My Artist Bucket List

 My Artist Bucket List

When you want to get into something as broad and vague as art, you need to start somewhere. Either it be marking paper with pencil, studying about various concepts and theories, or simply stating that it’s what you want to do. However, a great place to start is by stating some goals that will drive your skill-building, actions, and general direction.

For instance, I am not just an artist or even a digital illustrator. I am a cartoonist. The goals highlighted below are the reasons why I decided to go down this path in particular.

Make a Popular Comic

As an aspiring comic artist, making a comic that touches the hearts of thousands of people would be a massive accomplishment. Perhaps it won’t be my first comic, or even my tenth, but I have hopes that some project of mine will take off and become my greatest accomplishment.

While having my comics be popular is not my only motivation, it is strongly connected to my main motivation of bringing others joy utilizing my creative skills. After all, the more popular a comic is, the more people it makes happy. The more people it makes happy, the more popular it is. This self-feeding loop is an ideal situation that satisfies both goals.

Start a Major Studio

There are many stories I’d love to tell in all sorts of mediums. Unfortunately, many of these things I can’t do alone. Animated shows and movies require crews, and stories on certain topics or cultures would be easy to mess up unless there is someone with those experiences who can at least help out.

While a major studio is not needed to achieve many of these things, having Dextive Studios become much bigger than myself and amplifying many voices would be a magical thing to achieve. 

Have Something Show Up at Hot Topic

If it’s in the mainstream, there is likely to be merchandise for it at Hot Topic. Hot Topic is one of my favorite stores to shop at, to the point where working at a Hot Topic is one of my retail career goals. It would be a big honor if any of my works get licensed to them.

While the odds of this happening are frankly quite low, reaching for what seems to be impossible is exactly how you make it happen. The first step is typically writing these types of things down, so I’d say I’m on a fairly decent track to reaching that one day.

Bring Others Joy

But out of all the business-based goals I have, the most important object on my bucket list of all is to bring others joy with my creations. Art is a noble and wonderful thing capable of bringing people together and getting them through rough times. Either it be depression, a stressful day, or a bump along the way, art can be a good pick-me-up that brings comfort and make the day at least a little better. 

Conclusion

Whether you wish to make a top hit in the music industry or craft a New York bestseller, having some goals in mind is a great place to start for all kinds of artists. I hope this list will give you some ideas on what you want to do with your artistic career.

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