Firstly, I have made a choice about my stores. I've had the month to think about it and I have. Every day. Researched, followed, tracked, hunted, speared, skinned, cooked...wait...I'm getting side tracked. (Note: No art, websites were hurt in the making of this blog.) I digress, I will NOT be closing any of my stores, however, I will only be focusing on Society 6. Here is the reasoning: Because I want to. The end. Buh-bye...okay I'll be serious...don't give me that look I CAN be serious, I just choose NOT to be because there is no fun in being serious. Not saying everything has to be fun...but in my art world I do try and make it as fun as possible to preserve what little is left of my sanity. OKAY, I digress again, you may want to get your eye drops, minions. This is my reasoning. Society 6 offers all the same products as Crated and Fine Arts. It costs LESS and from the reviews I've gotten they have great if not better product than the others. Granted, Crated is a specialty store...and Fine Arts just recently got into different product. Until I hear from you, my minions, I will be focusing solely on Society 6. Oh, also, Fine Arts...doesn't give me options of what product I want where, and it just slaps it on. Easy, yes...does it look good? Often times, no. From an artist's stand point Society 6 is the way to go. Okay, so that is out of the way...next!
You keeping up? Yes? If it's no, well catch up, chop chop! Drink more coffee! Next on the list of informational process stuffs...this one kind of is ouch for me, quite literally. I've been keeping you informed of my traditional adventures. Well...sadly, they have come to a screeching train wreck halt. Why? Well I was in a car accident a few years back and while no one was seriously injured (thankfully) I did sustain a neck injury. It never properly healed. What does this have to do with my traditional art you ask? Well doing traditional art has me leaning over, hunched, because of the insane details I like to put in...and my neck actually seized up the other day. I can tell you, I have a fairly high pain tolerance, this HURT. It is still hurting, not seizing anymore, thankfully...but for sure ouch. Granted, I was doing 6+ hours a day on the piece, and doodles, etc. Right now, I just can't. I am going to try, after my neck heals, to do some and limit my hours. Even the Daily Doodle Challenge, I can't do it, right now. I usually can push through. I push through with the arthritis in my dominant wrist and fingers...but you have to when it comes to arthritis...This pain...completely different. So those two traditional pieces up for sale, could very well be the last ones for sale ((insert shameless sales pitch here)). I can't say for sure whether or not I'll be able to fully commit to a piece. I do plan on and really hoping I can, finish the sketchbook...eventually. It will not be daily, and that bums me out...but there is a silver lining...
What I'm taking out of the not being able to to traditional art is that I am going to push myself to bring that traditional giddiness I feel to my digital world of art. As of now, I'm a bit afraid I won't be able to do it. Then the defiant, pesky, gray hair causing (ask my hubby) side of me says, "Why the hell not?!" I'm taking it as another adventure, a challenge. It won't be exactly the same, I know this, but dammitall, if I can't do traditional traditionally I WILL bring the traditional to the digital world. I hope...Yes, there are doubts right now. Another pesky artist problem that persists without fail. It may take awhile, but I know I can do it. It'll be okay...at least that is what I'm telling myself right now. I won't get the lovely feeling of doing traditional, but with that lovely feeling comes the ugly, painful feeling my neck gives me, and that I can live without. For now I will be taking a break, until my neck is better, then I'll be attempting the daily doodle challenge...the piece I'm working on will remain unfinished. That is what is bumming me out the most. It's a really good piece. ((sigh)) Who knows what the future will hold...maybe I'll be able to finish it...but not in the near future, that I can say with certainty. I will of course do some experiments trying to get a drawing position that doesn't destroy my neck...but for now it needs to heal. When I look back, it was one of the main reasons I made the leap into digital art. That and it looked fun...and that I could play with a lot of different mediums without making my bank account and husband screaming and begging for mercy. Now it begs for mercy in other ways...upgrades to the PC...which still needs to happen...which is a win-win for me because usually the art upgrade also benefits me gaming wise...muhahahaha! Altruism at it's finest?
Back to Society 6 for the briefest moment...again what's with the looks? Jeez, you look at me like I can't stay on topic...errmmm...ummm....I did remove the pieces that had zero likes, this morning. I will be doing this on a monthly basis. While the store has no limit of how many pieces you can have...another bonus that I forgot to put in the previous paragraph, I don't want it flooded with pieces nobody wants. They are still on my PC. I just want to keep it clean-ish...
SEE?! Brief!! HA! You can wipe that look off of your face! Nyah with a side of neener neener neener! I think that's it my minions...for information and updates. I do want to welcome aboard the three new minions that I got on my Facebook page....remember minions, share, like, invite on Facebook to be kept up to date on when the blogs happen, and any other news. Not all news makes it into a full blog, or even on to this site. Twitter is also another good way to keep up. Yes, I'm just full of shameless plugs today, or full of something. For now my minions, I will bid you an adieu...next blog maybe about Don't Starve...they just dropped another patch...since it is still an early release game. The patches are just making the game more and more fun! I got to play for about a half an hour last night. I'm on my longest game to date! Wooohooo...next time I log on I'll die instantly because that is just how my luck is. Until next blog!