I'm 55½ years old. My mother (1929/2004) did NOT support my art. At age 13, I let her view a piece I'd done. She clowned it; she wanted it "done realistically". WHAT THE FUCK? She discouraged me from pursuit of an Art career; called said career unmanly. I also wanted to be an Animator; she nuked that dream too. But I persisted/persevered. I taught myself to draw with the aid of animated programs and movies, by study of my favorite comics/reading books/magazines etc. Rather than berate the shit out of me, she decided to cease giving a damn. THANK THE ALMIGHTY GOD. THANK YOU, Fiona, for allowing me to reveal a bit of my Artist Life in this manner.

For me art is one of the only things in my life that sparked a deep interest, so it’s always disheartening to hear when people talk down about it. Art is a hard thing to get into but I rather be doing it rather than something I would hate.

As someone who loves to draw for fun, I will still draw regardless of what people say about my art even if it's from my own parents (and you should stick to the same thing).

Every time someone talks down about art, i just tell em "trust me, you dont want to live in a world without art. Food, cinema, video games, all art. You wanna live in such a dull, grey world? Show some appreciation." Well... It's not what i say word-for-word, but it is what i say. I just bring up the creativity and artistry that it takes to make stuff like video games, movies and shows, food and hobbies...

Thank you so much for including my art!! I’m so glad you like it ❤ Parents not understanding/accepting their children’s passions can be one of the toughest things to deal with, I feel. They’re the people you look up to the most so when you end up liking something they inherently don’t support it can be soul crushing. Even then though I get where some of them come from if they have concerned with money and their child being able to make a living for themselves, especially if the family have been known to struggle financially in the past. It’s a tricky topic to handle when there’s so many factors at play, but in my mind, the best way to sort it out is to just show your child support for what they want to do because if they grow up with that support, they’ll grow up learning what to do to support themselves while still engaging with their interest because they’ll know that people genuinely love what they do and will want to see them succeed This ended up longer than I expected lol, but great video as always, and I hope you have a lovely Christmas and a wonderful new year ❤

My parents only care that I make money so... you can imagine how much pressure I feel every time I draw my silly little lines and not getting paid for it It crushes the soul

13:26-13:48 I believe this is the best part of the video. These dialogue were so inspiring and beautiful.

For a year and a half I start studying graphic design because I thought it has some art relative stuff but I didn't actually know about it and I ended up regret it despite still studying to this day (the reason is personal). But my parents still support me for my dreams and there still looking for me an art school or professional art laboratory which it makes me very happy and grateful! Art is something that I'm good the most (well not 100% perfect but still) and I want to do better and one day started making some comics or even animation, that's a dream that I want to come true! Also, your dtiys challenge was fun, glad to be a part of (15:23)! Marry Christmas and happy new year!!

Unfortunately since I'm in a asian family, especially south east asian (filipino) they can be the most harsh when it comes to the people who choose the unconventional career paths, it's understandable since we're a 3rd world country but considering my family is really stable and have the money to support me. But they still wanted me to go into a "honorable" career path. Not helping is that tried for years to convince them, I'm nearly 30 at this rate and they just recently "kinda" approve of it but due to their often rebuttal of me picking art as a career it weight me down so much that I almost lost my passion on doing art, the only thing that was keeping me afloat is drawing fanart for my favourite video game. I've been trying to do open my commissions at times but have noone to buy and not helping is I'm not the best at selling my art I really don't know where to begin since for years I've just neen the type to just "post quietly and maybe you'll be lucky" but that's also a decline since ever since my laptop dying on me I'm stuck on drawing on paper then coloring it on my phone which takes me longer to finish and the algorithm needs you to post something almost everyday which I really don't have the energy i have when I was 21, but my fandom(undertale) is still a passion I'm still clinging on due to me i guess my one string of neverending love for it. Ah, really sorry for the huge wall of texglt, thank you for whoever decided to read this. Bye bye!

Thank you, my mom uses my learning disabilities to make comments about how I HAVE to do. I wanted a degree in Political Science and learning to draw as well. I am scared to draw again because of what was said to me about using old style of artwork with colour pencils, this was said by someone in the military who couldn't draw a stick figure. I was called a Crayola Artist, I was so depressed as I am also a writer. I wanted to do my own art and my own stories, I felt horrified because I was scared of offending others, I offended a military person who made fun of me. I am still scared now

Art has always been important to me, it sucks it gets looked down upon so much :( Great vid and all the DTIYS submissions look amazing!

