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8 years ago
so.
i've been in a way forced, or rather i forced myself to reconsider and tidy up my work flow. as all my well looking plans tend to fail tremendously, i gave up making a plan. i'm back on academy, what actually got initiated by a drunk family member getting me stress and hope bursted. i jumped in, i got in, i'm in chool again. and, oH GOSH i'm happy about it. mostly, because it's entirely different school and it's structure and approach is so much different than the one i eventually failed last year. i am now where i wanted to be for those last few years. i hope i can hang on to this boat long enough and get as much treasure as i can. BUT this also means, i'm so much low on free time. AGAIN. i have a tendency for that, ain't i? there's so much overwhelming knowledge i have thrown on me and i need to catch up with the semester, since i joined when the classes already started. that means i go out in the morning and get back when it's already dark, and all i do is lay down on the floor next to my doggo and instantly fall asleep. and then i have to get up and do a zombie-walk through all the chores in the house. this leaves me with very little time to myself, so where do i put work?
well, i have to put it somewhere. i haven't figured out my day-by-day schelude perfectly yet, but for now it seems, i'm gonna have at least one full day of commission only work day. one day in a whole week? gee, that sounds bad. of course i will try to push that work in every free second i have, but unfortunatelly it's not gonna be easy, even less now.
but. you see.
my new school is great, but it's a laughter through tears, cause i have to pay for it. a lot. when i'm done with my current queue, i will probably be opening for pin-up ychs or commissions like the ones i uploaded in september. there won't be many, but will be much frequent than my last few months.
and regarding that money need, there are few changes in my art sites residence.
- i gave up patreon. it's gonna stay there frozen untill i have time to finally start working on Sheya's comic (which i by the way rewrited a bit and am starting to draw it from the beggining with a fresh view. yay, it moves!). till then it's dead. i hate the thought of sharing my work for limited audience and upload it later, when i don't already remember what the work was about. sorry, i'm not the popular type artist, i'm an attention whore that needs love right away.
- i've created an Art Station account, which you can find here: https://www.artstation.com/lestrate as a start-up for a clean and clear portfolio. i will put there some design work and mabey concept art not related to furry fandom, so if you're interested, you know where to go.
- i updated my official site, finally today. but it's still waiting for server manager approval (who is my brother) and i will place it on my profile page later.
- every art gallery, beside mentioned AS, here and my twitter, are dead. i will upload mass of arts on them from time to time, but otherwise, there's very little chance i will check them regularly. i'm mostly active on Twitter, where i put lots of wips and personal stuff.
- finally, i've created a Ko-fi page.
regarding the last one. why ko-fi.
as i mentioned somewhere, i don't like the idea of people paying to see my art. prepaid acces to comic pages are pretty understable, as so limited commissions for patrons only, but i ain't a type of person who can work fast to meet such conditions. i apperciate A TON when people are giving me tips and compliments and want to support me by commissioning me. serously guys, this is best, and i love you. nevertheless, i chose to create a ko-fi page, because it's just a huge tip-jar where tips go right to my account. if you want to help me, to support me financially - go and buy me a coffee. no need for paying monthly, no need to paying regurarly. we live thousands of kilometres away, and a digital coffee is just an easy way to say "hey, i like your art, but why you look so tired? let me buy you a coffee so you can draw some more."
i love simple options. let's live simple.
https://ko-fi.com/lestrate
i've been in a way forced, or rather i forced myself to reconsider and tidy up my work flow. as all my well looking plans tend to fail tremendously, i gave up making a plan. i'm back on academy, what actually got initiated by a drunk family member getting me stress and hope bursted. i jumped in, i got in, i'm in chool again. and, oH GOSH i'm happy about it. mostly, because it's entirely different school and it's structure and approach is so much different than the one i eventually failed last year. i am now where i wanted to be for those last few years. i hope i can hang on to this boat long enough and get as much treasure as i can. BUT this also means, i'm so much low on free time. AGAIN. i have a tendency for that, ain't i? there's so much overwhelming knowledge i have thrown on me and i need to catch up with the semester, since i joined when the classes already started. that means i go out in the morning and get back when it's already dark, and all i do is lay down on the floor next to my doggo and instantly fall asleep. and then i have to get up and do a zombie-walk through all the chores in the house. this leaves me with very little time to myself, so where do i put work?
well, i have to put it somewhere. i haven't figured out my day-by-day schelude perfectly yet, but for now it seems, i'm gonna have at least one full day of commission only work day. one day in a whole week? gee, that sounds bad. of course i will try to push that work in every free second i have, but unfortunatelly it's not gonna be easy, even less now.
but. you see.
my new school is great, but it's a laughter through tears, cause i have to pay for it. a lot. when i'm done with my current queue, i will probably be opening for pin-up ychs or commissions like the ones i uploaded in september. there won't be many, but will be much frequent than my last few months.
and regarding that money need, there are few changes in my art sites residence.
- i gave up patreon. it's gonna stay there frozen untill i have time to finally start working on Sheya's comic (which i by the way rewrited a bit and am starting to draw it from the beggining with a fresh view. yay, it moves!). till then it's dead. i hate the thought of sharing my work for limited audience and upload it later, when i don't already remember what the work was about. sorry, i'm not the popular type artist, i'm an attention whore that needs love right away.
- i've created an Art Station account, which you can find here: https://www.artstation.com/lestrate as a start-up for a clean and clear portfolio. i will put there some design work and mabey concept art not related to furry fandom, so if you're interested, you know where to go.
- i updated my official site, finally today. but it's still waiting for server manager approval (who is my brother) and i will place it on my profile page later.
- every art gallery, beside mentioned AS, here and my twitter, are dead. i will upload mass of arts on them from time to time, but otherwise, there's very little chance i will check them regularly. i'm mostly active on Twitter, where i put lots of wips and personal stuff.
- finally, i've created a Ko-fi page.
regarding the last one. why ko-fi.
as i mentioned somewhere, i don't like the idea of people paying to see my art. prepaid acces to comic pages are pretty understable, as so limited commissions for patrons only, but i ain't a type of person who can work fast to meet such conditions. i apperciate A TON when people are giving me tips and compliments and want to support me by commissioning me. serously guys, this is best, and i love you. nevertheless, i chose to create a ko-fi page, because it's just a huge tip-jar where tips go right to my account. if you want to help me, to support me financially - go and buy me a coffee. no need for paying monthly, no need to paying regurarly. we live thousands of kilometres away, and a digital coffee is just an easy way to say "hey, i like your art, but why you look so tired? let me buy you a coffee so you can draw some more."
i love simple options. let's live simple.
https://ko-fi.com/lestrate
So will the three sites be updated differently, with different art posted to them?
i mostly create furry art, and that will be posted here as it was, and here i will take all the commissions, as i was before, so that stays.
but. twitter is a place where i post very often, and it's mostly wips, sketches, photos and personal life info. i use it more frequently than FA, even though the final effect work is always posted here.
and as for AS, it's a place, where i can post art not related to furry fandom. to not throw everything into one bucket.
so, yes, there will be different stuff posted on every site.
Sounds like you'll need all the kofi donations you can get though. Best of luck with school! You can do it!