Another, oversimpifiedd option. Find a job that doesn't tax you creatively and has locked hours. And spend as much of the free time as possible on the art.
So you're a pre-vis artist, good at preproduction, but not comfortable with visual creative design? Have you shipped any of the games you've worked on?
Ok, the belt is done! On to the last piece: the cape. I'll probably have to get creative to rig it since there are no jiggle bones for Sven, I understand...