Never give up your dreams, that's a larger mistake. Keep at drawing, you are *good*. You may not be the best, and I don't know, maybe you'll never make it...that's no reason to let go of the possibility.

Yeah, maybe you should look at some other options. I mean, we all should have back up plans, heck I have a million though that's because I don't know what to do myself. There's too much I want to try. But you should still pursue being an artist, too! Maybe it'll have to be put on the backburner...in this world, so many people want to be an artist of some sort. We're all a dime a dozen, really.

Meh...I guess what I want to say is, parents are like that. They worry and fret over what their children will become because they've seen the real world and maybe they lost or had to give up their dreams. Don't let what they've said get you down, but do consider investing time in a plan b.

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Well, you shouldn't give up on your dream with being an artist, but it is wise to have a safe-plan, to pay the bills while you work at becoming an artist.

For instance, I want to be an author, but I'm not just going to assume I'll be an author at first shot, so I look into becoming a journalist or a magazine writer.

Your safe plan can involve what you love to do: art, drawing. You can work for an art magazine, be a graphic designer for advertisements, or some other form of job that will keep you stable in life while you work at becoming an artist.

Don't let your parents let you down. They're worried. They know the great competition as you should know and they don't want their daughter to fail or get crushed by society. They love you to be safe, but they don't want you give up your dreams.

I'm going to speak as a parent here - of a daughter of nearly 20, who suffers badly from dyslexia, and a son of 18 who has dyspraxia.

My daughter had dreams of what she wanted to do and I encouraged her, always remembering her problems and wondering if she'd actually fulfil her potential. At the same time as encouraging her, I had similar talks with my husband as your parents seem to have had. It's the hardest thing on earth to suddenly realise that your child is maybe reaching for the unattainable. You're torn between encouraging her to do what she wants to do, and at the same time, trying to get her to realise that she may not be able to achieve what she wants. My daughter really wanted to study music technology but ended up being thrown off the course because she couldn't handle the written work. She could have given up right then but instead she fought back. She insisted her college re-assess her educational needs and the result of that is that she now gets help with course-work, etc.

She's not doing what she originally really wanted to do - she's now studying forensics and realises that she's enjoying this far more than the music course.

Through it all, I've tried to encourage her, but also known that she may ultimately fail. I'm just so thankful that she's proving me wrong.

Now it's your turn - go and prove your parents wrong, but always keep a second choice in the back of your mind 'just in case'

Good luck, with whatever you decide and try not to judge your parents too harshly. They obviously love you a great deal.

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I hate it when that stuff happens.

You're a great artist. It takes practice to develop skills over years and people who aren't artists don't realize this.

If you keep at it, you'll excel even further than you already have (you're far better than me @_@) and eventually your parents will hopefully understand your decision. :\

I plan on continuing my artistry when I'm older but also work in other areas as well- you could perhaps try other things as a secondary option.

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yeah, i've never caught my folks talking behind my back...because they'd say it to my face in a polite manner. They were scared when I said that I wanted to be an art major. but this is where you need to do your own personal research. Doing what you love is fine, but in the end you really need to look at it from a realistic angle. I wanted to be an artist, but I had to find something art oriented that would actually benefit me and get me a real job (not free-lance work like alot of fine-artists tend to rely on). So if you really love art, thats cool, but you may want to keep that as your hobby and try to find something you can get a job that you think you'll like while keep up with your art skills. I'm going to give you some examples of people who were art majors and what ended up happening to them (i know these people)

most people who were fineartists either have to fee-lance a lot or work in a retail store just to support themselves so they can do their craft on their own time...when they actually have time. You really ought to talk to free-lance artists and really get to know what they have to go through now that they're in the big scary world now.

I looked at your gallery, you've got a lot of great ideas and you draw very well. but your parents really want you to be able to support yourself in the long run because they worry about you because they love you. its not because they think you can't do anything.

So if you really want to be an artist, look at graphic design when you get to college. at least you know that there is full time work available after you graduate.

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yea lol I wanted to do animation actually... lol i just dont like how my dad in particular acts about it. lol he thinks all 3 of us are going to fail at life. he says that too... -,-... he says my stupid" im not going to college! im going to go pro soccerplayer and become a millionaire!" sister who never practices soccer and is never pt into the game is going to be better off in life then me...x,x jsut makes me really upset. lol thanks for the advice XD im feeling better now :3 ( o btw,I want to submit something to your contest >.>

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lol does it HAVE to be colored? XD

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