My parents definitely love and support my art, but I don't make my art just to be popular. That used to be the case because of my insecurities, but I've moved past that, and just make art because it makes me happy, and it's very important to do what makes you happy. Even if there are people who want to make you feel like a failure, or feel bad about you're art, or heck, anything you do that gives you joy, don't let them destroy what you love! There is no such thing as "right" or "wrong" art, as it comes from the heart, and as long as it makes someone feel good, then art is definitely important! Art is awesome, and I love what people do with their creativity!

I'm super glad that my family is so supportive of the pixel art and programming I do, though sometimes they don't get it, like when I watch animation videos and my dad gets confused why I watch it. But over all they are super positive about what I do.

I got lucky with a family that supports my art, and even encourages me making a webcomic and going to art school. My mom always praises me just for getting a random idea and at least trying it out, and making it a career. She always also said I got it from her grandmother.

hi fionapollo, wont share too much but really hope you see this comment. this year, i've encountered your channel thru my recommendation feed, you seemed like the typical video essayist/commentator at first, but you went over the superficial as you discussed mediums of art and questions i had been asking myself at the exact same time, as someone who spent most their life online. your videos have provided the right amount of information and commentary i needed to listen to when working or doing something else productive, regardless of where you stand, what you gave out was very helpful. as i'm writing this, im still a senior in highschool, and an aspiring artist with huge ambitions in mind, starting to apply to colleges. THE SAME DAY YOU POSTED THIS VIDEO was where i had to sit through the constant (exponentially worsened) comments of my single parent expressing her grief in what she sees in me and my future. It was very traumatic but was right after a christmas eve party where I reunited with a long term friend who had started college, with another college student with her sister being a senior (like me) who were always there to visit them. we spoke about the struggles and circumstances of where we stand with our parents in terms of college made decisions, especially within our relative cultural backgrounds and set of expectations... to cut it shortly, your video and the advice my friends gave me are pushing me to pursue my set goal as an artist even more, and i just wanted to let you know that. happy new years!

I'm 22 and live with my parents, never had a job and my parents made it very clear that I can take as much time as I want not pursuing any career and that they wouldn't pressure me into it. The only reason why I'm actively looking for a job right now is because my dad lost his job and hasn't been able to get a new one, so I'm trying to help my mom with bills. They've always been extremely supportive of my art, they may not be super interested in looking at it 😅 But they're cool with me pursuing a career in art even if it doesn't pay well or even at all. They're one of the cool few 💖💖💖

My parents have been super supportive of my art stuff. I've even had my stuff displayed in an art gallery in the mid to late 2010s. I even started a webcomic since the pandemic hit. My mom herself was helping a friend with a comic (he passed away sometime last year, so the first issue will be in honor of his memory). My folks love them comic I've been working on, especially the tips I've picked up. In fact, my dad told me the last art piece I made and posted on social media was brilliant. For context, he says that posting art promoting another comic is a good way to help get attention, especially if you're recommending said comic. The piece I did was of my main character, Mari, reading a spell book to Vector from Castoff by thestarfishface (10/10 would recommend). So, long story short, my folks definitely support my art and we've got friends in the entertainment industry

Merry Christmas in advance and happy new year in advance as well also, I love how you do your thumbnails.

Happy holidays! I will leave you with a message for the holidays, a quote by the good duck artist Carl Barks "No man is poor who can do what he likes to do once in a while" so go ahead! Pursue your passions and remember to enjoy life. I know being an artist is hard but if that brings you joy you should never stop because of what other people say. Good bye!

