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How do you justify getting paid for what you do?
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I think doing a creative work takes a lot of energy. It is much easier to enjoy
looking at creative work.
For example, when you watch a movie, it takes about 2 hours and you can just sit
and enjoy it. You don't need to use a lot of energy.
But to make a 2 hours movie, there are a lot of people working for a long time.
That's a lot of energy involves.
Illustration is a smaller scale. But it takes a lot of effort and energy to create
one image even though it only takes a second to look at it for an audience.
Giving birth (in this case, a visual form) is a lot of work and we, illustrators
are not a message receiver but a message giver.
I think that's why we get paid.
Junichi Tsuneoka (more answers by this person)
Illustrator
Stubborn Sideburn
http://stubbornsideburn.com