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F/Finland. Art blog. I draw a webcomic and lurk in a fandom or two!
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Aug 27 '12

Back to school

Aaaand I’m not comfortable here. 90% of the people at my course are once again really “business” and aim to work at publishers or marketing or webdesign or some other serious designer shit

Feeling kinda alienated because what’s my ambition? My ambition is to not end up working 9 to 5 at some kind of office cubicle

I want to stay at home and DRAW STUFF

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And frankly my illustrations have gotten me more freelance jobs than most of these people but… I still can’t help but fear that I won’t be taken seriously here :( weh

26 notes Tags: rant stupid
  1. chibisofa said: Maaria, I consider you a professional already so if any of your classmates don’t respect you, they don’t know how amazing an artist you are. Or they just don’t know amazing when they see it. Hopefully that won’t be the case. Wishing you the best!
  2. hplehkonen said: I feel you. I have the same ambitions… Let’s see what kind of ambitions the people from my class will have. >___>;;
  3. mugurahokori said: Well kudos to you for being the most passionate at heart! I’m in a similar position at art college now. A lot of hard work to get known but on the way there, you can do lots more drawing I’m sure ^^
  4. anniilaugh said: Feel for ya bro, I’d feel alienated among such a BORING people too. ;) hang in there!
  5. raakelh said: It’s unexpected that you of all people would worry about something like this… You SEEM like you wouldn’t give a fuck about random strangers’ opinions in how you do your job. I think it’ll probably be fine…. <:3
  6. withering-lilies said: I relate completely ;_;.
  7. evelmiina said: Yeah..to me, graphic design is something that can be applied to many arts, but I’m not interested working in design studio, or ad company. Augh. I’d have so much to say because I’m really nervous about returning to school, similar reasons, and more.
  8. jossupappa said: It’s ok. SHOW THEM WHO’S THE MUTAFUKIN QUEEN!!
  9. nieida9 said: I had a bit of a same problem in uni. But be confident of yourself, people will notice it too. :)
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