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I am a general average nerd who into almost everything.
I do doodle, but I am more of a writer. I general write comic stories, just lack the skills to draw them proper as well as the funds to commission them...
Before I got a drawing tablet, I did my digital drawing with my finger and laptop's mousepad. Yeah, I am serious like that.
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I do doodle, but I am more of a writer. I general write comic stories, just lack the skills to draw them proper as well as the funds to commission them...
Before I got a drawing tablet, I did my digital drawing with my finger and laptop's mousepad. Yeah, I am serious like that.
Open for Pay what you Want Commissions
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4 months in 2024...
3 weeks ago
Yeah... it's been a rather... busy and boring "New Year" for me so far...
Sorry for the lack of journal updates. Have yet to have the time to break in what word-program I have on my new computer... let alone any real updates to report that would be of note.... PLENTY of set backs though
In January, I had my car check for some "minor" trouble before it got worst... ended up going to MULTIPLE repair shops MUTIPLE times and STILL paying off at least HALF of the cost with my parents for it...
This kinda sets me back on making commission from other worthy artists out there (AyEye is either a bore at best or total mess at worst)... but even IF had the money for them... I would still refrain myself from ordering them.
Commissioning seem to have lost its appeal to me... it would be nice to have really good and simple art of obscure characters... but as of now: a basic color sketch of ONE character usually averages around over $50 in general, not to mention taking either weeks or months AFTER payment before they start.... I had some bad luck and having to pay and go through the "hoops" to geta request in... only to have the artist I hired say they got "bored" of the idea and turned me down...
Yeah... my ego took a BIG downer from that...
And with the commissions I DID get done, I find myself not enjoying them... NOT that they were bad, but I think either the process to get them has become something not worth anymore, or that I can't enjoy the "simple" stuff I can "afford", so I am trying to work for bigger project/ideas I have... or at least until I can pay off my car payments... :/
I think another BIGGER factor for this feeling of "emptiness" I've been having is the fact that online, the "art communties" have become DRASTICALLY less social than used to be... Some commissions that I know have a following/fans, I notice they don't really interact at all... Kust faves and likes, with comments being something that happens in a blue moon... if you don't have enough clout to warrant it.
I notice this around the time that alot of creaotrs, artists and YouTuber alike, seem to be going through a "burnout" and either sign off, retire, or making less content between growing gaps. Even the artists I used commission regularly have become TOO swamp with work and with what I can get, the whole interaction and production feels too cut and dry: Like a job they want to get over with ASAP with no passion to it.
With things going on sites like YouTube, Twitter, or DeviantART, where they're pushing more and more merch/perks than any practical services (as well as OTHER things that cheapens art in general), I can actually SEE why people are feeling "done". Even being a basic fan of "small-time" creators, paying them with real cash, showcasing fanart for them, or even being the few who comment them regularly, the interactions with them has lacking or fullfilling as I hope...
And don't get me started with EVERYTHING going with "offical/mainstream" stuff now... things I enjoyed has either been redoned when not needed, going through SO many cliches just to have basic appeal, or seemingly left behind. And despite this, we still need go extra miles for them for the SLIGHT chance to get them to continued...
Yeah... if not for my close circle of friends, I would bored and depressed by now...
On a plus-side: I finally got some cross training at my job, which MIGHT lead to full time, which MIGHT lead to better paychecks...
WHich I might need... as I've been told I might need to put away a good amount of cash to cover the house-insurance with my folks in their twilight years...
Sorry for the lack of journal updates. Have yet to have the time to break in what word-program I have on my new computer... let alone any real updates to report that would be of note.... PLENTY of set backs though
In January, I had my car check for some "minor" trouble before it got worst... ended up going to MULTIPLE repair shops MUTIPLE times and STILL paying off at least HALF of the cost with my parents for it...
This kinda sets me back on making commission from other worthy artists out there (AyEye is either a bore at best or total mess at worst)... but even IF had the money for them... I would still refrain myself from ordering them.
Commissioning seem to have lost its appeal to me... it would be nice to have really good and simple art of obscure characters... but as of now: a basic color sketch of ONE character usually averages around over $50 in general, not to mention taking either weeks or months AFTER payment before they start.... I had some bad luck and having to pay and go through the "hoops" to geta request in... only to have the artist I hired say they got "bored" of the idea and turned me down...
Yeah... my ego took a BIG downer from that...
And with the commissions I DID get done, I find myself not enjoying them... NOT that they were bad, but I think either the process to get them has become something not worth anymore, or that I can't enjoy the "simple" stuff I can "afford", so I am trying to work for bigger project/ideas I have... or at least until I can pay off my car payments... :/
I think another BIGGER factor for this feeling of "emptiness" I've been having is the fact that online, the "art communties" have become DRASTICALLY less social than used to be... Some commissions that I know have a following/fans, I notice they don't really interact at all... Kust faves and likes, with comments being something that happens in a blue moon... if you don't have enough clout to warrant it.
I notice this around the time that alot of creaotrs, artists and YouTuber alike, seem to be going through a "burnout" and either sign off, retire, or making less content between growing gaps. Even the artists I used commission regularly have become TOO swamp with work and with what I can get, the whole interaction and production feels too cut and dry: Like a job they want to get over with ASAP with no passion to it.
With things going on sites like YouTube, Twitter, or DeviantART, where they're pushing more and more merch/perks than any practical services (as well as OTHER things that cheapens art in general), I can actually SEE why people are feeling "done". Even being a basic fan of "small-time" creators, paying them with real cash, showcasing fanart for them, or even being the few who comment them regularly, the interactions with them has lacking or fullfilling as I hope...
And don't get me started with EVERYTHING going with "offical/mainstream" stuff now... things I enjoyed has either been redoned when not needed, going through SO many cliches just to have basic appeal, or seemingly left behind. And despite this, we still need go extra miles for them for the SLIGHT chance to get them to continued...
Yeah... if not for my close circle of friends, I would bored and depressed by now...
On a plus-side: I finally got some cross training at my job, which MIGHT lead to full time, which MIGHT lead to better paychecks...
WHich I might need... as I've been told I might need to put away a good amount of cash to cover the house-insurance with my folks in their twilight years...
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