4 Ways the Starving Artist Stereotype is Holding You Back (and how to reframe it!)
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- Опубликовано: 8 май 2021
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In this video, I wanted to talk about the starving artist stereotype that might hold you back from pursuing art as a career! If you want to become a full-time artist and start a career in a creative field, I really hope this video will be helpful to you!
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I can see how this stereotype is trying to ruin my fun and stoping me from doing what I love and want to do,sometimes even parents don't encourage us as you said *stable income* , *love of the craft and not for money*
The way you posted this when I was in a middle of an art crisis shows you truly are a blessing to the art community. 😭😭😭
Its ok 😉
This is horrible advice and no one should listen because the chances of having a social media career like this lady are as low as finding success in the real world. Keep your day jobs. You will deeply regret it if you don't.
@@bethbloomer5951 Ok boomer 👌
@@bethbloomer5951 You have your own perspective but I don't belive in this thing.
@@bethbloomer5951 and keep your mouth shut and let people do their own thing❤️
Wow truly you have an artist’s heart! You empower artists to continue what they do and that is VERY relevant not only to artists themselves, but to the community. Thank you
Yes! The world is missing out if one loses heart in this. 💖
I loved this video so much, I'm a young student trying to pursue art and struggle to find hope in the industry, especially because I am not encouraged by either my family or my school. So thank you for this message, now I feel more optimistic and ready for the future ❤❤
If you think you're going to be able to support yourself financially from art, you are in for a sad shock. Art students are already off to a bad start because of earning a pretty much useless degree. Zero return on investment and in yhe end you will either have to teach art, struggle and be below the poverty line, or you'll wise up and get a job to FUND your art making. People do not pay more than $100-$200 for ANY art unless it is a commission, and those are as rare as unicorns. Art school brainwashed you. Wake up.
@@bethbloomer5951 I think you misunderstood, I'm not in any art school, I'm just studying art during high school. I know it's a very big struggle to earn money in this field, but I also plan studying architecture in order to, at least, feed myself. I would really appreciate if you could provide more information of any sort about the artist's wage and lifestyle (if it's as bad as you say) because I love art and working with it, so please share any tips you have 😊
@@henrique436 nope..keep doing art...as your side work ...coz I'm going to do the same...my parents, my art school, as well as my teachers everyone support me...they even try to promote my art works if they met a art professor or some kind of competition....❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Keep going ......
@@artisticmind6648 thanks!! ❤
LOVE-LOVE-LOVE this and your BEAUTIFUL painting! I find the starving artist archetype so serious and tortured. "I must suffer for my art!" It's the Victorian romanticization of what an artist is. And it's such B.S. Looking forward to your take on perfectionism and procrastination. Liz Gilbert says that perfectionism is fear dressed up in high heels and pearls. Love that image! :-)
Yes!! Perfectionism is a perfect hiding spot! haha
As an artist, I am often faced with this dilemma. I went to art school and art instruction was my career for a while and then I went corporate to have a more stable life. But I know that I long to do creative, artistic endeavors every day instead of sitting in an office. And when I see freelance artists I think it's so cool. But the thought of financial insecurity is really daunting as is my own self doubt. I think another hindrance is being an artist but also knowing sales and marketing skills to be able to make your art a business. It definitely isn't the beaten path and I think that is why it is so frightening to walk it.
I encourage you to set up a small corner in your home or apartment wherever you live, keep your paper, brush paint there, and do some work every now and then. If you would like to chat sometimes, you can find me on Facebook, Nilloni Diana Chophy. My fb cover picture is the latest work I did. I'm also a full time teacher but I am trying to push myself to do art, and there's no way I'm giving up my steady paying job because my art can't support me just yet.
This is such an inspiring video, thank you so much!
I quit my career as a consultant to pursue art, a childhood dream of mine. I don't know what to expect but I would love to do art full time in the future.
You inspire me a lot to pickup the brush which I left 5 long years back.☺️
Put all the noises away and enjoy the process of this beautiful piece being created along with her soothing voice! You'll feel the energy flowing !
Bless you mako. I'm a writer - been writing for 20 years - and i've only come to terms with the fact that this is my vocation and not my well-paying job only last year. I try hard to keep that in mind but i keep falling back on my knees at the slightest setback. This is so helpful.
Yess!! The queen is back with another inspirational video! 💜💜
Every video of you is like a breath of fresh air. I never thought that I wouldn't earn money on drawing or painting. I think I will! But your words are so in right time! Thank you dear Mako. As Amara Otiim said you are a blessing for our art community.
Wow, thank you!
