Stick to the graphics man, it is a trade that has demand and something you seem good at. Forget this other daydream bullshit.
You could easily leverage your talent with graphics into a business, I need banners and squeezepages made all the time for affiliate stuff I do.
You could make even more loot if you are able to split the images up / do website code css stuff.
Setup a website, get a gallery/portfolio on show, figure out how to take payments & change the attitude you have toward deadlines