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A Starving Artist

Week One

By Rebecca RosePublished 6 years ago 3 min read
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When you hear the phrase "starving artist" what is your first thought? For most people, they think of someone who sacrifices their well-being to prioritize their art. Either from lack of business or because they spend their limited funds on the art itself.

In this series of blogs, you'll be able to read about my experiences as a starving artist. With in-depth descriptions of the lows and highs, (hopefully) becoming an independent, semi-successful entrepreneur, starting from nothing, and following my journey, seeing what works and what doesn't, and what my thoughts are on the whole situation! I am hoping to inspire other people like me, who let's be honest, don't have a clue what they're doing. Or maybe just peak into someone's curiosity so they can see how the other side lives. Whether it's one or the other, this journey into my life is real and honest with no censors added. I want to provide something that can be learned from. Not just by you as the reader, but by myself in the future!

I guess I should start with day one. So far it's been a painful trial of events, broken laptops and deleted work. Borrowing this for that thing, and downloading that to fix this. Trying to find any form of motivation in the darkest corner of a dimly lit room, sitting in the center of the spiraling thoughts that accumulate while I'm sat awake at 4 AM... again. Creative block is the least of my issues when getting out of bed is like climbing Everest! But how could I give up, before I've even started? How could I say "I can't do it" when I've watched myself not trying, procrastinating.

For the most part, the people that love me are more than willing to help. But when it gets down to the nitty-gritty, I haven't paid for the takeaway for three years running, and the coffee pot has been empty for a solid week, that's when I start to irritate everyone around me. But it also means now is the time to fully charge into a brick wall, and see if Hogwarts is real! Or maybe just try and make something of myself.

The most important thing I have learned as an aspiring entrepreneur is to remember how great the outcome will be. I am insanely guilty of slacking, and not putting one foot in front of the other. After a while, the new found laziness that comes free with almost everyone hitting their 20s becomes more of a burden to the people around you than it does to yourself. With this discovery, I have been given a slither more motivation to get off my tush!

Now for the plan. This week I'm going to try my damn hardest to be able to present something worth selling. It will probably be a continued theme over a few choppy drawings, and it'll probably make my eyeballs sweat! But if all works out well, then next week you'll be reading about how my blood sweat and tears actually accomplished something.

I've noticed more and more recently that the market for artists like me is so widely covered, that a novice will have to produce excellent masterpieces to get noticed. I'm hoping the support of friends and family alone will be enough to kickstart me in the right direction. Producing something that another person loves so much that they will display it in their home is exactly what I aim to create. I want to make art that will show an individual's personality using a single A4 sheet of paper with some cleverly thought out lines and shapes. I want to make people happy and inspired, all while doing what I love!

Thank you for reading this blog, I'm going to aim to create at least one entry every week (more, if I have something I feel should be written down) and as I am completely in the dark here as a beginner, a share (or 20) would be amazing! The more people reading these blogs the more chance I have of actually getting somewhere with my art, eventually outgrowing my "starving artist" status!

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About the Creator

Rebecca Rose

Just an artist, slowly wasting away into nothingness. I guess you call call me a Starving Artist... Yeah, That works :)

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