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Am Back, Ready To Do More and Make Some Changes
a week ago
Sorry for the silence, everyone. A big thank you to everyone who has stuck around and kept seeing and faving my work.
For a while, I’ve been in a rut. My work didn’t get a lot of engagement outside of here, especially on the bird site. But that place is now a hole and I’m pretty sure I’m shadowbanned on there (that might explain the lack of engagement, ha!)
More importantly, I’ve felt my progression as an artist has plateaued and to get better feels overwhelming. That is, until I realized that my standards of good, my perfectionism is what has been holding me back. This goes for both art and my other passion, writing. I love to do both but what gets in the way is this fear that what I create will never been good enough. That I’ll never been good enough. It’s so tiring. So some changes needed to be made.
For the time being, I’m stepping away from commissions. Please understand, I do love to draw commission work. I love working together and collaborating with other people. I always feel honored when someone comes to me, chooses me, to help bring their creative vision to life. But there is just not enough time in the day to draw commissions, draw personal stuff, and do art studies along with working a full-time job and trying to fit in other creative pursuits let alone chores and errands that have to get done. A shift in priority has to be made.
That doesn’t mean I’m out of the commission game for good. I’ll occasionally take on commissions - one or two, or in batches. But my main objective from here on is to realize the personal pieces and projects that have been on the back burner for years on end. A lot of this has to do with my own time management. I hate how long it takes me to finish a piece, usually months and months at a time. It also has to do with there being just not enough time in the day to do everything. A problem I’m sure we all encounter.
This also means a change in my own personal standards. I’m tired of shooting for perfectionism, that awful specter. With stiff poses. Lines with uniform weight and opacity. Of meticulous detailing down to the pixel level. I want to be done with that.
I want to draw things with flow and feeling. I want to make messy art. I want to draw silly little comics. I want to do more fan art (which I feel like has been majorly absent from my body of work). I want to draw holiday art. I want to learn more about my craft and draw studies. Want to draw the ideas that get me excited in the moment. In my soul, I want to draw MORE!
So expect to hear more, see more from me. I hope to post more not just on here, but also elsewhere, like on my Patreon, Subscribestar, and Bluesky.
Watch this page for more changes to come. More art to come. I hope to show things that excite you, maybe even make you a little horny! Stay watching.
Much love and luck to you all. <3 <3
For a while, I’ve been in a rut. My work didn’t get a lot of engagement outside of here, especially on the bird site. But that place is now a hole and I’m pretty sure I’m shadowbanned on there (that might explain the lack of engagement, ha!)
More importantly, I’ve felt my progression as an artist has plateaued and to get better feels overwhelming. That is, until I realized that my standards of good, my perfectionism is what has been holding me back. This goes for both art and my other passion, writing. I love to do both but what gets in the way is this fear that what I create will never been good enough. That I’ll never been good enough. It’s so tiring. So some changes needed to be made.
For the time being, I’m stepping away from commissions. Please understand, I do love to draw commission work. I love working together and collaborating with other people. I always feel honored when someone comes to me, chooses me, to help bring their creative vision to life. But there is just not enough time in the day to draw commissions, draw personal stuff, and do art studies along with working a full-time job and trying to fit in other creative pursuits let alone chores and errands that have to get done. A shift in priority has to be made.
That doesn’t mean I’m out of the commission game for good. I’ll occasionally take on commissions - one or two, or in batches. But my main objective from here on is to realize the personal pieces and projects that have been on the back burner for years on end. A lot of this has to do with my own time management. I hate how long it takes me to finish a piece, usually months and months at a time. It also has to do with there being just not enough time in the day to do everything. A problem I’m sure we all encounter.
This also means a change in my own personal standards. I’m tired of shooting for perfectionism, that awful specter. With stiff poses. Lines with uniform weight and opacity. Of meticulous detailing down to the pixel level. I want to be done with that.
I want to draw things with flow and feeling. I want to make messy art. I want to draw silly little comics. I want to do more fan art (which I feel like has been majorly absent from my body of work). I want to draw holiday art. I want to learn more about my craft and draw studies. Want to draw the ideas that get me excited in the moment. In my soul, I want to draw MORE!
So expect to hear more, see more from me. I hope to post more not just on here, but also elsewhere, like on my Patreon, Subscribestar, and Bluesky.
Watch this page for more changes to come. More art to come. I hope to show things that excite you, maybe even make you a little horny! Stay watching.
Much love and luck to you all. <3 <3
- Kantuck Atsilawesa