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travis76 aka MC Travasaurus X to the Fifth Power is a boy, has been a member since January 24, 2005, has scored 9041 submissions, giving an average score of 1.05.

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Apr 03 '08 by travis76

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I give up! the ironies of being an artist with a full time job.

it's finally driven me byond insanity.

when it's slow at work, i want to draw, doodle, work on designs. but i never have my sketchbooks or any good pens.
tons of ideas flood into my head. but nothing to do with them, so i get on the freaking 'net.

SO then when i do bring paper and supplies- in the hopes it will be slow, we are too busy for me to even THINK about working on stuff. To even unzip my bookbag.

and for every day i leave art supplies at work, we're too busy for me to ever even begin.

BUT as soon as i give up and bring my stuff back home, we will be deathly slow again- until of course, i attempt to bring my art supplies back in.

the cruel cycle has me ripping my eyeballs out.

do you have these problems?

MrDomino on Apr 03 '08 at 8:23am

I usually have great ideas when I can't do anything with them. Like when I'm out to dinner, in the shower late for work, or shopping at the grocery store.

Tonteau on Apr 03 '08 at 8:24am

I think everyone has this to a degree. The first person to master the unpredictable wins.

deboraborialis on Apr 03 '08 at 8:27am

Buy another sketchbook and leave it at work with one good drawing implement.

BaronVonMonkey on Apr 03 '08 at 8:29am

Quit your job!

I realise that may be impractical.

travis76 on Apr 03 '08 at 8:31am

"deboraborialis on Apr 03 '08 at 8:27am Buy another sketchbook and leave it at work with one good drawing implement."

tried it! and we will be pertpetually swamped! it's like the voodoo way to make my job money, leave art supplies there.

travis76 on Apr 03 '08 at 8:33am

although MAYBE, if i can perfectly match what supplies i keep at home, and what i keep at work...maybe that will tip the balance. or be like a falling cat with buttered toast strapped to it's back, theoretically- the artistic energy/job freetime balance will be trapped in rotating equilibrium.

travis76 on Apr 03 '08 at 8:33am

Manos on Apr 03 '08 at 8:37am

That is why I went freelance. I couldn't be creative and design the way I wanted to at the dayjob.

It was a good experience but I'm much happier now.

Freelancing is no joy ride though, a lot of frustration and empty pockets until you get the ball rolling but I wouldn't change it for world.

Woss on Apr 03 '08 at 8:40am

I circumvent these problems by being a lazy good-for-nothing student.

travis76 on Apr 03 '08 at 8:40am

well, i'm trying the transition method. doing some freelance now to build cred and saving $$ before i quit the day job to go whole hog.

MrDomino on Apr 03 '08 at 8:41am

I would love to freelance full time. I do it on the side right now and it's hard to keep my brain working. I find myself using a lot of gimmick stuff at my regular job that I never wanted to do in design.

travis76 on Apr 03 '08 at 1:48pm

bump- i'm sure adamantium has similar to say on the matter!
;)

andrewmundy on Apr 03 '08 at 1:55pm

i dont have that problem

I just feel uncomfy doing art at work, I feel like they will think im lazy or something...

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