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Still Alive - Comment/Feedback Request
11 years ago
Yeah, I'm still alive. The long and the short of it is that my move in March was only the first step on a much longer, much more complicated journey.
The long is that I'm set to move house AGAIN by the end of the year/start of the New. Where, hopefully, I will finally and genuinely have time and space to draw more and, again hopefully, improve.
And this is where I run into a problem of sorts. See, really, I would much rather be living off my art and my writing. I've been through a few jobs, I've been through education for too many years, and, ultimately, I know what I like doing. I like creating things, making up stories and characters and worlds and suchlike. I'd much, much rather do that for a living.
However... the Internet is both a blessing and a curse in this regard. On the plus side, it's now easier than ever to get out there and have the possibility of getting money for the stuff you create, with paypal, patreon and galleries like here and dA, and stuff like Tumblr, etc. But... exactly because there are those tools open to everyone there is so, so much more content being put out there. And that means there's a lot more competition.
Meaning, really, that to stand out I have to get better than I am at the moment. And be able to put out much, much more art than I do, which is about one piece every several months, often unfinished. And yet, to do that, I need the time to practice and produce and get better and then try and make money....but, during that time, I still need to live, pay bills, pay back money on the house... Which means holding down a job to pay all that shit, which means less time to draw and write and be able to get to the point where I could actually self-sustain off of it...
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I could really use some feedback or comments here. I know I have a few watchers, but I don't know how many people honestly, actually watch, or take notice of my (infrequent journals. I'm not asking for some sort of miracle, just some sort of sign that I have even a glimmer of hope here, I guess, heh...
-Red
The long is that I'm set to move house AGAIN by the end of the year/start of the New. Where, hopefully, I will finally and genuinely have time and space to draw more and, again hopefully, improve.
And this is where I run into a problem of sorts. See, really, I would much rather be living off my art and my writing. I've been through a few jobs, I've been through education for too many years, and, ultimately, I know what I like doing. I like creating things, making up stories and characters and worlds and suchlike. I'd much, much rather do that for a living.
However... the Internet is both a blessing and a curse in this regard. On the plus side, it's now easier than ever to get out there and have the possibility of getting money for the stuff you create, with paypal, patreon and galleries like here and dA, and stuff like Tumblr, etc. But... exactly because there are those tools open to everyone there is so, so much more content being put out there. And that means there's a lot more competition.
Meaning, really, that to stand out I have to get better than I am at the moment. And be able to put out much, much more art than I do, which is about one piece every several months, often unfinished. And yet, to do that, I need the time to practice and produce and get better and then try and make money....but, during that time, I still need to live, pay bills, pay back money on the house... Which means holding down a job to pay all that shit, which means less time to draw and write and be able to get to the point where I could actually self-sustain off of it...
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I could really use some feedback or comments here. I know I have a few watchers, but I don't know how many people honestly, actually watch, or take notice of my (infrequent journals. I'm not asking for some sort of miracle, just some sort of sign that I have even a glimmer of hope here, I guess, heh...
-Red
