Ninjatic, who has been mentioned before in my PPP posts is an artist who has found his fame on the website DeviantArt, he has earned popularity with the community there and as such found plenty of freelance work, his work is of a good standard also which again add to his success, but I find that there are some much better artists out there that have not yet been noticed. This leads me to think about ways of achieving success in the industry, firstly you have to be talented, but secondly there is an amount of luck involved, or socialisation, but that has been proved to not always be a defining factor in this line of work. Comparing myself to ninjatic from a professional standpoint, he is one year older than me and has been working and taking commissions for I think a few years more than that, so I should realistically be working on commissions and projects now if I want to earn a sustainable living from it. Although a few years ago I had no idea how photoshop worked I feel that I have come a long way but there is still a little way to go yet before I can call myself a professional.
What I have taken away from comparing myself critically and professionally to this (very talented) artist, is that I need to improve my work, I need to be social and talk to people to gain work, I need a little bit of luck, but I make that myself :P. Here are 2 of his pictures which I find inspiring.
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