We'll start off with no new art on Society 6 and there probably won't be a lot of new art as I open a new chapter in my arty art journey...more on that in a bit. I am not closing Society 6 but there won't be regular art from now on. I has idea...and it is going to be a bit before I get things ready...So if you are still interested in what I was doing, it will always be there...and you can for sure see growth, for me it's a portfolio, if you will...something for me to see how much growing I am doing...
Okay so what is this about me not blogging unless I want to and the new idea?!? Well...this is a many faceted question with many answers. Okay the not blogging, well I kind of got my answer last week by silence...not even crickets. I did get a LOT more spam email...so while I do know a few of you that read this, it's not enough to continue weekly blogs that take away from my art. I had an epiphany of sorts last week. I'm no longer logging my hours in...and I'm no longer interested in being in the rat race...chasing the trends...I'm tired...exhausted from the time I've spent doing that with little benefit. Am I quitting? Absolutely not!! I am just going to head in a complete different direction, one that excites me...and makes me happy. And yes, I'm fighting the urge already to market it, and it doesn't even have a base foundation...That's how long I've been in that mentality. Bad for art...bad for me...just bad...
So what will I be doing? Well, I'm going back, kind of, to my initial love and what I started doing long before the interwebs was a thing. I'm going to be doing character design, and I'm brainstorming with my ever supportive, pom pom (metaphorically speaking) waving, hubby for a webcomic. Potentially. I have a very bare bones idea...and I like it. It makes me excited. I even found a program to help turn my art into a webcomic. Which is very exciting. A very long time ago, I made a comic strip...it was a springboard...never saw the light of day, nor will it. But it got me into character design, which got me into my first brand Cosmic Cow Creations...anyone remember that? Then I re-branded and took off to fine arts...and digital art. And years later...here I am...miserable...kind of depressed...passion gone, motivation not there....I just want to be happy and passionate again. Don't get me wrong I have no regrets on the paths I've gone down and I've learned a lot. No regerts!!! But I'm at the point now, where I have not explored a comic strip digitally, at all...this was in my traditional days, minions, and I have grown so much since then...And no I am not re-branding...so not doing that again. That was a headache.
So right now I am going to focus on digital character design, digital comics, and just getting the passion back...and the motivation. I am excited...this is the first time I've been really excited since my major burnout that forced me into a sabbatical...one that I wasn't ready to come back from, but I felt obligated...I don't anymore...I need to focus on me, my art, where I'm going with said art and just getting the mojo flowing. This may disappoint all three of you that actually read the blog regularly...but you know how to contact me and by all means...but this is right for me. I can't keep up anymore...something changed when I had the burnout and sabbatical...and I can't go back to status quo. I realise I am going back...as in waaaaay back to my comic strip days before any of you, bots or not, knew who I was. But there is still a lot to learn, a lot of growing...and it's digital. Plus I'm not the same person I was back then. Change is scary...but it's also exciting! I haven't quit...I'm just turning my attention to what counts...the art. It was always about the art, and I lost that focus...now I'm ready to focus on it, and get that passion back. I will still blog, when I want to, not because I feel obligated to. But I will have snippet updates on the homepage here, Twitter and Facebook...so you know where to go. I think when something big happens on my journey is when I'll blog. But who knows?! I sure don't! Not a sabbatical from art, but from this blog, yes.
On that note, dear minions, I do wish you the absolute best...and I will be here when I feel like it...but you know where I'll be and how to contact me...until who knows when...I bid you a heartfelt adieu!