I'm 23 and I'm from a family of non artist, altho my aunt is an artist and a retired art teacher. My father and brother used to draw in middle school, but they both stopped. I was always encouraged to draw a lot, because from the tiniest baby that was my biggerst special interest and I got quite good at it pretty young, just on my own, so everyone assumed I was talented, but my mom started getting concerned that I might not be able to support myself because I didn't paint gallery worthg paintings, just anime fanarts, and gallery art career was the only type of art career other than art teacher and architect she knew about. Especially in Poland when we don't really have Disney or cartoon network, so she started pushing me to be an architect, cuz she herself works with architects and knows it's a stable career, so she would try to make me go to an architecture school and learn more maths and stuff. Looking back I understand her more, because she was just concerned about my future and didn't know there could be so many art careers that would fit me more, but back then that made us fight a lot cuz I hate maths and so much didn't wanted to be an architect. I ended up researching and trying out different ways I can support myself making the art I like making and talking about it to my mom, and she finally agreed to me doing whatever I want. There was some new problems related to my undiagnosed at the time autism, so I still cannot support myself with art, but that's because I cannot support myself at all at the moment, but I'm trying to make some small money from commision work and my etsy store, and making indie games with friends and a webcomic, and my mom is rooting for me and helping me out a lot and she keeps showing my art to all her friends, cuz she's so proud of my skills ^^

Growing up I had originally used art as a way to cope with my feelings as I didnt really have any other outlet in my life that wouldnt have gotten me in trouble. At that time I had wished to become something like an engineer, but the older I got it lost its spark and art began to call to me much louder than before. My mom keeps trying to push me to do things related to IT jobs to "fund my art" as they can make a lot of money. I understand she just wants what is best for me, but saying I'll never make it even though we have a family member in the animation business as an example I can get to that level is very disappointing when she also makes art (more of weaving over digital art) and she even makes money off of it at times!

My parents have always been extremely supportive of my art and future artistic career! When my dad was younger, he wanted to be a comic book artist, but it didn’t work out and now he works with computers. so now that I’m a aspiring comic artist and character designer, he’s very supportive cuz he gets it! :D My extended family are also very supportive of my art and I get a million sketchbooks and markers every Christmas lol

Over the past few years I think my family have begun to realise how far I want to take art and consider it as a career. My mother's family specifically aunts and uncles were all somewhat artistic whether it be drawing, music, photography and even little metal work sculptures. However due to other outside forces or just only considering it a hobby they never really took it too far. It's only been recently over the past few years my mother has begun using photography as a side job, being hired to do wedding photos and even managing to sell some of her prints in the local supermarket which I'm really proud of her for :)!!!!! Since I primarily do digital art and animation she often asks me for advice on editing programs or the general technical side and wants me to teach her how to use a drawing tablet to help make editing easier which I really love. I really like helping her out with her own medium and love seeing her do something she enjoys doing. My dad initially didn't seem very impressed by my interest in art and wanted me to try other things (I did, but I always fell back to art), however recently he's been a lot more supportive?? I'm not sure where it came from but he seems very chill about the idea of me doing art as more than a hobby, this past Christmas he got me a load of high quality art supplies which I absolutely love using they're some of the best I've had and have gotten me back into doing more traditional art. I think once I started animating more consistently he might have changed his mind but either way I'm happy he has. I would have been much to anxious to oppose him if he continued to say art courses were a waste of time and would have probably not go as far as I could just to please him

my parents supported art as just a hobby for a long time when I was a kid until it came the moment to choose what to study, they convinced me to take another career which I dropped after I graduated, just never got any job offers from it and to be honest I just wasn't for someone like me. Until I got tired of the pressure of job hunting and started taking art commissions on my own, and I haven't stopped since then, I'm very glad I made that choice and my parents now support me with this, granted it hasn't been easy and I still have some ways to go to make a proper living, but I don't regret it one bit!

My parents only started supporting my art when i got good at it. Before then, i was discouraged from pursuing it as a career. I was a kid back then, and i knew my skill level wasn’t good enough to make any money. But i knew i would improve with practice, and im now at a level where i can start doing commissions. It took a while, but eventually i proved them wrong.

I'm not a parent myself (at least not yet, though I'd love to have kids), I would be supportive of my kids, if they decide to pursue art in some fashion. But I would advise them to first do a regular job first till they will have enough recognition of people and enough of a demand for their art before comitting to it fulltime. I would support them on it however I can, by buying art supplies. giving them encouragement and so on. And I would certainly not demand any "returns on investment" from my kids. I want to have kids not to have some financial security at an old age, but because I want to leave something meaningfull behind when I die. And to me there is nothing more meaningful than leaving a next generation behind me. A future for humanity. >

My parents are super supportive of my art! My mom even encourages me to look into making a career out of it. I'm one of the lucky ones I guess 😅

My parents basically supported me and my art until it was time for me to make a decision regarding my career. They talked me into pursuing a safe and stable job and I regret taking their advice. I absolutely hate my job but I'm kind of forced to stay, at least for now, because I became a mom myself. I don't know where my journey will lead me in the end but I know one thing for sure... Whatever my kid will be interested in, I will respect and support their interests and talents!

