i'm going to finish school first. as tempting as it might be to work as an illustrator, i need to graduate!! in the end its the skills that you have that count the most, and thats what people are going to look at.

i thought about working as an artist while i'm going to school but i decided it would be a bad idear. one reason being that my art skills aren't exactly l33t. i dont want to go into the illustration/art field as a half ass artist who isn't technically qualified compared to the other artists that i would work with. by technically qualified i mean not qualified in knowing and executing the basic technical foundations of illustration (i.e. composition, color theory, life drawing, rendering, etc etc).

thats just me. :9

now...if the job was a small side job that i could manage while going to school full time. i'd do it. as long as it wouldn't cut in too much with school. lets just say its a life lesson learned from past experiences that involved holding a job (or three) while attending school.