I'm an artist, maybe not a designer. I've lost focus, and I need advice.
Initially, I got a degree in animation with the intention of working in that industry. After months of applications, I settled into an underpaid print-design position. Two years later, I'm a production artist temp at a good gig. I hit 6 months next week. The contract has no end date; I'm in limbo.
In my off-hours, I've kept up my drawing skills and put together an okay portfolio of illustrations, but I haven't animated in years.
What's next? Am I a designer? Am I an illustrator hiding behind my decent InDesign skills? Is there a path back to the animation industry or should I accept a closed door and move on? Any full-time production artist positions in my area advertise $12-$15/hr, and that's just not good enough. But my experience is so scattered that I've had no luck in my applications to 45k-range positions.
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I could learn my design basics and put out a traditional graphic design portfolio, but I'd still be 2-3 years behind that projected job track
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I could move to the production side of things, be a project manager
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I could teach myself programming/web design, aim for a career in UI/UX design, but that is a long-term path without certainty
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I could circle back and relearn my video/multimedia skills, and market myself as a jack-of-all-trades at a marketing company
According to conventional wisdom, I should "keep putting in the work" until I find "my thing" and "get discovered". But I'm too cynical to be passive.
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