Me geting bored of art but i keep going to try to have it being fun: 😅

I am lucky to have the support of my family. My parents believe in my potential art career more than I do these days 😅 My mom said she'd be sad seeing me end up doing anything else. I don't know what I'll end up doing but it's nice having their support weither I pursue art, or any career/job that's not considered prestigious.

I lost a friend because of it. :( He was one of those types, I'm afraid. Sadly, a lot of people think that artistic careers (writing books/making movies/what-have-you) are childishly easy and cushy jobs that require little skill and thus are not all that admirable.

Thankfully, yes. I was always drawing something growing up because it made me happy and that makes them happy But I understand where some parents come from. If your dream job isn't profitable enough, you should have a plan B. The world doesn't stop changing, so make sure you stay updated

thank goodness my parents were theater kids

My dad approached me one day and this was the convo i had with him “You draw art” - dad “Yea i do draw art why?” “Can you di art for crypto?” - my dad “Why? What? Huh???” “We shall have this talk later on ive got to go now” - my dad We never started to talk about that again but i did open commissions and my dad has seen some posts and dosnt care at all

I honestly do have some words to say to other would be artists/creators who are interested in pursuing the arts or even making KZfaq videos as a job, if your parents support that, then good for you! But if your parents don’t give you that kind of support, put you down for it, or even if their acting in a way that’s particularly abusive, and your turning 18 and you might have enough money to find you a place to live, and your parents are only going to be a hindrance if they keep around you, don’t feel bad if you *DO* decide to go no contact with them. Small arguments in your families can be resolved easily, but overall, your mental well being is something to prioritize. As far as I am concerned, when your parent puts you down for that decision, you didn’t do anything wrong. They just failed you as a parent. Good luck out there in the arts! I guarantee you, you might make something that’ll be cool, or even get laughs out of an audience.

My dad did not support my art neighter this my ex, it really pushed me back in the past. But thankfully my mom and siblings do. And my current partner is not only supportive but also motivates me a lot.❤

My mom doesn’t care my step dad has zero faith in me, absolute kick in the balls when he first expressed that he thought it was a terrible idea

Thankfully I never really had any issues with my family looking down on my artistic endeavors but instead I feel like I was destined to be an artist. My dad's side has a lot of people who work in construction, sewing, or in my dad's case, occasional drawing my late grandmother believed putting a baby's umbilical cord somewhere related to an occupation will determine their destiny and when i was born she put mine in a sewing box (I can sew really good) And because my dad drew a lot when he was younger, I surpass his drawing ability by a landslide My mom's side probably doesn't really care what I do, as long as I meet a girl and have a kid in my 20's which... good luck with that

even though my mom doesn’t fully understand online commissions and adoptable designs and stuff, she still supports me fully and I absolutely would not be here without her !!

I’ve made five commissions sheets and an artist business card, all for nothing. I’ve also been trying to get a job at a restaurant, a store, even a movie theater, also nothing.

About women in art and how art is perceived as frivolous because it's "a woman activity" especially in textile related crafts: I came across a bunch of posts on Tumblr explaining how machines, their wiring or whatnot, including the ones used at NASA, were conceived using knitting(?) principles and made by really skilled women. There was also a thing about sewing suits perfectly, without pins so they were airtight, through several layers of fabric. I need to find these posts again.

