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Art Reflect... art requests, webcomics, uncertainty
10 years ago
I have opened my art requests many times over at various intervals for various things, and I do wonder if it makes me seem unreliable...
I know I don't get through as many of the things as I try to and only now have I established a kind of speed and turn around that I can cope with.
My Halloween challenge was a huge let down as all my days off when I wanted to draw dried up as money became super tight.
I wanted to open an art challenge kind of thing that would allow my followers to pick through some color palettes and pick a species for me to draw... kind of like a custom PYOP adopt request. I thought of keeping it open all year and just plugging it repeatedly when it came to art requests instead of making more and more new posts. I'm not sure how this will go over or if people would be interested. I don't want to keep seeming like a flake. (I have a lot of started pieces and such that I am very earnest about finishing!)
Ever since the forums went down and had to be rekindled, I haven't had a single commission and that really bums me out. I used to get 1-2 a week... I'm not relying on FA or commissions for income like many, but I do feel like it motivates me to try harder.
I have until May 2016 if I want to really push for making a webcomic. I have many scripts started and laid out and now it is a matter of choosing the right one. I need to choose a storyline that is interesting and not so ho-hum as a slice of life as many ofmy stories come out to be... my girlfriend has sat down with me once or twice and told me to take the fantasy living under your nose approach or the super far in the future space approach. Both are good I think, one being way more confusing and a commitment than the other. I think I would be more comfortable with the more modern timeline as the scenery and world building would be easier for me to draw.
I have made a lot of progress this past year and I am quite pleased with a lot of my work. I realized that I am still super more fond of drawing humanoids than furries and still found I struggle with muzzles and noses. I would like to put more things into practice and develop my drawing speed a bit more. The reason requests take me longer after all is because of my uncertainty when it comes to drawing furries. I think I am putting more concentration into "looking right" and less heart into my work to make it flow.
I know I don't get through as many of the things as I try to and only now have I established a kind of speed and turn around that I can cope with.
My Halloween challenge was a huge let down as all my days off when I wanted to draw dried up as money became super tight.
I wanted to open an art challenge kind of thing that would allow my followers to pick through some color palettes and pick a species for me to draw... kind of like a custom PYOP adopt request. I thought of keeping it open all year and just plugging it repeatedly when it came to art requests instead of making more and more new posts. I'm not sure how this will go over or if people would be interested. I don't want to keep seeming like a flake. (I have a lot of started pieces and such that I am very earnest about finishing!)
Ever since the forums went down and had to be rekindled, I haven't had a single commission and that really bums me out. I used to get 1-2 a week... I'm not relying on FA or commissions for income like many, but I do feel like it motivates me to try harder.
I have until May 2016 if I want to really push for making a webcomic. I have many scripts started and laid out and now it is a matter of choosing the right one. I need to choose a storyline that is interesting and not so ho-hum as a slice of life as many ofmy stories come out to be... my girlfriend has sat down with me once or twice and told me to take the fantasy living under your nose approach or the super far in the future space approach. Both are good I think, one being way more confusing and a commitment than the other. I think I would be more comfortable with the more modern timeline as the scenery and world building would be easier for me to draw.
I have made a lot of progress this past year and I am quite pleased with a lot of my work. I realized that I am still super more fond of drawing humanoids than furries and still found I struggle with muzzles and noses. I would like to put more things into practice and develop my drawing speed a bit more. The reason requests take me longer after all is because of my uncertainty when it comes to drawing furries. I think I am putting more concentration into "looking right" and less heart into my work to make it flow.
