Is 31 too old to get good enough at something artistic or otherwise to make a career out of it?
Is 31 too old to get good enough at something artistic or otherwise to make a career out of it?
Is 31 too old to get good enough at something artistic or otherwise to make a career out of it?
yes but if it's any consolation most people who start at 12 also won't make it
seconded , artistic careers are young and done - they are usually fresh blood and time based and usually by the time a kid is 22 , they've been at it for 10 years
You can do it for yourself and if its a crafty thing like necklaces or whatever - you might be ok
Don't listen to these two they don't have a clue what they're talking about and if they're older than 23 then they are probably slightly retarded.
No, it's never to late but you will have work for it and it won't be easy.
Thanks anon. Don't really expect anything worth doing to be easy, but it feels like anyone who makes any decent living doing cool stuff whethere that's carpentry, architecture design, or making comics has been doing it since they were like 10 years old. The first ~28 years of my life I didn't really have any passions and wasted a lot of time waiting around in a void until I could get my next beer without ever really hitting rock bottom, so I've only really been discovering shit I actually enjoy doing recently.
You're welcome. Don't worry about the time you perceive as lost. Just start and see where it takes you.
I appreciate that mindset anon, you seem like a good guy.
at 31 you still ask these questions?
You can start by learning how to write in cursive. If you already do, practice it. This gives your minds eye the ability to mentally retain a pattern and produce it. As ideas come to mind, associate them the way you do writing.
Too late as in what? Unless you're planning on becoming a model, the quality of your "art" has nothing to do with the age at which you started. Unless you have some serious impairment or disability, you could become a half-decent artist within 2 or 3 years if you really try.
If OP is at least in healthy shape - I would say he has a fighting chance. But if he's a pudgy sack of shit who hasn't gotten his mind right, body right, routines and habits figured out - its gonna be like 35 before he even produces consistently
That's a good point anon, thanks.
What a guy
>Is 31 too old to get good enough at something artistic or otherwise to make a career out of it?
this nigga started acting at like 30, so no
31 is too old to ask stupid questions Like this, If you want to do something just Go ahead and do it
Depends on how good you’ve been at picking up skills in the past and any current skills you may have. For example if you know a second language you have more neural pathways which allows you to think better. Have you played ukulele? Well congrats guitar will be a breeze. That sort of thing. Unless you’ve done nothing with your brain for the past 15 or so years then you should be fine. If you’ve been in box mode for the past couple of years then you have a problem :/
google "Artists who started late", "musicians who started late", etc.
It would all depend on your idea of success.
Mads Mikkelsen was 31 when he began studying to be an actor. He initially studied to be a gymnast, then became a professional dancer for a decade. Here's how he pulled it off:
1. He lived intentionally. He just kept pursuing things that were available to him at the time and that made sense at the time.
2. He didn't wait to "make it big" before he met the love of his life. In fact, he dated his wife since he was 22, several years before studying acting.
3. He had some money to fuck with and go to drama school with.
4. He didn't pursue something new that bore no relation to his past. Moving from a gymnast to a dancer to an actor just makes sense since there's a lot of viable crossover between the three. In other words, he planned and took action in a smart way.
Long story short, you can certainly do it yourself, and at any age really, but you have to do it the right way.
You can do it, you're going to be 40 when you're actually good though. But there's nothing stopping you.
Also you can pretend to be a girl on Twitter and then even if you suck balls, you'll get commissions.
Only if your art requires skill in addition to vision, such as music. You could become a world-famous conceptual or visual artist if you have the talent and temperament for it, but then why didn't you do anything until now?
Anyone at any age can pick up an art skill. What takes a long time is "finding your voice" in whatevwr medium.
I started playing guitar at 15 but only know ive become good enough at 27 to know what i want to do and be good enough for people to want to listen to me
My dads friend who retired at 70 decided on a whim to enroll in a conservatory to learn violin, just because hed wanted to learn it.
>art
>ever making it
>wanting to try it at 31
Grow up anon
Unless you graduated university as a 6 year old Chinese prodigy, it's too late bruh
it's impossible to learn things and do stuff past the age of 10 when the brain turns to dried cement