The best job to complement your drawing pastime

[Anonymous No.4196644]

Post jobs that are easy to get employed into, pay just well enough so you can occasionally splurge, and have generous work hours.
>inb4 programming is the only job to fit these 3.

[Anonymous No.4196647]

Fuck, I really want to know these two. Except drawing isn't a pastime, it's my lifetime passion.

[Anonymous No.4196665]

>>4196644
Taking art commissions of course. Enjoy the delicious flavor of instant noodles and you’ll be well on your way to prosperity while those CompSci runts get their application rejected for the 15th time.

[Anonymous No.4196667]

File clerk. depending on where you work, you'll have lots of idle time. every file clerk i've met that worked for the government had to make up stuff to do to keep their sanity

[Anonymous No.4196693]

>>4196644
Programming.

[Anonymous No.4196716]

>>4196644
Unironically programming. The questions the employer asks are ass easy to memorize.

[Anonymous No.4196722]

>>4196644
>tfw becoming a programmer

[Anonymous No.4196738]

>>4196644

[Anonymous No.4196746]

I'm a substitute teacher (USA) and at this point I'm so popular with students for my drawings that I'm not expected to do much. It's pretty easy to get some sketches throughout the day, pay is great, you can choose whether or not to work every day. Barrier to entry is just a college degree and background check

[Anonymous No.4196762]

I work in a leasing office. In the middle of the month there's a lot of down time. It gets pretty busy in the begining/end of the month because everyone is trying to pay rent and or vacating or moving in.

[Anonymous No.4196819]

>>4196722
Whats up with this reaction image? Who is the artist?

[Anonymous No.4196837]

>>4196819
>he doesn't know big brains loli

[Anonymous No.4196843]

>>4196837
Man that thread was fucking golden.

[Anonymous No.4196847]

>>4196819
>>4196837
>>4196843
here, faggots >>/ic/thread/3654569#p3654596

[Anonymous No.4196873]

>>4196847
kek

[Anonymous No.4196917]

>>4196644
Anybody here artists that also do graphic design? What’s your ratio with work between the two. How’s that treating you? I’m thinking about picking up GD to make a more robust portfolio. Thoughts?

[Anonymous No.4196963]

>>4196644
Programming - it’s a meta optimization. While you are working you have ample free time and good pay to support your hobby. Then if you try hard you can retire after 10yrs and then just draw for the rest of your life and not worry about money

[Anonymous No.4197093]

> cpsc major but no jobs in sight
fuck yeah

[Anonymous No.4197104]

>>4196644

Nighttime security at some facility. I have 8 hours everyday sitting at the table, with a laptop, drawing whatever I want (well, most of them I'm just gaming). So yeah, I think, it's the best option for an artist.

[Anonymous No.4197106]

Does accountacy clerk require diploma? That should be brain dead job, and you have a desk to draw on.

[Anonymous No.4197671]

>>4196917
Here here. Ratio depends on the month (Im a freelancer) but on average it's 50/50. I enjoy doing illustration and design equally, if you do too then definitely pick a degree in GD.

[Anonymous No.4198040]

what if someone wants to be a freelancer, programming still a good option?

[Anonymous No.4198053]

>>4196644
Stuff with lots of downtime. Security jobs, graveyard shifts, receptionist. I did the latter for a time, pretty comfy.
Hard mode: firefighter, a friend of mine does that for a living and he spends half of his time jacking off in the station.
>>4198040
I heard the market is saturated with chinks and pajeets but dont take my word for it

[Anonymous No.4198066]

>>4198053
> saturated with chinks and pajeets
isn't every freelancer jobs like this?

[Anonymous No.4198081]

>>4198066
afaik not art if you're not trying to follow the sakimigravy train

[Anonymous No.4198082]

>>4198066
>isn't every freelancer jobs like this?
Not every freelance industry operates on a global, race-to-the-bottom scale. And even ones that do, ay different businesses are willing to hire and pay more for more local talent, or for better quality service.

Illustration is often not quite a race-to-the-bottom service. There are plenty of budget options for people wanting to hire global illustrators on the cheap (Upwork, Fiverr, etc.), but there is still a lot of good, high paying work out there. Illustration is a pretty saturated field, but if someone is not getting enough freelance illustration work, I assure you it's not because East Asian & Indian illustrators are taking all the job.