This video was so beautiful I can relate to this a lot it has been super hard for me and I thank you for sharing this and put the effort and time into this amazing video 😊❤ you’re awesome and amazing

My family has always supported my art until I told them I wanted to major in something art related, to them its really nothing but a hobby you'll never really make money from :/

Hi Fiona. I only found out about your channel today and I gotta say I really resonate with this video. My parents do not support a pursuit in an art career. (Small note: sorry this is a super long comment, i'm just kinda voicing my current predicament) They see it as a waste of time and yada yada all the stuff you said in your video. Like I was actually surprised when you started listing out the reasons why parents invest so much into their kids cause that's exactly what my parents think. I also want to mention that I'm Filipino, and many Filipinos are nurses so ever since I was young I've been pushed towards the idea of nursing as the "ideal" career path. My mother is a nurse and lot of successful family members are in the medical field, so obviously my family will push me towards that direction. Also, as a high school senior (currently) who'll be entering into college in a couple months, possibly under a pre-nursing major, I don't feel that spark. I don't think I need to be rich or anything. So long as I can live and make art, I'd be happy. But that isn't the case for my parents, especially my mom. She's always talking about how rich her coworkers are and how once I get a good paying job in the hospital, I'll buy her all the luxury brands and tons of purses and pay for a nice retirement woowee. I've told her that this sounds more like *her* dream and *her* ambition. It's really hard to just get across that I don't feel passionate about nursing as I do for art. One of my biggest fears for the future is being stuck in a job I'm miserable in. I've told her that we never know what'll happen to me in college; that anything can happen and my career pathway can change. But it really hurts whenever they say that there's no money in art. Of course you're going to say that. Of course you're going to want me to be a nurse practitioner cause it makes a bunch of money. She doesn't even like her job and she always comes home stressed. I don't want to live like that. I feel really trapped and stuck. I've tried seeking advice from others, and I've gotten a bit of support from fellow artists which is good, but as for people who aren't familiar with art, they've recommended I go for the more stable job. I don't even know what career I want to pursue really, especially with the rise of Ai and I'm so mad at capitalism I don't even know anymore. I just want to draw. For now my plan is to go to the medical field, see if I hopefully find a job I can hopefully like enough that'll be stable enough and pays well. I'm thinking maybe phlebotomy! Then once I have a million dollars I can draw all I want !!!!! haha...

My parents have always supported my crossover art... I just have to explain the context behind the shows everytime I show them.🤣

My parents are great. They were completely fine with it when I wanted to be an entomologist back when I was a little kid, and they were also fine with it when I changed my mind later on and decided I wanted to be a fantasy novelist. They ARE the ones who strongly encouraged me to read a ton of Brandon Sanderson and Tolkien before I decided that, so maybe they figure they've only got themselves to blame LOL (Strongly encouraged as in they knew that was the sort of thing I'd like.)

Im lucky that my parent's encourage my artistic skills and my dad is good at art himself they even buy me art supplies for Christmas and my birthday some years. My dad even sometimes helps me come up with ideas. They also encourage me no matter what type of art I do, I can even show them some of my art including character designs and they can give me some pretty useful feedback. Also I eventually found out that my Grandma on my dad's side was an artist as well. Unfortunately she died from cancer when I was in 2nd grade. Which reminds me of when I made a painting for my mom one Christmas i made one for my dad the year before and it caught her off guard because the painting colors I chose looks so much like a painting my Grandma made that I haven't seen or at the very least had no memory of. I think both of my parents and my grandpa believed that it could of been my Grandma's spirit guiding me in that particular art piece as it was several years after my Grandma passed. Honestly though the idea of my Grandma coming down from heaven to plant the idea of what colors to use in my mind while I'm making a painting I'm gifting to my mom just to mess with other members of my family actually sounds kinda funny and like something she'd actually do. Creativity and artistic ability seems to run on my dads side of the family.

For me, my parents don't rly say anything about my art since I'm still young but I know that they want me to do something more like coding (which I'm not interested in) instead of having the risky career of indie animation (which I am interested in and is like my dream job that I am trying to work towards to have).

My parents never discouraged me,since when I was 4 my mom would buy poster colors and crayons while my dad bought the sketch pads. But the time I turned 17 my dad told me to change and do what I don't like,good thing my mom sill supports me😊😊😊

Oh my, I could feel the pain that’s went with the discussion over family approval. There’s not much I can do to help with that. But just remember that you’ve got a community that cares about you. It won’t bring you immediate happiness and it won’t solve your problems but what it will do is give you a nonjudgmental place for you to be hurt and in a safe place to heal. The Void has limited reach but ideally enough to offer a helping hand or an ear to listen. Have a pleasant day and a better 2024. Sincerely -The Void

Nice video as always!!

