Hello all. I am a 30 year old American currently living in Tokyo and I want to move to Barcelona for 1 year. My profession is freelance Illustrator, i illustrate for magazines, newspapers, ad agencies, tv commercials, etc..., clients such as the Wall St. Journal, Washington Post, etc... I have a mobile job where I can work remotely from anywhere. I lived for 1.5 year in Beijing, and 1.5 years in Tokyo working remotely and want to try Barcelona next. Of course I want to make amazing personal art from my experiences in Spain as well as my usual commercial work. Since illustration is a commercial art there isn't really a chance to become world famous, but I am established in my field. I'm also prepared to write up a big 1 year art project and do it if needed to get an artist visa. What are my options? Does something like an artist's visa exist? After many hours on the web I can't really tell. Do I have any other options? I don't really want to study Spanish for 20 hrs/wk because I studied Japanese here in Tokyo for a year and it was hard with 20hr/wk of class plus my work. Thank you for your help!
-jason
