Well I'll get the sales out of the way at Society 6. Yup, there are still sales going on. There is no new art up since Monday, but there is a huge selection to choose from. So make sure you head on over there. I'm sure there's going to be Boxing Day sales too. So make sure you bookmark Society 6.
Okay onto stuff that I missed on the Monday blog. I was asked why I didn't do any holiday themed art this year. Well...this is kind of a two part answer. The first was that I think that holiday themed stuff is very cool...but it is really only functional around the specific holiday. That's no fun for me. I, personally, like stuff you can use all year round, not just a certain part of the year. I mean I guess you could use it in July, as they push this holiday in July, too...for reasons that still baffle me. Secondly, I just don't get into this holiday that much. Halloween is my thing. This holiday has been corrupted in a sense by corporations. Maybe I'm a hypocrite as I have been promoting myself, but we'll get to that in a bit. I digress, going out shopping people aren't happy, they are driving like complete maniacs and just being plain rude to get stuff. We did a 2 week grocery trip to make sure we got done before it got really mean. That being said, I just wasn't feeling it. I need to be able to feel a bit to get in the spirit of the holiday. Not happening. I will regurgitate one of my pictures for my personal Facebook page, that's about it. I was going to decorate Timwraithy, but I chose not to do that either, just more clean up for me.
As for being a hypocrite, I do feel like one. That being said, 50% of doing art for a living is self promotion...sometimes more. I am in a rock in a hard place there. I want all of you to know about the great sales, but then I feel like I'm adding to the greed of the holidays'. I do it to help save you some money...at first I didn't even realize what a hypocrite I was being. Hypocrisy, part of the job.
One of the main reasons I'm going to be on vacation until January 8th is to take a break from promoting and all the other social media stuff that goes along with it. Right here, the blog, is totally fine...I love doing it. Even loving doing something, you do need a break eventually. I didn't tally up how long it's been since I took a real break, but it's been years...more than 2. It's time for me to recharge my batteries. I will still be arting. I love to art...but I just need a break from the networking, social mediaing (yes that's a word, although the squiggly red line is telling me otherwise.), the stuff that's not art. I'll be focusing on learning and growing as an artist...I even feel like some of my blogs are kind of off. It's time for a break from the other side of the art world that a lot of people don't know about. I plan on taking breaks throughout next year as well. A week here and there, just so I don't get to this point of burn out. I am burnt. Crispified. (That's a word too, dammit, despite the red squiggly line.)
I'm actually looking forward to my staycation. I'm not going anywhere...I'll be here, arting away, doing some German, planning the game. Recharging, growing and learning. I know I'll feel extremely out of sorts when a blog or update day comes about. I think I'll also feel a bit of relief of not having to do it. I love all aspects of what I do, even the social networking but my heart isn't fully in it. Yeah, there, I said it. I'm hoping to come back refreshed and rarin' to go.
In more news....a dear friend of mine sent me an amazing little creepy book for the holidays. I absolutely love it. It is very dark and twisted and the art is fantastic. She is a fellow artist, but more importantly a very good friend. It made my eyes' leak when I opened it...my eyes' don't leak much. It inspired me...I may head in a new direction or back to a direction I was headed down but got distracted by shiny object. That happens a lot...squirrel!
On that note, minions, I do wish you the very best of the holidays, whatever you celebrate and a very happy and safe new year. I will be back on the 8th of January. Until then, my gift to you, is no eye strain over the holidays! I'll see you all next year!