Timing is a weird, spurious beast. A confluence of things have happened over the last four days that make Matt’s latest post incredibly relevant to me. What if I’ve had it wrong this whole time; what if the “accountant programming” should have been the hobby instead of the other way around?
When art is your job, you’re going to do a lot of it. Whether or not you’re having a ‘good drawing day’, you’ll be expected to produce for eight or more hours each work day. Over years of this pace, commercial artists can begin to get burnt out. Any activity, when done for long enough, can begin to lose its charm. Is burnout a guarantee? No. Does it happen? Yes.