Great words and beautiful artwork. Thank you! 💖
You are putting real good out into the world Mako
Thank you Mako, Your voice is so pleasant to listen to, and that painting is absolutely gorgeous. I can not wait for the next tutorial video :)
This painting really expresses the magical moments that nature can offer and thx for ur advice on this topic 😄✨🤩
Thank you so much 😀
This is the type of painting I've been waiting for you to do. A main subject/character and a beautiful background. Thank you. Crazy how tough it is for me to put this stuff together
Yes, what you're saying is so true, Mako! There are so many different types of art around us every day, and sometimes we forget that an artist had to go and create those things. Without artists, music, books, or even colorful packaging would not exist, and our world would be a lot duller :P
Exactly!
This is exactly what I needed! 🥺🥺🖤
Thank you for sharing not only your artistic talent, but your heart of inspiration for all artists!
This painting 🎨 is like a realistic art and so refreshing
What a lovely painting! Thanks for sharing 💙💟🖼🎨🖌🤩
Hi
It was nice to see your watercolor art video just recently. It was great to have your painting and the steps needed to draw a painting that you can tell.
7/6/21
Thank you so much for the love and suppoer. 30 years ago, i wasnt sure about this craft. I found you a year ago and you are a blessing to the art world. When i was young and my parents lived in a small house in the countryside, they told me, “Art is a hobby not a career!” That broke my heart and i questioned everything. I was only 15 and loved drawing and painting so that hurt me. I then got less and less interested in art and. I started getting into accounting instead because i realized art wouldn’t make enough money. I stopped until this year. When i started to paint again, my art was more akin to a hand print crafted by a child. I was unsure but i kept painting and got better with each piece. Thank you so much for being my mentor and being with me this rough journey!
5/23/22
Hello. It has been a while since we talked. Thank you, Mako for being with me the past 2 years of this art career. I started improving my skills and felt confident to sell my art in a gallary. My art sold very well and i felt more confident in this craft. I just want to say thank you very much for being with me through my ups and downs of art. I recently got my kids into art as well and they love painting with me. Thank you for everything, Mako.
-love from california
Wow, this is amazing!! I'm so happy for you!! 💕 Yes, follow your bliss and everything will fall into place for you 🌟
The painting is beautiful 😍😍
Yes my mom told me that there's no money in the courses that I wanted when I told her I wanted to take Creative Writing or Multimedia Arts when I was still in HS. I ended up taking Engineering and now I graduated and working as an analyst. But I still feel lost... And all I think about rn is how I could do the things I love doing and make money out of it so I can pursue my passion...
Wow! What a beautiful painting, looks like a floral fairy. 🧚♀️🎨Mako, you have a soothing voice which spreads positive vibes. 😎 Thanks for such an amazing painting🎨 and explaining career in art!
Oh thank you!
Thank you for being an inspirational figure in the art community😊
Thank you so much, Mako! I was looking for a good tutorial on painting foliage with pink blossoms, and this painting is just perfect!
Thank you!!
Thanks for this video. It gives me a lot of realization about life,art, and to myself♥️
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fantastic thoughtful video, thank you.
The painting looks beautiful !💓
Thank you! 😊
Thankyou, I needed this video at the moment 🤗
wow Your information is really touched my heart ❤️ thankyou for making this useful video .
Such an insightful video 🌺Thankyou
So great. Your mindset in this is solid gold. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Such soothing painting
Wow love your vids and your voice is sooo claming.You instantly became my fav RUclipsr 🤗
Thank you makaccino for inspiring me ... Love u so much..
Awesome artwork! Truly impressive... Thank you for sharing. 👀🎨👀
Gorgeous painting! You are more than an amazing artist, you are a wonderful therapist too. You have beautiful hands, your voice is nice to listen too, and I love your music. So glad I found you...
Thank you so much!
Exactly what I need 💕😭
That painting is just awesome fantastic amazing wonderful beautiful fabulous...no words at all to describe it 😍
I just love the painting ♥️
Thanks for this video mako 😘
I need this so much right now. I've been stressing a lot over this lol
The painting is amazing 🤩
I am in love with your painting it's superb and I am really very excited to make the same painting that you make 😊
Amazing one 😍this is tremendous 💗💖
This painting is beautiful
Loved the painting!Want more!
Love your videos! Great advice...Thank you!
Very helpful video, thank you :-)!
