[FaLaLaLand]

I feel your pain. I graduated October with a great degree in Design and Illustration and started officially "job hunting" straight away but to no joy. I applied for loads and heard nothing both in my "chosen career" and otherwise but I've been inundated with portrait orders from people so I'm now about to go self employed full time in a few weeks and try and raise my profile for a bit with my artwork, make connections, attend art fairs to sell prints etc and live off savings whilst carrying on with portraits! Such a struggle though!!