There was a moment in illustrator and cartoonist Jake Parker’s career, where this is what he, his wife and five children faced:

“There was a summer there where we had no money. We went through savings. We had some food storage we saved for when times get hard, and we were like, “Let’s break out the mac and cheese and beans.”

“I was really depressed, I took serious stock of everything. I said, “This is never going to happen.”

In this moment, he did something that I found astounding. He didn’t hide away, he didn’t diminish. Instead he did this:

“I doubled down on sharing online and hitting my social media hard. I really figured out where jobs were coming from, and about three months after, everything started falling into place.”

I can’t even express to you how excited I am to share my interview with Jake Parker. If you make creative work of any sort, and wonder, “How can I take this full-time?” you will learn so much from what Jake shares.

Jake is the perfect example of why it matters to:

1. Truly devote yourself to improving your craft.
2. Develop colleagues with other creative professionals in your field.
3. Share your creative work publicly online, even before you think you are ready.

You can find Jake in the following places: mrjakeparker.com SVSlearn.com

You can find me, Dan Blank at http://wegrowmedia.com and on Twitter at http://twitter.com/DanBlank