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Journal #1 - Life updates!
Posted a year agoHello everyone, and Merry Christmas!
This is my first journal, I've been thinking a lot about what I should have written here.
In the end, I decided I should explain a couple things about the current state of my life (and its implications, if anyone cares enough to read). Worry not, I won't write a book about it.
So! Let's start from the beginning: a couple years ago I used to work on commission. But that was mostly cause I had just got out of high school and it all happened during the COVID pandemic, so there was no work available. I always liked drawing a lot, so I thought: "Why not trying to make a profit from it?". And that's how I became an artist.
By the way, I want to thank the friends that first commissioned me. Without them I wouldn't have been able to save some money during those crazy times.
Anyway, drawing was fun, and I really enjoyed it (even if I think I still have A LOT to learn to consider myself a real artist), but that wasn't what I wanted to do in my life. I've always wanted to enlist.
And, during February 2022, bootcamp began. During the last (almost) two years I've been going through a lot of things, the best one probably being getting my Airborne qualification. I was assigned as a team leader in my course: it was tough, but I was loving what we were doing. Staying in the woods for days, moving with that heavy backpack on our backs and using maps and compass... I still love remembering about those times. They were two hard months, but they were really satisfying.
After the combat course, we of course had to learn how to jump out of a plane. And after another month we did it! It was breathtaking to see everything from above during my first jump, I'll never forget that feeling.
Right now I'm still in service, about to become a Corporal but I'm already trying to become an Officer, even if that'll mean facing some hard selections and five years of Academy.
All of this just to explain why I'm not drawing on commission anymore.
Recently a friend texted me: "Have even had some people wanting you to do theirs (drawings)" and "You have a style to your art that is unique. I feel lucky to be one of the few". Not gonna lie, I was a bit taken aback.
I had never thought my art was anything special, but turns out I was wrong.
This is the main reason why I thought about explaining why I'm not able to draw for other people at the moment.
Things might change in the future, but I currently only have a small tablet to draw on, and my PC isn't powerful enough to let me work properly on big projects. Also, I'm not getting a lot of free time being a gym rat as well as a soldier. Finally, it could be quite awkward to explain what I'm drawing to the other people living in the barracks with me, wouldn't it?
Every now and then I will still continue to draw something for myself when I'll be alone in my quarters, primarily to unwind. That happens mostly during weekends, because I don't go back home as much as my colleagues.
That said, I wish you all again a Merry Christmas!
See you next time!
This is my first journal, I've been thinking a lot about what I should have written here.
In the end, I decided I should explain a couple things about the current state of my life (and its implications, if anyone cares enough to read). Worry not, I won't write a book about it.
So! Let's start from the beginning: a couple years ago I used to work on commission. But that was mostly cause I had just got out of high school and it all happened during the COVID pandemic, so there was no work available. I always liked drawing a lot, so I thought: "Why not trying to make a profit from it?". And that's how I became an artist.
By the way, I want to thank the friends that first commissioned me. Without them I wouldn't have been able to save some money during those crazy times.
Anyway, drawing was fun, and I really enjoyed it (even if I think I still have A LOT to learn to consider myself a real artist), but that wasn't what I wanted to do in my life. I've always wanted to enlist.
And, during February 2022, bootcamp began. During the last (almost) two years I've been going through a lot of things, the best one probably being getting my Airborne qualification. I was assigned as a team leader in my course: it was tough, but I was loving what we were doing. Staying in the woods for days, moving with that heavy backpack on our backs and using maps and compass... I still love remembering about those times. They were two hard months, but they were really satisfying.
After the combat course, we of course had to learn how to jump out of a plane. And after another month we did it! It was breathtaking to see everything from above during my first jump, I'll never forget that feeling.
Right now I'm still in service, about to become a Corporal but I'm already trying to become an Officer, even if that'll mean facing some hard selections and five years of Academy.
All of this just to explain why I'm not drawing on commission anymore.
Recently a friend texted me: "Have even had some people wanting you to do theirs (drawings)" and "You have a style to your art that is unique. I feel lucky to be one of the few". Not gonna lie, I was a bit taken aback.
I had never thought my art was anything special, but turns out I was wrong.
This is the main reason why I thought about explaining why I'm not able to draw for other people at the moment.
Things might change in the future, but I currently only have a small tablet to draw on, and my PC isn't powerful enough to let me work properly on big projects. Also, I'm not getting a lot of free time being a gym rat as well as a soldier. Finally, it could be quite awkward to explain what I'm drawing to the other people living in the barracks with me, wouldn't it?
Every now and then I will still continue to draw something for myself when I'll be alone in my quarters, primarily to unwind. That happens mostly during weekends, because I don't go back home as much as my colleagues.
That said, I wish you all again a Merry Christmas!
See you next time!
