I’ve been thinking about this lately. I wanted to be a doctor, but my family broke apart in my teens, which affected my mental health and, subsequently, my studies. I worked in construction and as a driver on the side for a bit before replacing the former with work as a personal trainer. Now I work as a bodyguard for a rich kid, which is de facto more of a surveillance, driving, and companionship role than a security one, since his dad has hardcore professionals for times when security is really needed. I didn’t expect my life to turn out this way, to be honest.
I wanted to be a concept artist for videogames! I got excited at the concept,but had a terrible teacher in computer animation cass that made me feel shitty about my art. Even though it killed my dream, I kept making art and have been a tattoo artist for the past 5 years, as well as a freelance illustrator for 10 I’m really glad I didn’t give up on drawing, it took a different form but it’s so lovely to have gotten to walk the artists path.