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Well, besides money stuff (which I know nothing about) all I can suggest is that you:
- find your artistic heroes
- maintain strong interests OUTSIDE art
Doing the first will keep you humble and hungry, as well as give you reference points by which to orient your own artistic leanings. Knowing about their struggles (both in art, and the interaction between their ordinary life and their art) may, on some days, be your only source of comfort along what may necessarily become a very long lonely road. That is, after you reach your peak technique (which is different for all of us) you have nowhere to go but deep inside and no one can help you but those who have seen that road to the end-- that usually means turning to dead artists and what they leave behind.
Doing the second will give you fuel for your artistic pursuits. Writing, comics, painting, etc. can (for some) have a habit of turning inwards and only talking about itself. Keep one foot in another world and that can become a great source of warmth and power. Read widely, do widely.
... .... Well, sorry for the long reply. Take it with a grain of salt since I'm only talking from my own experience. I have no ar-guments to back any of that up -- it's all anecdotal.
When it comes to technique -- don't neglect your studies. Do the usual grinding: Loomis, life drawing, etc. "Undestanding Comics" is a go-to book for most people. Also try James Wood's "How Fiction Works". Study and read novels, Literary criticism, etc. Don't worry too much about 'developing a style' until you have a broad and reliable range of techniques available to you. Style (the real core you can't abandon or change) usually happens without you noticing, anyway.
Good luck in the world of comics!
pathetic_meat_robot28 karma
Probably too many blank pages and upside down words... and not enough vaginal fisting. I'll have to work on that.
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