Careers In Art: What Pays? What Doesn't?

[TsuNekoChan]

I'm in my junior year of high school now and have decided to direct my future towards having a career in art. Whoopie, i've chosen a great path apparently and people tell me, ' oh you're so good your gonna make millions of dollars and blah blah blah' (and they've only seen my anime art lol. they don't know that it's gonna get me nowhere in life). Before you freak out, anime isn't the only thing i draw, i've got plenty of realism i've been working on for a while

I find two subjects that interest me and draws my attention the most and i would love to possibly major in Illustration and Sequential Art since i love making posters, T-shirts, and making comics. But even if i took those courses and graduated, will it get me somewhere as a career? would i really be able to make enough money?

what kind of jobs out there could i consider getting in those fields? i'd love to hear your feedback
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[cstdenis]

Animators seem to get paid pretty horribly. You're not going to get rich out of realism either.


From what I understand, what pays money is stuff like graphic design and advertising.
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[Brianhjh]

If you are into science too, you can go for art conservation. A profession which is sadly most known to most people for something similar in Da Vinci Code.
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[RammsteinSkollexxx]

i think art is best as a part time job only. the field of art is very shaky, especially in anime(seeing your gallery) and you can't entirely rely on it, even if you major in it in a university or something like that. try art for magazines, or selling prints, something like that. I hope to master the GIMP and sell at least 1 drawing to Time magazine .