The fart at the end 😂

Story of my life Literally why I stopped drawing. I'm more of a script writer for comics than anything

Being born a Filipino, the entertainment/art industry is obscured for a very long time so people in my life(including old people) has a lot of different opinions regarding art. Some still subscribe to the "starving artist" stereotype(ikr, even in this day and age) and some even believe the extreme opposite(earning 6 figures). I had to fight the uphill battle and managed to break in to animation, comics and tabletop gaming art. The most difficult and disheartening thing in the Philippines is you have to prove it first that it "works"(earning money) so people will deem it legit way to live while disregarding how it will take time and momentum. So you'll see starting artists being discouraged by people even before they even have a break. It's sad.

My parents do support my art, but I don't want to rely on my art for money. I also don't have the energy to draw now, as I have my finals this year. My grandma doesn't support me though. She wants for me to draw a certain way and only the stuff she aprooves of. Same goes for writing. Yeah, we're not friends anymore.

My parents support me wanting to be an author, but insist that if I actually want to do this when I am older (I’m 15), that I would need to get a side job, which isn’t too much of a problem for me, as I am already planning on working as a librarian alongside being an author.

They do and I'm very grateful for that.

It all honestly you don't even need to be a freelancer/artist to have family members raise an eyebrow and look down at your job. Just get a less common job because its specific to one field or a very niche activity and all relatives will question if you can actually "survive" from its income. And depending on how much they are willing to listen to you explain what you do and why it can be relevant enough to make it your career you will still get those 2/3 people say "I still think you would be better off working as a lawyer." or even "better" the ones that get angry you may outearn them and bring arguments on how its unfair for you to earn more since in their eyes your job is less important.

Even from a young age, I had an affinity for art, and while my mom is quite supportive of my passion for the craft, she doesn't exactly see it as a profession, and would still rather have me in a "normal job". I have worked at a few places throughout my teens and twenties (I'm currently 32 at the time of writing this) and I can say without a shadow of a doubt that working at a place where all you do is sell burgers (as an example) absolutely KILLS creative motivation, because all you can think/worry about is keeping your job and making enough to survive in this world. People are creative. Capitalism requires monkeys.

Im 11 years old and i draw also but my parents support it but they hate what i draw bc i draw wally and my characters and classmates its also kinda mad abt it but i still kept going and my parents also want me to stop my posting im in alot of platforms now but they hate the way i draw :)

Awesome video as always 👍✌️

I think you're being a little too hard on the parents. I suspect most who discourage art as a business are doing so because they want their kids to survive, not because they want their kids to take care of them. The fact of the matter is, people need to have a job that makes them enough money to live on. For a large percentage, art is not that job. The ones who do make art that job have to be super driven to succeed at it. For most people, I think it's better to have art as a hobby and have a job that earns income. That way, you can focus on doing what you want with your art and not what makes money. I've seen too many artists who get miserable because they're chasing the dollar instead of drawing what they love. I think we need to be more accepting of hobbies. Too often, people are encouraged to do something they like as a business, and I think their passion soon gets poisoned. Hobbies are a good thing and don't need to make money.

Merry Christmas from Australia

My parents also push me towards more 'reputable careers' because they want me to be financially stable. They support my creativity and really want me to be happy, but being an artist isn't exactly something stable that guarantees income when you hit rough times. It's really rubbed off on me. I kind of want to give it my all, I'm still in a position in which maybe I could, but I'm too scared to commit :/ At the same time, no regular job appeals to me (I have some physical limitations too). So I'm stuck feeling a lack of goals and direction in life 😅

Am honestly lucky to have parents who although not having an interest in art. They do support me as am the only artist seemly as my art is more animation and writing-based than traditional ones and who wants to go to LA and make it big.

