Art is a suicidal job to get into. You have to really want it and ready to accept that there are huge pit falls especially for free lancers. I've been drawing since I could hold a pencil. Because I was fairly different from my class mates I would either act out (which got my many referrals) or draw to keep myself occupied. I've been drawing digitally a little over two years now. Almost three. The tablets work fairly close to pen and paper. You hold it on your lap or desk and just draw. It has a wishywashy learning curve however and can take a decade or more to truly master. Hand eye coordination to the max