Love this video so much 😭😭😭🥰
Very nice to see you, love you
Mako here you dropped something- 👑
Sis you upload exactly what we need at the moment 💜✨
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@@rohitk7689 hiii
True 💜🙆
This is such a realistic painting. I would try to recreate it
Thank you for this video
I found your channel through that Jenna Rainey interview you did 🤗🌸
Thank you so much for this...I’m currently applying to art schools but my parents are super questionable and concerned about my choice to go. It really makes me lose faith but this video has helped me so much in finding hope in my dreams again. ❤️
Nice message 😍.. Thank you so much 😍
Beautiful talk
Omg omg aaaahhhhh so aestheticcccc ily 😽
And you are actually the best youtuber I know I love you keep it up
Wow... she called me out at the end.... ‘procrastinating making art’ and ‘perfectionism and procrastination’ is me in a nutshell 😅
WOW!! SO SWEET!
Beautiful watercolor!!!💖
Thank you so much 😀
This is amazing ❤️❤️❤️
Love ur art
This is so good 🤯
When I was younger (5 or 7), I said I wanted to become a writer - I loved writing poetry, poems, short stories, even went as far as writing a novella for a Literature project in junior high... Writing was so therapeutic for me, it was almost otherworldly, and it seemed like I was really good at it.
Thing is, I was also good at Science and other stuff, so I often got told by many family members, "Why not become a vet or a physician instead? Something you're good at and actually allows you to make a living? You won't be able to get a house, travel, or have the life you want if you spend time writing!".
I once answered back, "Well, Tolkien, M. K. Hume, Rowling, Meyer, Brown and Follet are authors, and they've amassed quite a fortune, haven't they?", only to be told, "You actually think you'll be as good as them? Those are the lucky ones - the rest of the authors in the world have to find other jobs or they'd starve otherwise!"
That did it. I put down my pen in 9th grade and didn't write for almost a decade. Went on to study 2 different careers, and now I'm a teacher - I feel like I've been living a zombie's life for the last ten years, though. What you mentioned about "doing it for the love of the craft" really struck a nerve, because it's the same bloody thing I get told as a teacher. I ended up being told the same thing in a different field of work! I should've just pursued my dreams and goals instead.
I regret my decision and want to pursue creative writing more seriously, but have no idea how to go back to doing what I loved - I still write as a hobby sometimes, and I'm still working on a series that I started many years ago, but I can't find the courage to publish anything or pursue creative writing as a career because there's always that tiny voice inside my head that keeps repeating my work isn't good enough to be published, or even considered by an agent in the first place.
It's so frustrating, terrifying, and painful.
You're not your thoughts, only the thinker of your thoughts! You can choose what you want to think and believe. So if you deep down want to do something and it sets your heart on fire, then do it! It doesn't matter what others might say. You get to decide what your story is and what to think. There will always be someone better or worse than you. Or judge you, no matter what. But as creatives, we're not here to compete or seek validation but to contribute with our art and make the world a better place. Imagine all the people who would read your stories and see them as blessings! Just start! See this as your moral and ethical obligation :)
Lovely posture of the beautiful lady and the floral door is just like a dream land. I love the overall creation with your valuable talks and suggestions. Have a good day.
Your paintings are really beautifull...
And your tips helps a lot.... 😘😍
Keep going dear... ❤️👍🏻🙏🏻
You are a professional artist? Your all drawing are very beautiful and it inspire me very much
Thank you
I'm a t-shirt designer. I want to paint and draw but my line of work doesn't let you do that. I never have time to create anymore.
I love this
Great video and reat message. I'm 31 and have lived the starving artist phase. And I gave up many times. But now I realize anything is possible and it all depends on me. I'm very excited about my future as a bblooming watercolorist!
Awww yess! I think everyone that starts working on their new dreams have to starts somehow. Even if it means eating cheap frozen fastfood or sell some of your things so you can at least pay your bills that month. Been there, done that! Haha But anything is possible if you just keep going. Switching my thinking to who would I BE and what would I do if I already had what I want, really helped step up my game. And anything is 100% possible, 100% of the time! And anything else is just a story 🙈
@@Makoccino Right on! Right now though I have a full-time job, but I make a lot of time for my art. I was never 'good at art' because I was so self-critical that I didn't even wanna try it. So I only did photography and videos because that's what my mind told me was possible. But I did a ton of internal work, which you probably have done also. My mind always kept telling me it's 'too late' to start painting. But now I just do it anyway. What a beautiful adventure. I don't have any expectations of when it's gonna happen or how it's gonna happen, but all I know is I can and will become a master watercolorist. Thank you for all the inspiration and teaching. It is priceless.
Really beautiful painting ❤️
Thank you very much!
I ❤️ them!!🤗😚
I am just w student and loved this beutiful fairy like painting 😍
Wow 😍
Nice video
I was just thinking about the new video 😇
Hey mako
This painting is really beautiful!!
