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Where I've Been With Art
5 years ago
Hey! Figured it's about time for another update with things~
I had planned to keep this art train moving but hit a few stopping points along the way,
With our wonderful pandemic showing no signs of slowing down my day job has been a back-n-forth of stress and changing routines; 1/3rd of the staff is on voluntary leave, 2 of the 5 stores in town were closed for a month, I've been the only closing manager for 2 weeks solid. It's taken up a lot of my mental space.
Not only that but I haven't seen my parents in over 2 years now, unable to go out and socialize while remaining responsible, the stress of fluctuating work hours and pay between me and my wife. We're lucky that both our jobs still exist and we can still foot our bills each month, fuck knows there's far too much of the opposite happening in the wake of all this, but even so the fears and whatifs remain.
So art's been slow TLDR; had a depressive spat during the quarantine earlier on in the year, not really sure how to deal with suddenly being home all day and aimless. I got myself a garden started which has been a massive help (if a bit if a financial drain initially, oopse...) but the motivation to draw has waned somewhat. The stress of my job over the past two weeks has taken a sharp upwards turn, but should be lessening as the month progresses with extra staff coming back and other stores re-opening. Plus we've been given far more tools to protect ourselves from the frankly ignorant public.
Getting back on the horse slowly and in small ways - personal sketches and smaller projects among the big ones. I have a few large charity commissions to finish up before I take on anything else that isn't just sketches. I managed to get myself in a hole by taking some slow-burn projects that left me feeling like I was never completing my work load - think I need to let myself actually finish the list before taking on anything else for once.
UHH so the TLDR of the TLDR sad times but getting better for me, or at least just adjusting. More art to come! Thank you all for sticking around, and welcome to anyone new who's dropped in recently!
Current Projects
beef-supreme- BLM Charity Comm - colouring - donated
H-StallionWolf - full body shaded - FINISHED
kainadare - 2-character flats - FINSIHED
vyruem - full body flats - FINISHED
drewbermeister - waist up shaded - FINISHED
Xanark - full body flats - FINISHED
RainbowJulian - full body flats - not started - paid
The worse part has passed, now it's a slow path to normality. I wish you all luck, for your family, your wife, your job and your co-workers.