Day jobs

[Courageouspress]

I'm interested in what poster artists do for day jobs. I figure there is a small percent of us who make enough money off of posters that it is all we do, like probably, 0.001% of us. But most of us have "day jobs". What are your day jobs?

I teach college art, and until very recently I also waited tables. Sometimes I do work for hire like hand printed birth and wedding announcements. I try to make art-art (i.e. non-poster art), and hand-made books to sell at art festivals. What do you do to support your poster making habit?

[JustinHelton]

Creative Director at AC Entertainment, we are a concert promoter that does Bonnaroo, Moogfest, Big Ears festivals as well as tons of shows all around the country. Someday i shall do nothing but my own stuff...until then I love my job and it fits into my poster stuff pretty well. Doing posters is actually what got me the job in the first place 5 years ago.

[40ozGraphics]

In-house design for a not-for-profit agency. I live in Chicago which has almost as many top-level poster artists as it does hot dog stands. I have no illusions of quitting my day job to make band posters. I like to make the occasional gig poster because that's essentially how/why I got in to design in the first place back in the cut and paste and xerox 80s. The people who will make a living doing gig posters are probably already doing it.

[1shtar]

I toil away in the t-shirt mines
don't quit yer day job - a set on Flickr

I was full-time freelance for almost 4 years, 'til I ran out of savings.

[mikeage]

i die a little bit more each day.

[vastagh]

Professional carpooler / lunch maker / single father / designer

[RADAR]

I make the swoosh look fancy.

[perkins]

Freelancing since '92. Posters, CD package design, print advertising, logos, t-shirt design, various other illustration gigs, and even a little copy writing.

[Unitus]

Wet-nurse.

[lil_tuffy]

I manage a bar. But that's more of a moonlighting gig.