I guess it's a bit like doing regular art full-time. Get yourself a name, a mystique, an agent, a benefactor. Skill is one thing, but success requires marketing

I guess it's a bit like doing regular art full-time. Get yourself a name, a mystique, an agent, a benefactor. Skill is one thing, but success requires marketing. (that said there's a number people who manage to do a regular bill-paying job and pursue an artistic endeavour on the side - eg Andy Lomas works at the Foundry by day and then does cool CUDA-powered music videos by night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qMvqeEUzzw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qMvqeEUzzw . I think it helps to try to at least work in a creative or visual industry though.)