Neat video. On the first point, you should have first clarified your knowledge on family dynamics as well as you not having experienced parenthood in the very beginning before laying out your thoughts on the matter because I do feel like people need to know where you're coming from right at the beginning of the conversation and it opens up the field for other points of views to give their perspective as well....which is quite difficult anyways since many older generations don't use social media the way later generations do.

my family kinda supports my art, but they want me to earn more money from it you know, now just draw for fun. its frustrating because I have no idea how to start earning money when I don't have a degree or anything..

what the heck my parents never expected me to pay them back anything except love they let me live there until I could afford a house at 20 and idk people who expect kids who they brought into this world to pay them back for existing and ya know LIVING AND FULFILLING BASIC NEEDS is messed up

for some reason, when parents want to send you to a doctor, lawyer, etc., they always think about those cream of the profession who work in private sectors with even richer clients or open their own company. But when it has to do with creativity, the ori always come in a queue to remind the poor who sit on the street all day and for € 5 draw corricature portraits to passers-by. As if yes, there are actors and artists who can receive more than a million for each of their roles or paintings, as well as doctors working in a 5-by-2 public hospital with a bunch of night shifts, but still receiving a minimum wage. As if yes, we do not live and have never lived in a world where just getting an education gave a guarantee of success and wealth. The only thing that is such is to be born into a family where a retired relative cheated in hard times and did some dirty trick that gave their family enrichment (not always, but let's be honest - cheap with materials, lying and so on - this is what all people do when their monthly income exceeds the annual of the whole city"

It's annoying to hear that others, even family talk down art or something that your passionate about. Its their lives so they can do what they need to do to live it as happy ss they can be. Plus it's art, out of everything. They should be grateful that their children can created something beautiful and not get hook on something that would hinder their growth .

My father maybe not understand my art but supports me doing it better then getting angry at nothing.

Many people come up to me and indirectly make fun of me for being an art major and im too sensitive for this i just suck it in 😭😭😭🥺🥺🥺

I don't do art as much as I used to but it's mostly cuz of other hobbies taking over my life like airsoft, warhammer and music, I've been planning on getting some comics done but I get really into the writing and characters but art now just kind of bugs me, I had a bit of support from my mum with it but my dad would just complain about Mre doing it. I did art in college but since then I've only done a bit of sculpting and small amounts of doodling

I actualy have the oposite problem mainly due to the aria I live in being really sexist. I want to Persue a career in engineering and have always felt that I have been pushed to art. Like in highschool I literally was shoved into graphic design or art insted of the science or math classes I needed for when I would go to collage. I even signed up for the votec program specifically for engineering and the shoves me in the undecided class and the people there tryed to get me into fashion design?? This was only baised on the fact I customized some of my clothes. Like it’s a damn hobby I want a stem career not an art career. How many times to I need to scream it! I now need to take pre calc in collage and the whole votec thing fucked me up badly. The amount of disappointment with that and how the career readyness program basically puts you at the bottom of the list even though you signed up early made it so I never got to do that even though I thought I was. No one told me I signed up for that, I SAID ENGINEERING!! It’s because I told my consiler I was undecided on Wich feild of engineering I wanted to go into she did that. She Aprently mis hered me say ENGINEERING and thought I had no damn clue. This whole thing made me go through the worst depression I have ever had it felt like someone died. I could bairly finish my seinor project because of the mention of votec being a way to get a mentor. I cryed so much, it was like this CONSTANTLY and no matter how much I said I want engineering or any other stem feild I was shoved time and time again into my hobby because I’m good at it or some bull shit. It’s been so hard for me ever since. The votec one really hurt.

Is being a commission artist worth a job for a grade-a job for an artist?

Whenever I used to hear this statement, I used to just sigh and cringe. But after connecting Soldier from Team Fortress 2's "Dominated Hippie, Get A Job", I can't help but hear Team Fortress 2 lines in my head over, and over, and over again, for a really long time. Also, my only criticism that I've recieved about starting a KZfaq channel was rather ominous warnings of bad things to come and that I'll "Need to be careful with what I say and do and become", being brushed off as joking, or a "You Do You" or a "That's Interesting, how do you plan on doing it" type of comment. Okay, those types of parents are condemned in our household, with me holding a private belief that there needs to be a boogeyman/Santa Claus fairy tale thing that can scare and teach those types of parents into wanting to understand their children better. My parents and little brother however, just say what they think, which is that those types of people don't deserve to have kids and don't go any further than that and I'm usually forced to go that far with my beliefs as well.

Im going to be honest i think it shorta depend on who your parent.

