{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":300,"width":600,"title":"The Crucial Question That Could Save Your Art Career [Part 3]","description":"In parts one and two of this series, I emphasized that most artists will never find a financially sustainable career until they develop a complete, professionally viable skill set. \u2026but why invest the time and energy necessary to develop a financially sustainable art career if you don\u2019t love the work? \u2026or at least like it? We saw how Mary Blair struggled to pay the bills with her passion for fine art, then settled for a steady paycheck in animation. \u2026but got bored with the work just a few years later. If she hadn\u2019t given animation one last chance, by joining Walt Disney\u2019s visual development research trip to Latin America, she might never have discovered the skill set from which she derived creative fulfillment, a steady paycheck and her legendary career. Today, in part three, I\u2019ll share how and why I wasted a lot of time pursuing a career I never loved and three steps you can take to avoid the same mistake\u2026 ","author_name":"You're A Better Artist Than You Think","author_url":"https:\/\/howtobecomeaprofessionalartist.com\/","html":"