it costs a lot of money to do art.

Unless you are very lucky, it is difficult to make a lot of money in art at a young age.

So you should learn the skills to make money while you are young so that you can continue to do art for a long time.

You can start art at any age.

The younger you are when it comes to building a career in a career that makes money, the better.

What skills are recommended?

And there are certain industries where you can make money.

They are the financial, medical, and IT engineering industries.

Among them.

IT engineers are recommended, even if you don't have any academic background.

Why?

The reasons are the following.

1, Many remote work available

2, The salary is high

3, Less physical fatigue

Of course build up your career as an artist at the same time.

An artist should have at least two careers.