Many creative people are self-employed simply because there are few regular jobs that allow them to use and develop their talents.
If you offer a very specialised skill or style of work that not many others do, you will need to work hard at being the best. Then your name will become known among those who are interested and they won't even think about hiring anyone else! The danger is that if the market for your talent dries up, you have nothing to fall back on.
