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2020 Just about Finished - Commission Update
4 years ago
2020 Art Spam:
With all of the 2020 art spam I apoloigise for the insane amount of art I've uploaded recently. I can start uploading 2021 soon, I have some painted headshots I did for Patreon that I can put together and upload. I thank everyone who did commission me through 2020 and allowed me to take time away from social media in doing so. <3 It meant a lot to me to be able to continue working but I am also thankful to all of you who patiently waited for me to start posting again. Your support means the world to me.
Commission Update:
Being as I am now back on FA I am starting to get more e-mails in regards to taking commissions on - I'm unfortunately not open for extra art work while I work through the queue that I currently have.
While it's not a long list of work to get through, a few of these are time sensitive and taking extra illustrations on between now and Valentines day unfortunately might be out of the question. I have to travel at some point soon to help my mom, shes having problems and will need someone to look after her, and as such if I do have to travel (and do so safely quarantining after arriving and continual testing) I wont have a computer to work from. As such I'll be doing some streams soon on my twitch for PWYW sketches (with a minimum) to help fundraise an iPad as it's a bit of kit I don't have and would definitely benefit what I do so I can continue creating while on the move.
Changes Coming:
The way I work will start changing this year, unintentionally the last year has shown me what I can and can't do in regards to illustrations, and also shows me where I'd like to grow in my little business. I've been taking the first month of January to work as normal but any extra time I have has been being dedicated to making and packing shop orders and taking online classes to better myself as an artist and offline books to find my direction.
Patreon will be having some alterations to it in the next month, I'm still in the process of making my battle plan, but I'd love to focus more heavily on Patreon and really having more fun with it. I've enjoyed getting to know everyone on there this last year and their patronage definitely helped! While I currently send out trading cards monthly as well as stickers and art depending on the tier level, I want to do more. By focusing more on Patreon it means I could take one or two less images a month from commission work which would free up between 3-6 days of the month for me. I can dream. XD When I do go, I'll be sorting out cards and stickers ahead of time so that my work can continue even while I'm not home - but I will have to show Ellis the ropes in how to package things. <3
My last journal was about why it is okay to fail, and even if I fall flat on my face this year I'll do my best to try to make it a successful year to better our lives as a family and better my work for all of you. I don't like feeling like I've stagnated. I do enjoy having a level of transparency with you all so that you know what to expect when it comes to my work schedule which sometimes includes posts about my personal life. I've started to take my personal world away from being posted as publicly mostly because I don't want or like gossip. We're all people, we make mistakes, we have successes.
Enough chitchat from me though, its as always a TLDR. XD
With all of the 2020 art spam I apoloigise for the insane amount of art I've uploaded recently. I can start uploading 2021 soon, I have some painted headshots I did for Patreon that I can put together and upload. I thank everyone who did commission me through 2020 and allowed me to take time away from social media in doing so. <3 It meant a lot to me to be able to continue working but I am also thankful to all of you who patiently waited for me to start posting again. Your support means the world to me.
Commission Update:
Being as I am now back on FA I am starting to get more e-mails in regards to taking commissions on - I'm unfortunately not open for extra art work while I work through the queue that I currently have.
While it's not a long list of work to get through, a few of these are time sensitive and taking extra illustrations on between now and Valentines day unfortunately might be out of the question. I have to travel at some point soon to help my mom, shes having problems and will need someone to look after her, and as such if I do have to travel (and do so safely quarantining after arriving and continual testing) I wont have a computer to work from. As such I'll be doing some streams soon on my twitch for PWYW sketches (with a minimum) to help fundraise an iPad as it's a bit of kit I don't have and would definitely benefit what I do so I can continue creating while on the move.
Changes Coming:
The way I work will start changing this year, unintentionally the last year has shown me what I can and can't do in regards to illustrations, and also shows me where I'd like to grow in my little business. I've been taking the first month of January to work as normal but any extra time I have has been being dedicated to making and packing shop orders and taking online classes to better myself as an artist and offline books to find my direction.
Patreon will be having some alterations to it in the next month, I'm still in the process of making my battle plan, but I'd love to focus more heavily on Patreon and really having more fun with it. I've enjoyed getting to know everyone on there this last year and their patronage definitely helped! While I currently send out trading cards monthly as well as stickers and art depending on the tier level, I want to do more. By focusing more on Patreon it means I could take one or two less images a month from commission work which would free up between 3-6 days of the month for me. I can dream. XD When I do go, I'll be sorting out cards and stickers ahead of time so that my work can continue even while I'm not home - but I will have to show Ellis the ropes in how to package things. <3
My last journal was about why it is okay to fail, and even if I fall flat on my face this year I'll do my best to try to make it a successful year to better our lives as a family and better my work for all of you. I don't like feeling like I've stagnated. I do enjoy having a level of transparency with you all so that you know what to expect when it comes to my work schedule which sometimes includes posts about my personal life. I've started to take my personal world away from being posted as publicly mostly because I don't want or like gossip. We're all people, we make mistakes, we have successes.
Enough chitchat from me though, its as always a TLDR. XD
Stay safe, take care of yourself, and hope to see you again in the states sometime!