A career in freelance illustration. Is it worth it?
What do I want to find out?
Why do people pick being freelance rather than working for a company? Is freelance are reliable?
Do you have to be big on social media to be successful?
Pros and cons? Reliability? Lifestyle? risk?
Why go freelance? Pros and cons of being your own boss? The pros and cons of being a freelance artist.
Are Artist Alleys worth it. What attributes do you need to make a successful alley artist?
Focus on artist alleys.
What points do I want to explore? High risk-high reward.
Sometimes can't make table cost, sometimes sell out. Very social. Very time consuming.
Do you only have to draw fan art to make something of yourself? Does personal art sell? Creative freedom? Is it real? Can personal art make a living or is it capped as a hobby, always creating for an audience and not yourself?

https://www.pipelinecomics.com/evolution-artists-alley/

It’s less a place to meet and greet. It’s a revenue stream for creators that secondarily functions as a marketing opportunity.

What are the key differences between fine art and illustration?

https://www.eden-gallery.com/news/fine-art-vs-illustration

Fine Art Definition
Fine art is art designed by an artist simply to exist. I can be enjoyed by the artist and their audience or exhibited for the world to see and sold at auctions to the highest bidder. Fine art, sometimes called high art, is intended for private display or kept in art galleries and art museums. 
When a piece of fine art is created, it is meant to be the sole original copy of that piece of art. While prints can be made, there is absolutely no expectation of reprints and the reproductions don’t hold the same value as the original does.
Fine art isn't created for the public to own; they may view it at exhibitions, but only one person may own a work of fine art. It, therefore, has an element of exclusivity that increases its perceived value. Fine art drawings, fine art paintings, and fine art sculptures are all examples of fine art. 

Illustration Definition
An illustration is far different from works of fine art that are kept in exclusive galleries across the world. Illustrations are aesthetically pleasing works of art like fine arts; but illustrations are authorized for reproduction in print and other forms of media.
There are many different forms of illustration, and they are generally used for commercial purposes. Before photography became mainstream, illustration was the primary medium for advertising, book cover art, posters, magazines, etc. 
The little cartoon comics that are drawn in newspapers are Illustrations and so are comic book characters. Fashion sketches, propaganda posters, and many product labels are examples of illustration as well.
Unlike fine arts that are meant to have a singular owner, illustrations are made and designed to get printed and broadly distributed.  

​https://lichtensteinfoundation.org/biography/

​https://artbusinessnews.com/2013/09/is-there-a-fine-art-to-illustration/

https://www.sarahburnsstudio.com/life-of-a-wandering-artist-blog/2019/7/7/133-narrative-illustrations-exploring-your-style

'Fine art is an umbrella term for almost any type of art' -sarah burns

​https://lichtensteinfoundation.org/biography/

​https://artbusinessnews.com/2013/09/is-there-a-fine-art-to-illustration/