✿ ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ Hi everyone!

It's been a long time coming (and even longer since I last posted!), but I'm finally sharing the story of when I left my fulltime 9to5 job to pursue an art career — more specifically, to create a webtoon and freelance illustrations — and ended up quitting to return to working another corporate 9to5 job.

I'm only sharing this experience now, but this journey ended just over a year ago. Now that I'm starting to ramp up on a new (and very exciting!) webcomic/graphic novel project, I figured now would be as good a time as any to share this experience with anyone out there who feels like they want to take the leap (or perhaps have already done so) into pursuing a fulltime career in illustration.

So please grab a cup of tea, a snack, and something to doodle on, because it's gonna be a long one!

Thank you for watching!
❤ Riniapple


˗ˏˋ ‿‿‿ Chapters ‿‿‿ ˎˊ˗
0:00 Cozy intro
4:12 Why I'm sharing this story
8:34 My childhood: The very beginning
13:00 My parents didn't want me to go to art school
14:50 Deciding what to do after graduating
18:07 My very first webcomic
21:00 All on my own
25:40 A spark of inspiration
27:26 Taking the leap to fulltime illustration
32:37 Diving into my second webcomic
34:57 Selfdoubt starts setting in
36:34 Pivoting to pursue client work
43:22 Selfdoubt sets in again
49:53 Anxiety takes over
54:46 Job hunting & regrets
57:05 Black & white thinking
58:01 Returning to work & abandoning my dreams
1:00:49 Complete and utter emptiness
1:03:44 Going to therapy & processing the experience
1:06:49 My spark reignited
1:09:35 ✿ My new webcomic project
1:14:17 Outro

˗ˏˋ ‿‿‿ Links ‿‿‿ ˎˊ˗
Video by ‪@minniesmall‬ :    • Quitting My Job to Be a Full Time Art...  
SVS Learn: https://www.svslearn.com/
The Illustration Department: https://illustrationdept.com/
Webtoon | I'm Going to Mars: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/im...
Webtoon | Follow Your Art: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/fo...

˗ˏˋ ‿‿‿ Social Media ‿‿‿ ˎˊ˗
Webtoon Profile ♡ https://www.webtoons.com/en/creator/d...
Instagram ♡   / riniapple  
Tumblr ♡ https://www.tumblr.com/riniapple
Pinterest ♡ https://www.pinterest.ca/riniapple/
Twitter ♡ https://x.com/riniapple

˗ˏˋ ‿‿‿ Music Credits ‿‿‿ ˎˊ˗
Song: Daystar The smell of flowers | Source:
   • ✨샛별  꽃내음✨(Royalty Free Music) #1분브금