Life as I know it

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I am 33 years old and I am a father of 4 beautiful girls. I have been drawing since I was in 6th grade. Drawing for me started out as a competitive thing. I wanted to be cool so I copied art from comics. From that time until about 4 years ago I didn't really know much about drawing. My wife (most blunt critic) and many good people I met on Frank Cho's Message board and at Cons helped me a lot. My only obstacle was time. THAT has been my problem. Finding 4-5 hours of practice time every day has never been easy. My progress has been slow but I've never been discouraged. Will I ever be a pro?? Prolly not but I will teach my kids everything I know and watch them become what I couldn't, A pro artist or some type of artistic career. My oldest has shown SO much already in terms of being able to do pencil work and paint. I'm so proud of her. Her name is Cielo Estrella. She is my inspiration and a great daughter and friend. I hope my 3 other girls see how hard she works and try their best to do the same.

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That would be cool - but just be sure to remind them as comic artists specifically, there's not much money out here, unless you're one of the top. 0.5% percent (guys like McFarlane, Lee, etc. who make most of their money from their media empires than actually drawing).

Much more money to be had in graphic design and advertising illustration. Most of the time, less fun, granted, but fun don't pay the bills.

I should know. ;)