Quote Originally Posted by TheOriginalGrumpySpy View Post
Of the artists I know, none are starving (and I mean I know a lot from UCSB). Marketing and advertising always need the artists.
LOL

So you're saying that a self-identified "artist" being forced to work in marketing and advertising isn't the worst sort of betrayal of one's artistic principles?

They would usually consider it to be so. To most writers, there is no lower form of writing than writing ads (greeting cards probably rank higher). To composers, there is no lower form of composition than jingle writing. Etc.