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(Art) Goals for 2022
4 years ago
So, we're here again.
I'm not gonna go into offline goals and aims and regrets or successes from 2021, shit's too messy, but art wise... Where do I stand...
Well before I go any further:
BIG Meur Ras/Thank You to everyone who's joined my SS this year! To everyone who has commissioned me! And to everyone who's followed me here or left me comments! You're all appreciated <3 I love doing my artwork for you and I love seeing how my work has grown as a result! Thank you for being here and liking what I do ^3^
Now!
I'm actually pretty happy with what I did this year!
I don't know how many commissions I did this year compared to last year, it's not something I've been keeping track of, though I'd like to starting from 2022!
But I was surprised at how many paintings I got done. As some of you know, I've been aiming to do at least 12 paintings a year since 2019, which I managed in '19 but I was two short in '20 and only did 10.
But I made up for that this year by managing to do 15 (!) paintings in a year. I have no idea how or when I found the time to do that.
I've also started a new series I'm really feeling, of a bunch of dragon illustrations based on my home nation of Kernow. I'd like to get a lot of photos to work from myself, but I think I'll reach out to other people too for reference photos if they're willing to share them, as I probably won't get time to get down west. But maybe it'd be better to focus on the north as it's my home area. We'll see how it develops I suppose, I have no end goal Number of illustrations I'd like to do, but it would be nice to have the bulk of them next year be part of that series -- which might mean fewer or no YCHs, which would be a shame admittedly.
There are quite a few small galleries that would probably host my work in my area, so if I can get a nice chunk of illustrations together, I'd like to work with one of them to put some work on display, maybe sell some prints offline! There's a town near me that really goes hard on the witchy/fantasy aspect of the country, so I have high hopes for them ;) this would probably be 2023 though, aiming for the summer months.
I've got CSP installed on my ipad, so being away from home for work hopefully won't slow me down too much. I've been really enjoying it compared to Procreate, which did nothing for me.
I've got myself an email manager so I can see all my emails easily and keep on top of them! (Hopefully) I'd like to go back to using that for commission stuff as it's more reliable/accessible for me. I do need to duplicate what I've done on the ipad though. I'll look into that tonight. At least I've done the messy bit of clearing out junk and unsubbing from 90% of the trash in there.
Keep track of comms, from this year on I'd like to keep an actual count/spreadsheet of commissions I've done. Technically I can go back and dig through my paypal, but it'd be cool to have it accessible. Maybe I'll keep it on my profile too.
I've Officially closed down my ancient commiss.io, which was a cool idea but didn't really work for me, so hopefully now it won't cause any confusion.
I'll probably be opening commission slots for the start of the new year shortly, but I don't expect to get started on anything until after the 4th.
I'd LIKE to set up my own website properly and tidy up my SS more, but both of these are less of a priority. If I'm ever doing this full time I'd push both those aspects more, but right now I don't have a lot of time and I'd rather be spending what I do on actually producing art--my SS right now is more of a tip jar with small benefits re: videos and wips and some unseen sketches, but if I go full time I'd probably build on it a bit more. I have no plans to go full time right now mind you, still enjoying my job ;P
Anything else?
Probably but nothing coming to mind right now.
Though if FA could allow name changes that would be A+
I'll post my year progress memes later ^^
I hope everyone has had a good break this holiday season and is/has enjoyed whatever celebrations you do!
Here's to another year, whatever it decides to throw at us!
I'm not gonna go into offline goals and aims and regrets or successes from 2021, shit's too messy, but art wise... Where do I stand...
Well before I go any further:
BIG Meur Ras/Thank You to everyone who's joined my SS this year! To everyone who has commissioned me! And to everyone who's followed me here or left me comments! You're all appreciated <3 I love doing my artwork for you and I love seeing how my work has grown as a result! Thank you for being here and liking what I do ^3^
Now!
I'm actually pretty happy with what I did this year!
I don't know how many commissions I did this year compared to last year, it's not something I've been keeping track of, though I'd like to starting from 2022!
But I was surprised at how many paintings I got done. As some of you know, I've been aiming to do at least 12 paintings a year since 2019, which I managed in '19 but I was two short in '20 and only did 10.
But I made up for that this year by managing to do 15 (!) paintings in a year. I have no idea how or when I found the time to do that.
I've also started a new series I'm really feeling, of a bunch of dragon illustrations based on my home nation of Kernow. I'd like to get a lot of photos to work from myself, but I think I'll reach out to other people too for reference photos if they're willing to share them, as I probably won't get time to get down west. But maybe it'd be better to focus on the north as it's my home area. We'll see how it develops I suppose, I have no end goal Number of illustrations I'd like to do, but it would be nice to have the bulk of them next year be part of that series -- which might mean fewer or no YCHs, which would be a shame admittedly.
There are quite a few small galleries that would probably host my work in my area, so if I can get a nice chunk of illustrations together, I'd like to work with one of them to put some work on display, maybe sell some prints offline! There's a town near me that really goes hard on the witchy/fantasy aspect of the country, so I have high hopes for them ;) this would probably be 2023 though, aiming for the summer months.
I've got CSP installed on my ipad, so being away from home for work hopefully won't slow me down too much. I've been really enjoying it compared to Procreate, which did nothing for me.
I've got myself an email manager so I can see all my emails easily and keep on top of them! (Hopefully) I'd like to go back to using that for commission stuff as it's more reliable/accessible for me. I do need to duplicate what I've done on the ipad though. I'll look into that tonight. At least I've done the messy bit of clearing out junk and unsubbing from 90% of the trash in there.
Keep track of comms, from this year on I'd like to keep an actual count/spreadsheet of commissions I've done. Technically I can go back and dig through my paypal, but it'd be cool to have it accessible. Maybe I'll keep it on my profile too.
I've Officially closed down my ancient commiss.io, which was a cool idea but didn't really work for me, so hopefully now it won't cause any confusion.
I'll probably be opening commission slots for the start of the new year shortly, but I don't expect to get started on anything until after the 4th.
I'd LIKE to set up my own website properly and tidy up my SS more, but both of these are less of a priority. If I'm ever doing this full time I'd push both those aspects more, but right now I don't have a lot of time and I'd rather be spending what I do on actually producing art--my SS right now is more of a tip jar with small benefits re: videos and wips and some unseen sketches, but if I go full time I'd probably build on it a bit more. I have no plans to go full time right now mind you, still enjoying my job ;P
Anything else?
Probably but nothing coming to mind right now.
Though if FA could allow name changes that would be A+
I'll post my year progress memes later ^^
I hope everyone has had a good break this holiday season and is/has enjoyed whatever celebrations you do!
Here's to another year, whatever it decides to throw at us!
And keep doing what you enjoy
Thank you Vazilior!
Thank you Simpl1 ^^