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DEEP MEOWING
9 years ago
★★★★★★★★★ HOWDY! My names LYCHGATE and I'm a cat and stuff. ★★★★★★★★★ I've been out of college for a little over a year now and since i've made a steady decline in everything i've cared for which is, to say in the least, disappointing. Back in college I used to have so much energy to do quite literally everything, I double majored, I worked, and kept up with a sport and a few groups throughout my four years. After the pressure of school was gone, I slipped into a rather lazy habit of doing less and less until now it's trickled down to me being proud if I could do one thing for the entire day. I guess lazy isn't the best word, i've let my depression eat me if I could be more exact. And while my depression bogged me down my anxiety ramped me up but i'd still spend my days doing really nothing. I miss the days where I took on the exciting challenge of painting over 6 foot canvases, where the scale of a challenge didn't scare me. This is all rather personal but I guess i wanted to dump some thoughts somewhere eventually.
WHAT IM GETTING TO THOUGH, is that I miss that. I really miss making art and with all those years spent working towards what I wanted, a job in art, I settled for a warehouse job right out of college. It hurts to come home every day from work and not having anymore energy to spend, As a result I let my entire health decline and i've hit such a pit the last few months that i'm tired of it. I want to do better and I want to be better. I went to college to pursue art and I want to see myself accomplish that goal. Now a commission artist is certainly one form of art and right now that's something i'm very interested in. A more personal goal is i'd love to get back into canvas painting and pursue more abstract and post modernist work, but illustration is still a heavy heavy passion of mine and I'm gonna shoot for that.
I would like to stop working in a warehouse. Where I come home everyday too tired to draw, I want to fix that.
But it takes time, and I am prepared to keep my momentum up, I just need some help (HONK HONK, NAMELY BUSINESS, EXCUSE THE BLUNTNESS) I've always enjoyed entertaining people and creating art for clients, for what few commissions I do here and there, I've always enjoyed.
My first goal is to keep my momentum going upwards until I can make a habit of it, and generate a follower count on here. I need to build funds to get myself off a laptop and onto a proper computer, get off my baby peanut tablet though. I'd very much prefer to do commissions, I hope this isn't coming off as asking for donations. I don't feel right accepting them usually.
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SO FOR THE TL;DR PEOPLE:
I am tired of being depressed and not having energy to draw and im gonna fix it, I would like to make a career out of art
what is the point of this journal and why does it concern anyone? Well i don't have a lot of confidence but I guess what I'm asking, is if you would like, and under no pressure I hope, I'm asking for boosts. I want to generate business and be able to live off of my work.
IS WEEK ONE THOUGH, I AM GONNA START OFF SLOW, im opening a small batch of icons and a YCH, I am gonna build to more and more hopefully!
ALSO YEEHAW, U MADE IT THRU THE JOURNAL, THAT WAS MOSTLY A LOT OF WHINING GARBAGE, I APOLOGIZE, HERE HAVE A GOOD OL YTP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyqscO8riI
WHAT IM GETTING TO THOUGH, is that I miss that. I really miss making art and with all those years spent working towards what I wanted, a job in art, I settled for a warehouse job right out of college. It hurts to come home every day from work and not having anymore energy to spend, As a result I let my entire health decline and i've hit such a pit the last few months that i'm tired of it. I want to do better and I want to be better. I went to college to pursue art and I want to see myself accomplish that goal. Now a commission artist is certainly one form of art and right now that's something i'm very interested in. A more personal goal is i'd love to get back into canvas painting and pursue more abstract and post modernist work, but illustration is still a heavy heavy passion of mine and I'm gonna shoot for that.
I would like to stop working in a warehouse. Where I come home everyday too tired to draw, I want to fix that.
But it takes time, and I am prepared to keep my momentum up, I just need some help (HONK HONK, NAMELY BUSINESS, EXCUSE THE BLUNTNESS) I've always enjoyed entertaining people and creating art for clients, for what few commissions I do here and there, I've always enjoyed.
My first goal is to keep my momentum going upwards until I can make a habit of it, and generate a follower count on here. I need to build funds to get myself off a laptop and onto a proper computer, get off my baby peanut tablet though. I'd very much prefer to do commissions, I hope this isn't coming off as asking for donations. I don't feel right accepting them usually.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
SO FOR THE TL;DR PEOPLE:
I am tired of being depressed and not having energy to draw and im gonna fix it, I would like to make a career out of art
what is the point of this journal and why does it concern anyone? Well i don't have a lot of confidence but I guess what I'm asking, is if you would like, and under no pressure I hope, I'm asking for boosts. I want to generate business and be able to live off of my work.
IS WEEK ONE THOUGH, I AM GONNA START OFF SLOW, im opening a small batch of icons and a YCH, I am gonna build to more and more hopefully!
ALSO YEEHAW, U MADE IT THRU THE JOURNAL, THAT WAS MOSTLY A LOT OF WHINING GARBAGE, I APOLOGIZE, HERE HAVE A GOOD OL YTP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ftyqscO8riI
