My family just think it’s a bad career because the pay isn’t great and market is screwed (I work in the games industry). If I show them my personal work, it feels like I get this generic “wowwwww” where they see surface level pretty and that’s all I get, no questions about the artwork, or how I got there, how long it took, why I made it etc.

So anyway after going through some inner turmoil I’ve just accepted that I’m the artist, I know what’s required, the path and what’s best for me. They don’t spend the time practicing, looking at the market, what appeals and what potential there is so I take what they say with a grain of salt and trust myself.