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[VENT] Moving Sucks / Thinking About a Monthly Patreon
10 years ago
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So yeah. I started my break a week-and-a-half ago thinking, 'Alright, I have two weeks off. I finally have some time to focus on finishing commissions and creating things for when my Game Art Thesis course starts back up.'
And then the moving crunch-time started.
So my friends may know this, but my dad lost his job a few months ago, and since he was the main breadwinner of the family, that means that the money he had that supported our current house isn't coming in, so we're forced to downsize and move. And these past couple of weeks happened to be the time where my folks decided that we're going to start packing our things into storage and cleaning up the house for the realtors to come. (Which happened to be today. And despite culling 70% of my stuff, the realtor said that I still need to pack the remaining 30% so that my room 'doesn't look like anyone lives in it.)
Basically this entire break I haven't jack-diddly-fuck in terms of art except sketch out a few people's commissions. ... And I'm so fucking INCREDIBLY FRUSTRATED ... ALL THE TIME that I'm starting to think it's affecting my health and functionality in the real world.
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And on top of AAAAALL that, I found out that I don't have hardly any money left. So apparently I'm currently not ready to try and make my living on commissions yet, ergo I'm probably going to have to go get a job somewhere which'll take time away from doing commissions and art on a regular basis.... It's a really big blow to whatever ego I had, and definitely a blow to my faith in myself. I'm trying to keep my mood up, but with all the things right now, it's tough.
However something that I'm tiptoeing around is the possibility of opening up a Patreon. I did create an account a while back, but I'm absolutely terrified about opening it up because I don't feel that I have enough of a following or the productivity currently to warrant it. Plus the whole... I-don't-typically-do-porn thing is a hurdle because... yeah, I don't typically do porn. ... But I have been thinking of creating a Monthly one, because I feel I could probably do something like that; I don't know what I'd do yet of course...
I guess I'm just wondering, for anyone out there that has a Patreon, if it's actually a good idea for me to attempt at all or in my current situation. Because I know for damned sure I'd rather do ANYTHING art-related than have some garbage minimum-wage job that I know I'm not going to keep.
[sigh]
I know this is just a bunch of text in a journal that no one wants to read even if they're willing to read it, but again, I feel that bottling up all of this frustration is unhealthy, and I feel I really don't have anyone to vent to. So... sorry for plopping all of this ARGFAFKLPVMSKML: on y'all. ... Just know that I'm still here... and I'm still trying to make people happy, even if I'm not that happy.
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Second, things'll get better. Might not seem like it but they will. And dont let this.hurdle get you down either. Your art is fantastic and you should stick to your morals. If you dont want to draw porn dont. As for a job...you might have to bite the bullet for a bit, least until your dad can get something stable again. People will wait for good things, so dont woorry about getting commissions out of the way.
As for paetron..be careful. I've seen to many jounals lately about people losing money ect.