My Terrible First Art "Job" | Art + Storytime

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  @WallflowerDoodles · 3 years ago (edited)

  Can we talk abt how predatory it was to be like “hey, we don’t like your resume, but you COULD work for us for FREE…”

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  @zoe_bee · 3 years ago

  I think stories like these are so SO important. ANYONE can get pulled into red-flag-filled situations; no one is immune to sketchy jobs. I'm so glad you were able to get out and make the stuff you want to make 🥰

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  @Ashley-xu1lk · 3 years ago

  Parents need to realize that it's so much harder getting a job now than it was in their generation. I graduated recently with a degree in engineering and it took 6 months before I got a break. Job hunting is a hard process to go through as it is, even harder when you see your friends that graduated with you get job offers before you.

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  @CosmicCatastrophe-f2g · 11 months ago

  when she said "and the realization that all the years i spent at art school had ultimately amounted to nothing hit me like a freaking truck" I GOT A NISSAN AD 😭

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  @Ashriel08 · 3 years ago

  uh well, i never had a job...

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  @The-one-and-only-Fruitcake · 3 years ago

  If you hadn’t specified she was blonde, I would’ve assumed she’s Colleen Ballinger because of the “bad music video” thing

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  @TadpoleArtz · 2 years ago

  Unpaid internships should be illegal

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  @StrawberryNova · 3 years ago

  Oh boy, when you talked about the &quot;this is what my life is going to be&quot; thought, that REALLY hit home. I&apos;ve been in that boat for a long time and I have to admit that I fully fell victim to it. It&apos;s only been recently that I&apos;ve started to move past it and it&apos;s still a battle.<br><br>Your videos are so good and relatable and I hope your career continues to take off wonderfully 💙

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  @Nireni · 3 years ago

  I fell into many predatory $200 dollar &quot;job&quot; because the people around me told me over and over that its &quot;a starting point that everyone goes through.&quot;<br><br>Never, accept such low pay for your work. It doesn&apos;t matter if you have a degree or not. Your time and your work are important and these people don&apos;t see that value. <br><br>It&apos;s horrible but I feel worse for putting down other jobs for those $200 ones.

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  @wercatpng · 3 years ago (edited)

  As an artis whose never was in an art school but still wants to be a storyteller, i really needed this video. I want to create my own studio and wanted to go to an actual one to see how it works, but yeah, i think it was needed more like validation. I try to make something by myself now, while studying in college for the different profession, but in the end i gonna be who i really want to be.<br>Thank you for video, for the backstory part too, i believe in you.

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  @michaellavallie3896 · 3 years ago (edited)

  it&apos;s stories like this that make me sooooooo upset at people that generally believe art is &quot;easy&quot; or isn&apos;t important enough to pay your artist fairly. The nerve to think $200 dollars is enough for a 16-page fully done comic is outstanding. Glad Star was smart enough to know her worth. 👍

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  @sqfena · 3 years ago (edited)

  hearing this made me feel like :<br><br><b>”id never make a mistake like that”</b><br><br>But tbh if i actually was in that position, it would be so pressurising i wouldn’t even realise &nbsp;that what I was doing was a big mistake

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