Hello may I ask what's the exact title of your job (the one where you get to draw cool dinosaurs)? It sounds like such a nice job and I want to look into it as a future career
I’m a freelance illustrator, I generally take whatever job falls into my grubby little hands :) that’s included magazine work
illustrations for paleontological research
and currently, a children’s book that will hit stores next February! also merchandise for a certain podcast 👀 that I cannot talk about yet but am very excited to start on once the book’s done in July 👀
basically, you’re free to specialize in subjects that interest you (for me that’d be animals and palaeontology), but will realistically have to take anything proffered in order to make ends meet. illustration as a career is quite touch and go, takes AGES to develop, and is rife with folk looking to exploit you. I like it, though!