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A new year, a new hope
6 years ago
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[ General information ] ♞ [ Commission info ] ♞ [ Open slots and commission status ] ♞ [ About me ] Dear friends, patrons and followers!
Happy new year!
One year has came to an end, but more importantly, another has begun. People like to make new year resolutions that they conveniently forget 5 minutes later - I rather reflect upon the past year, where did I get, what did I achieve, where did I succeed or fail, and then make plans for the next year.
2019 was a rollercoaster. There have been some great times and some really bad times. I didn't progress as well as I hoped, but I did learn a lot, and most importantly, the vision of where do I want to take my life and my art became more clear. I think I'm finally finding my true artistic voice.
So my plans for 2020 are these:
- Beating procrastination once and for all and building up a creative productive momentum.
- Take better care of my physical and mental health. This includes eating better, exercising and meditating daily, and finding a therapist I can talk to regularly.
- Finishing my website and setting up my blog, and a print store.
- Continue exploring my artistic vision and creating more and more personal art to fully find and develop my artistic voice and style.
- Growing my Patreon so that I can focus more on personal art and be less at the mercy of commission income.
While all these goals interlace, probably the most important is growing Patreon. Currently my problem is that I have spend almost all of my creative energy on commission work just to have food to eat and pay my bills, and this leaves little to no room for personal art where I could truly express myself and do the type of art I really want to do. If I could build up Patreon to cover most of my basic needs it would mean I can spend most of my energy on personal work, and do fewer commissions that are more selective, but in turn I can give them more attention as well.
My latest submission is an example of what happens when I get to pursue my personal vision. I feel really happy about that piece, both overall and technique-wise, as I have recently refined my brushwork and this is the first piece finished like that. I want to make more like it, and I especially want to make more slice of life scenes, and scenes inspired by eastern cultures and my travels in India and West-Tibet.
Speaking of, forgive me for the plug but if you like that last piece, and/or you want to see more of my personal art, slice of life, travel, fantasy pieces and where I can take my vision, please consider becoming part off the journey by supporting me on Patreon. :) Every little bit helps and brings me closer to my artistic dreams.
So, to close this, I want to thank you - all of you - for your support, regardless of how you show it. Thank you for looking at my art, for watching, favoriting, thank you for commenting and sharing your thoughts and feedback. Thank you for the kind words, good wishes, and thank you for believing in me. And of course thank you those who became my patrons. My life would be so much worse without you all - and I mean it seriously. Sharing my art with you, and feeling appreciated is the main force pushing me forward. I do what I do for you. I make art and share it for you. Even when I'm asking you to support me, it's for you because I want to be able to make more art, and better art, for YOU.
Thank you all. See you around in 2020! :)
Happy new year!
One year has came to an end, but more importantly, another has begun. People like to make new year resolutions that they conveniently forget 5 minutes later - I rather reflect upon the past year, where did I get, what did I achieve, where did I succeed or fail, and then make plans for the next year.
2019 was a rollercoaster. There have been some great times and some really bad times. I didn't progress as well as I hoped, but I did learn a lot, and most importantly, the vision of where do I want to take my life and my art became more clear. I think I'm finally finding my true artistic voice.
So my plans for 2020 are these:
- Beating procrastination once and for all and building up a creative productive momentum.
- Take better care of my physical and mental health. This includes eating better, exercising and meditating daily, and finding a therapist I can talk to regularly.
- Finishing my website and setting up my blog, and a print store.
- Continue exploring my artistic vision and creating more and more personal art to fully find and develop my artistic voice and style.
- Growing my Patreon so that I can focus more on personal art and be less at the mercy of commission income.
While all these goals interlace, probably the most important is growing Patreon. Currently my problem is that I have spend almost all of my creative energy on commission work just to have food to eat and pay my bills, and this leaves little to no room for personal art where I could truly express myself and do the type of art I really want to do. If I could build up Patreon to cover most of my basic needs it would mean I can spend most of my energy on personal work, and do fewer commissions that are more selective, but in turn I can give them more attention as well.
My latest submission is an example of what happens when I get to pursue my personal vision. I feel really happy about that piece, both overall and technique-wise, as I have recently refined my brushwork and this is the first piece finished like that. I want to make more like it, and I especially want to make more slice of life scenes, and scenes inspired by eastern cultures and my travels in India and West-Tibet.
Speaking of, forgive me for the plug but if you like that last piece, and/or you want to see more of my personal art, slice of life, travel, fantasy pieces and where I can take my vision, please consider becoming part off the journey by supporting me on Patreon. :) Every little bit helps and brings me closer to my artistic dreams.
So, to close this, I want to thank you - all of you - for your support, regardless of how you show it. Thank you for looking at my art, for watching, favoriting, thank you for commenting and sharing your thoughts and feedback. Thank you for the kind words, good wishes, and thank you for believing in me. And of course thank you those who became my patrons. My life would be so much worse without you all - and I mean it seriously. Sharing my art with you, and feeling appreciated is the main force pushing me forward. I do what I do for you. I make art and share it for you. Even when I'm asking you to support me, it's for you because I want to be able to make more art, and better art, for YOU.
Thank you all. See you around in 2020! :)
V.