Also can you do a realistic pink magnolia tutorial
I'll be really happy!!
You are the best💞
Your painting ...omg wow
And it seems most great artists aren't recognized until they pass.
Wow Beautiful paintings. I watched ur video well. Very interesting video
Art is a serious career job!!
Hi Mako… I am a big fan of your work and character really you are a big inspiration… would love to know the colors names you used in this video.. you made it so beautiful that no one can resist trying it
Very beautiful painting
Thank you!
This is amazing... You just got a new subscriber🙂
Your video are just like magic for me.Your voice is really good.I love your videos.Thank u so much for creating such nice videos.Lots of love from Pakistan
MAKO,U AND YOUR DRAWINGS ARE AMAZING.... JUST I LOVE YOUR DRAWINGS.. WATCHING YOUR VIDEOS MY PAINTINGS ARE VERY MUCH IMPROVED...
LOADS OF LOVE AND SUPPORT FROM INDIA 😅❤️🖌️
Nice😊 beautiful 👌👍
I ❤ this!!!
I'm glad you like it!
@@Makoccino 😊❤
It's very important to do an honest assessment of anything you want to make a career out of. Turning your hobby into your job can be a dream come true or hell on earth. It is true that very little people manage to make money doing whatever they feel like. For everyone else, there's always a sacrifice. Sometimes the content that would be popular is not what you enjoy doing the most. You have to devote time to marketing, which nowadays usually involves a strong social media presence. You have to manage legal and financial stuff on your own. You have to set your own deadlines and make your own schedule. It's freedom, but it's also more responsibility. Everyone who wants to "follow their passion" should be prepared for the trade-offs, and decide if they're worth it. People who have made it in their chosen field will often tell you "if I could do it, so can you", which is just as reductive as "you'll never make it". The truth of the matter is that making a career from a passion/hobby is somewhat luck-based, takes lots of commitment, and just isn't a good fit for everyone. Don't let anyone hold you back, but be realistic and know what to expect.
Yes, I believe everyone can achieve anything if they are really committed to it. Some people would love to follow their dreams, but they are not willing to go through everything that it takes and they prefer doing something else. And that's okay! It's just sometimes other people will try to tell you what you can or can't achieve and you start believing them. I always knew I wanted to become my own boss and I rather deal with all the things you just mentioned than doing something I don't really care about. The work I do is meaningful to me and I can contribute to the world in my own way. I just hated it working for other people and how they sometimes treat you as a employee. Back then people would also tell me that it's only possible for 1% of people, so why would you even try. And back then I didn't even have a social following, just a dream of being my own boss and I was willing to do whatever it takes to make it work. And there were people who were their own bosses, so I believed that, if they can achieve that, so can I! And even everything fails in the end and I have to go to a "real job", at least I tried and I don't have any regrets! So as you said, don't let anyone hold you back because you deep down you know if it's something for you or not!
@@Makoccino I don't think the "only 1% of people make it" is meant to be malicious, often people are just worried. Part of it stems from late-stage capitalist ideas about what is "real work" and what isn't, but the other part is genuine and legitimate concern. It's not just about what you're willing to do, it's also about what you can do. Realistically, building your own brand and business over the years until you can make a living from it is very hard, if not impossible if you don't have a financial safety net, higher education and a pre-existing social connection to people already doing what you want to do. The nature of success is that all of the people who aren't successful stay invisible. All the people who lack the necessary opportunities don't have a voice. We don't live in a world with equal opportunity (yet), so it will always be magnitudes harder for some people to achieve their dreams than for others. Going for stability is not an unwillingness to try hard, or a lack of courage, it's often a lack of real safety. As you will know, in Germany and other European countries, we have basic unemployment benefits, health insurance and (almost) free college education which are inaccessible to so many people in other countries. I'm not saying this to discourage people from pursuing a creative career, I'm just saying that coming from a place of privilege, it can be hard to imagine that there's real limitations which can't be overcome by sheer willpower alone. For some people, trying to build a business is a real risk to their existence and not just a matter of "do I want to put in the work or not". Success always has an element of luck to it, and some people can afford to try their luck, and some can't. Again, I'm not saying this to detract from the message you shared, just to add some more nuance to it. I'm glad you put your message out there, because creative people need to hear that they don't have to fear putting a price tag on their work, and that art and money don't need to be mutually exclusive.
Thank you 🥰🥰♥️♥️🙏🙏
Nice painting
Hi mako cauld you please do a painting on the Norwegian fjords ...... It wauld really help
Very nice video Mako, the painting looks awesome, what did you use to get opaque colors?
I like your picture.
Thank You..