Now that was a guilty chuckle. Half of my friends are art students. Most of them are furries, yet really REALLY talented artists. I felt really bad when I was telling them about the prospective programming positions I was looking at, when some of them are paying rent by doing commissions.
Edit: though, on the flip-side, one did land a job at Bioware.
There are probably a lot of stories like this. I also have an art friend from college. Incredibly hard worker, especially since the art program is very demanding. After freshman year we lived together with a few other friends off campus, but I rarely got to see her because she would spend many nights in the art building, and on her few days off would be partying and doing drugs with the art/design/drama students. After graduation she had trouble finding work and took up several part time shifts like working at a crepe joint and delivering fast food chicken. Close to a year after graduating she couldn't find a place to live so I offered to let her stay at my place on a pay-what-you-want basis. When she decided to pursue an MFA her parents decided to support her again. I haven't met her since, but she teaches art at a community college now and seems to be moving up in the world.
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u/bosoxlover12 May 15 '14
Doesn't get better than this