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✨ Hello 2022, Here's the Plan! ✨
4 years ago
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Hey hey, everyone! Happy new year and I hope you guys are kicking it off in high spirits! 💚✨
I’ve got a lot of things coming up on the agenda. Of course, I will be back to working on commissions in the current queue and preparing for the next commission opening later this month, but there's some long-term goals as well.
I wanted to get them written down and also hear what you guys would like to see from me artwise (or other things-wise) this year. :3 Here’s what I’ve got planned:
The Great Art Dump of 2022
I have a lot of old commissions that I've bought from other artists sitting around unposted. 77 images to be exact >W> 💦
The problem is I post twice a week but also finish drawing two commissions each week, so I never have free posting days to get the art I buy uploaded, ha ha.
But I'm set on finally getting it all posted this year. I'm going to start posting every weekday until I'm caught up. Wednesday and Friday will be reserved for uploading stuff I draw, as per usual, but now Mon-Tue-Thur will get uploads of art I've commissioned. :3
With 77 images to post and 3 available posting days per week, we're uh... looking at 26 weeks of Ahnik commissions getting posted, that's half the year. >W> 💦 Hopefully you guys won't get sick of seeing so much stuff of Ahnik, ha ha.
VancouFur 2022
I plan on attending VancouFur 2022! I say "plan on" because who knows if future COVID developments will cause problems.
But if all goes well, I'll be there and look forward to having a fun time at my first big-ish con! A friend of mine is visiting from abroad for the event and I'll get to meet them in person for the first time so it should be a blast! :3
If anyone else is attending there and sees me around feel free to say hi, though keep in mind I'm a lot more quiet and a lot less interesting in person. :^)
Commission Stuff
I've been thinking a lot about possible improvements to the way I do commissions. One thing I'm looking into is starting to offer a simpler shading tier, such as just hard cel shading that isn't blended out like my usual stuff. This would also involve playing around a bit with pricing, since I've recently felt like my fully rendered stuff has gotten more elaborate than what I charge justifies.
I'm also considering doing YCHs more frequently! They involve quite a bit of work to set up and run compared to normal commissions but give me some more control over the type of art I work on.
We'll see what happens but I'm very open to suggestions if there's any particular kind of commission offering you guys would like to see from me!
Non-Commission Art Stuff
There's a lottttt I want to practice and study artwise this year. I want to start diving into digital painting now that CSP has finally gotten the long-awaited liquify tool!
I also want to do actual anatomy studies this year so I can improve my figure drawing, and read a small library of books on character design that I've built up over the past year.
If I could combine my paid commission work with practicing this stuff it'd be ideal! But the combination of it being very time-consuming and me being a novice to it makes it very difficult to determine how to price something along these lines. x3
T...Trades maybe?
I got to do a few really cool art trades/collabs with artists I admire greatly last year and had a lovely time. It'd be fun to do some more if possible, though my schedule is all sorts of wacky so when I'm available for something like that is very variable. 💦
Still, it'll be something I'll have in mind amongst everything else to see if I can make happen. :3
That's the main stuff I've got in mind for now for this year! Here's hoping I can get most or all of this stuff done! It'll be a busy year for sure but with luck it'll also end up being productive and fun. :3
If you guys have suggestions for stuff you'd like to see me try or offer artistically feel free to drop a comment or such. 👀
Here's hoping we all have a productive and fun year ahead, and the best of luck to all of you in your endeavors! :3
I’ve got a lot of things coming up on the agenda. Of course, I will be back to working on commissions in the current queue and preparing for the next commission opening later this month, but there's some long-term goals as well.
I wanted to get them written down and also hear what you guys would like to see from me artwise (or other things-wise) this year. :3 Here’s what I’ve got planned:
The Great Art Dump of 2022
I have a lot of old commissions that I've bought from other artists sitting around unposted. 77 images to be exact >W> 💦
The problem is I post twice a week but also finish drawing two commissions each week, so I never have free posting days to get the art I buy uploaded, ha ha.
But I'm set on finally getting it all posted this year. I'm going to start posting every weekday until I'm caught up. Wednesday and Friday will be reserved for uploading stuff I draw, as per usual, but now Mon-Tue-Thur will get uploads of art I've commissioned. :3
With 77 images to post and 3 available posting days per week, we're uh... looking at 26 weeks of Ahnik commissions getting posted, that's half the year. >W> 💦 Hopefully you guys won't get sick of seeing so much stuff of Ahnik, ha ha.
VancouFur 2022
I plan on attending VancouFur 2022! I say "plan on" because who knows if future COVID developments will cause problems.
But if all goes well, I'll be there and look forward to having a fun time at my first big-ish con! A friend of mine is visiting from abroad for the event and I'll get to meet them in person for the first time so it should be a blast! :3
If anyone else is attending there and sees me around feel free to say hi, though keep in mind I'm a lot more quiet and a lot less interesting in person. :^)
Commission Stuff
I've been thinking a lot about possible improvements to the way I do commissions. One thing I'm looking into is starting to offer a simpler shading tier, such as just hard cel shading that isn't blended out like my usual stuff. This would also involve playing around a bit with pricing, since I've recently felt like my fully rendered stuff has gotten more elaborate than what I charge justifies.
I'm also considering doing YCHs more frequently! They involve quite a bit of work to set up and run compared to normal commissions but give me some more control over the type of art I work on.
We'll see what happens but I'm very open to suggestions if there's any particular kind of commission offering you guys would like to see from me!
Non-Commission Art Stuff
There's a lottttt I want to practice and study artwise this year. I want to start diving into digital painting now that CSP has finally gotten the long-awaited liquify tool!
I also want to do actual anatomy studies this year so I can improve my figure drawing, and read a small library of books on character design that I've built up over the past year.
If I could combine my paid commission work with practicing this stuff it'd be ideal! But the combination of it being very time-consuming and me being a novice to it makes it very difficult to determine how to price something along these lines. x3
T...Trades maybe?
I got to do a few really cool art trades/collabs with artists I admire greatly last year and had a lovely time. It'd be fun to do some more if possible, though my schedule is all sorts of wacky so when I'm available for something like that is very variable. 💦
Still, it'll be something I'll have in mind amongst everything else to see if I can make happen. :3
That's the main stuff I've got in mind for now for this year! Here's hoping I can get most or all of this stuff done! It'll be a busy year for sure but with luck it'll also end up being productive and fun. :3
If you guys have suggestions for stuff you'd like to see me try or offer artistically feel free to drop a comment or such. 👀
Here's hoping we all have a productive and fun year ahead, and the best of luck to all of you in your endeavors! :3
draconicdreamsart
~draconicdreamsart
Happy New Year! ^.=.^
Ahnik
~ahnik
OP
To you as well!
RagoviThePinnacle
~ssjgdragonsonic
Happy New Year! Wishing you the best!
Ahnik
~ahnik
OP
You too!
Draycos7500
~draycos7500
Happy New Year's! I hope it's a good year for you; can't wait to see whatcha got in store!
