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Challenge 104: If You Weren’t An Artist: Forest Wizard  I feel like it’s a little bit of a cop out, but in a world I wouldn’t be an artist there would have to be something really ama inn to pull me from that. Studying the arcane, making friends with forest animals, and capturing crystal essences for the light to study magic. Overall, i’d probably settle for an Adventure Author on Role playing games. 

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Marc

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Challenge 104: If You Weren’t An Artist: Costume Maker I don’t know if I could choose to spend most of my time doing a non-creative job… So I went with a different creative option, designing and making unique costumes for Ren fairs or cosplay! Embroidery is fun, and figuring out how to build a costume is a rewarding feeling. I’d probably sew my own regular clothes too!

Sayada

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Challenge 104: If You Weren’t An Artist: Florist My last name is Bloom, so I always grew up thinking I should do something with flowers. Even though I may not have quite the green thumb necessary to be a professional florist or botanist, I certain love taking care of my numerous house plants. I daydream about what it would be like to work in a green house or a flower shop. I think working with living things every day would be so exiting! S.E. Bloom Website Instagram

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Challenge 104: If you weren’t an artist: Otherworld Explorer

I went with a fantasy twist on this challenge since that’s what I enjoy doing the most. Exploring new worlds, recording experiences and an understanding of the new creatures are all the job description of an Otherworld Explorer.

-Natasha

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Challenge 104: If You Weren’t An Artist: Forest Recluse

If I wasn’t an artist (or member of the working world at all), I’d be living in a little commune somewhere in the forest.  I’d make sure I was trained up and ready to protect the community from predators, tourists, and documentarians, and would spend a lot of time prowling the perimeter alone, enjoying nature and keeping an eye on things.  The rest of the time, I’d be taking hammock snoozes like this one, or sitting on my treehouse porch yelling at the birds to get off my lawn.

Stephanie Crane stephaniecraneart.com Instagram

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Challenge 104: If You Weren’t An Artist: Underwater Archaeologist Honestly, I don’t know what I would do if I weren’t an artist; that’s pretty much been my goal since I was old enough to hold a pencil. But I also have a thing for shipwrecks, so the next best job would be an underwater archaeologist of some kind where I could explore sunken ships. I also thought that might lend itself to some nice textures and environment development in an illustration. This is the first time in a while that I have worked in black and white, and I had forgotten how much I enjoyed it. This has been the most fun I have had on a project recently, I may have to start working this way more often. James McInvale jamesmcinvaleillustration.com theinkyatlas.com

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Challenge 104: If You Weren’t An Artist: Travel Blogger This one was tough for me! I’ve essentially always known that art was the path for me, never even saying that I wanted to be a ballerina, or an astronaut, or a vet when I was five years old, like most kids. The furthest I ever strayed from art was in 5th grade when I thought I wanted to be an author for a hot minute. During the crafting of my first novel, I quickly grew bored with the writing and irritated at the idea of continuing this self-imposed project. I was much more enthralled with drawing the characters from the book, and imagining all of their characteristics, down to the last detail. It finally dawned on me that what I liked about storytelling was the drawing the pictures... or, illustrating the book. My parents were always encouraging-- especially my mom, who is also an artist and actively inspired my brother and I to be creative. I never felt like I needed a backup plan. I even knew my college major before I held that high school diploma. Art is woven so intricately and thoroughly into my existence, it actually took me an embarrassingly long time to figure out what else I truly enjoyed in life. The hobby inquiry on any sort of questionnaire was always hard for me, and I would answer “spending time with loved ones.” But... that isn’t a hobby. Enjoyable, sure. But not something I pursued as an individual, independent human with self-gratifying desires. For someone who knew themselves so unwaveringly in one regard, I was pretty lost in that way for a long time. But I’m so glad to have “found myself” that way in recent years. I released "me” from fitting into a preordained mold, and embraced parts of this personhood that I found silly, stupid or contradictory.  Among other things, I have indulged in my love of travel, and this is probably the hobby I see most fitting for a career, if I weren’t an artist. (It is next to impossible to imagine myself not having art as the focus of my life though, honestly).  If I were a travel blogger, I’d have to gain a good deal more bravery, but I do feel like I have the organizational skills to maintain a healthy and vibrant online persona. I’m creative (duh) which helps with the business and marketing aspect of being self-employed-- in that regard, it’s actually quite similar to freelancing. What would really be awesome (but breaking the rules of this prompt) is the idea of being a travel-blogger-illustrator-- we actually have one as a guest this challenge, which is incredibly inspiring to me!! Check out out Natasha’s stuff here. Caitlin

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Challenge 104: IF YOU WEREN'T AN ARTIST

If you weren't an artist, which of your hobbies would you have made into a career? Astronaut? Biologist? World traveler? Crochet extraordinaire? 

Create an illustration taking one of your hobbies to the max!

-Jordan J.