My family is confusing. They support my art but casually suggest jobs that make more money. I'm confused

My parent would probably be turned off to my art because I do a looot of NSFW. They would probably like my SFW art though. KZfaq doesn't really allow adult content... but I can see how you can say that your videos aren't suitable for kids. Though I'm trans, so I can't exactly have kids. Not that I want kids anyway.

Parental refusal to support their child is not by itself bad. For in instance, in documentary Lorena (a wife that cut her husband's d*** off) it is shown how parents till the end supported their child ... even after he tried to murder another girl that was also his fan. I would expect them to reject him, supporting him after all that is wrong, even as a parent. You should value people in general enough that you would not put your child over their ability to live a normal life under normal circumstandes (not extreme poverty, open discrimination or war). Parents not supporting their children who want to do art is just another type of this "I am able to choose who I support" and it should exist, it is just that it clearly can go wrong, parents are fallable private creatures. If you want to go against the concept of parental support or the lack of it, maybe abolishing family as the major factor in childs ability to live its life, could be the best option. Probably with more direct state support for the said person, so not as much "we give money for you to your parents who will decide how to spend it" but instead "we will give it to you". I for instance have an aunt who's mother did like her, but at some point she just had enough and dissapeared for 4 years, just gone. Child should be able to live normaly even if such a thing happens to him instead of making a single point of failure on which it fully depends. It is not so much about abolition as about giving him/her/else more options, given that we know how weak (less money, experiences, connections, direct protections) children tend to be in comparison to an average adult. Also, I wouldn't go around blaiming capitalism in this one instance. Before capitalism, children were a source of income, they were a free labour you could use to support the family. Today's children are so expensive because that is not acceptable anymore, which is probably good. The other reason why they are expensive is that we never really adapted to this new reality but instead capitalised on it ... which is yea, this one is on capitalism, it is the same as with marriage and funeral, there is a lot of that, so there are many people that try to make it as expensive as possiable because they are profitable ... but for people just expensive. It is no wonder that people decide to have fewer kids, they became expensive. At the moment states depend on other states where there is still a population surplus to mitigate the fact that they are not producing enough people to be sustainable on their own, this again is on capitalism. But the solution is or nationalising those points of expenditure or state support, make children less expensive, not only in money, but also in effort (state funded kindergardens etc.). As a bonus, by making family not as important you just freed parents to have more time for their own life, plus those services are often the main source of early discovery if something is wrong in the family, so state can intervene into it (parental abuse). My parents for instance were scarying me that I should not be telling other people that they are beating me, because state might take me away ... which did not happen, but they did have to start to bahave more nicely towards me now that they were under survailance for something "they are entitled to and expected to do for my own good, but state is oppressive towards them by not letting them do the parenting".

Capitalism is one of the most intimidating nemeses of artists 😅 Happy holidays to everyone!!

I can not comprehend this mindset of "I gave birth to you/raised you so you owe me" mindset. No one asks ti be born, no one asks their parents to raise them, we were never given a choice in the matter. That is like forcing someone to take something then expecting something in return. Parents are not owed anything by their children as their children did not have a choice in accepting life and their parents. Parents chose to be a parents (with the obvious exception of rape victims), they chose the job, a thankless unpaid job and they knew it was that way when they chose it. Mark Twain said: "Find a job you enjoy doing, and you will never have to work a day in your life." Most people can't get a job they enjoy, most people have to work the grind, there is always going to be jobs no one wants and no one enjoys but someone has to do tem. There are many people who have an "I suffered so you have to suffer too!" mindset, and many who have rationalized their suffering to a point where they think it's a good thing, many even take pride in their suffering. They expect others to suffer the way they did. They can't see that there are better ways of living. On money and happiness, research has found that for the poor, money does indeed buy happiness, for over about $90,000 a year the research has been conflicting. My interpretation is there are other factors involved including how one makes and spends their money.

shortest answer: no 🥲 its so hard to be with my Asian parents 😔

Funny how the drastic example was what i experienced and thought was normal🫠 got kicked out because i was didnt have a job within their allocated timeframe even though it was hard enough putting myself out there when i had social anxiety issues (which i still do) and getting my already non-existant confidence shattered when i heard nothing back from the places i applied to. I even messed up a job trial by having a giant panic attack and breaking down in front of everyone. Which was just fantastic cuz it sure did make me wanna put myself out there again!🥲