As artists, it’s fairly easy to get into self deprecating funks. By nature, we’re dreamers. We have lofty ideas of what we want to do and where we want to be with are careers. But rarely do we have an actual game plan for getting there. That’s where rock climbing comes in.

If you’re going to draw for a living, drawing faster will certainly make things easier. If you can draw faster you can draw more. Drawing more means you can work more. Working more equals more money. Draw faster, earn more money. Can it be so simple? Let’s find out.

Career advice should always be taken with many grains of salt, especially advice from a blog. What may work for one may or may not work for you. And although I’ve been working as an illustrator in some form for the past eight or so years, I still have a lot to learn. Having said [...]