Absolutely, thank you for asking.

And if I get a vote on placement: tramp stamp.

I do not sell tattoo tickets nor do I care to collect your cash for this.

No, not really.
If you have a project that you think my art would be perfect for, shoot me an e-mail and we can discuss.

I do not:

- draw pets
- design tattoos
- do logos
- take special Rat Requests

I design movie posters.

I didn't, I have mostly learned on the job.

I get this question every now and then and it always stresses me the fuck out. Not because you're asking, that's nice and kind of you.
But because I honestly have no idea.

I started my art career at 23 with absolutely zero plan besides "make art and sell it", and it has evolved and grown so strangely since.
I NEVER could have predicted I'd be where I am now, and it shivers me timbers to think where I'll be in another ten years.

But I think the main thing I'd say; be very patient.

This is not a quick, easy, or predictable path. Your career will take shape around how you express yourself.
That takes a long, long time to figure out.

However, one really concrete thing I wish someone had told me:

You will likely need to develop two different art careers.

One where you figure out a product you can make, and one where you express yourself and build an audience for your work.

For me, I make movie posters and I make the insane shit you see here.
I genuinely enjoy both. And for me, and many other artists I'm buds with, we find that the two careers really compliment each other and make each other stronger.
My personal art keeps my creativity and curiosity fresh, and my professional work keeps me learning and trying new things.

Other "product-based careers" my friends do: design book covers, teach figure drawing, slay at Comic Cons, do pet portraits, pattern design, book illustration, band posters, career coaching for creatives, and I even have one friend who is a studio assistant for a mega artist which is pretty rad.

Also, you can have a completely separate career that has nothing to do with art! Your art career is still valid as fuck if it doesn't support you financially.

However you decide to structure things, it's important to understand that you need to figure out two things: what you want to create, and what you want to sell. They don't necessarily have to be the same thing! Unlinking those two can be very freeing.

Your art career will likely be a mashup of personal creativity and product generation.
How you organize that and what you create is up to you and figuring it out is part of the fun.

I think this journey would have gotten a LOT easier a lot faster if I had understood that and embraced it.