you could:
practice, a lot, pencils and digital
start [or continue] doing portraits for people, sell a few, get your name out there as a good portrait artist.
take a business course – always useful to have a clue about business, for your own operation or for working for someone else, business is universal.

la

Originally Posted by [B]Harmony24[/B]
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I love art. But I am having trouble deciding what courses I should take (and in what college?) in order to be able to expand my horizons with the goal of having art as a profession. I enjoy realism, portraiture, and am interested in creating covers for juvenile books. Digital design is also an intriguing profession.

I have been advised by a family member to have digital design as a main profession and keep my art as a side job. “Art won’t pay the bills,” they say.

Here’s what I think about art not paying the bills: I love what I do. I would sell everything I own if it means I could continue doing art.

[SIZE=3]What would you advise me to do?[/SIZE]
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