First and most important, there are two new pieces up on Society 6. There's also a sale going on with a promo code, which you can find up top on Society 6. I wasn't aware of this sale and I'm sure they will be having them all week. I put the link on Canvas Prints so you don't have to scroll and change pages, it's on that much product including the new products launched last week. Head on over and check out the new art and take advantage of the sale! Holidays are really coming up fast...holy shit where did the time go?
This past week I was owning it, From arting to adulting. It was an amazing feeling to be exhausted at the end of the day and know I earned the checking of the eyelids for holes. I was and still am, to an extent, bursting with inspiration, motivation and business ideas. Because while the art always will come first for me, the business aspect cannot be ignored...and today I ran into a concrete wall of ick. I'm proud of myself for all my accomplishments last week. Including finishing the personal commission and really denting the current piece. It should be done soon....buuut....
All the business ideas of my week kind of fell through. To opening another POD (print on demand) store to my idea of selling pure digital downloads here on Weebly. The POD store that has been wooing me, and I am not mentioning the name, has and has had in the past horrible reviews on their product and customer service. Why on earth would I put my art on a product I cannot stand by? I know with Society 6 that I own some products and have seen products ordered by some of you. There are a ton of POD's out there, this I do know, but I was thinking...what if I could sell digital downloads directly to you in an official manner, such as an eCommerce store? Wouldn't that be lovely that you could put in it a digital frame, or go to your local printer? Well I did the research on that. On here, it is not financially feasible for me to do that. It's a ginormous risk without a guarantee pay off. I know sometimes you have to take the risk. Then I sat and really did some assessing on what I need as an artist, my Wacom is going to be needing to be replaced, soon, and the one I need in order to produce high quality digital art is not cheap. The want is going up one size...but I would be totally content with the medium I have now. Cintiq I don't even want anymore. I'm very comfortable and happy with the Intuos Pro line and I do think the Cintiq would give my motion sickness a run for it's money. I kind of got off on a tangent there...let's start a new paragraph to break the wall of text I have going.
All of that being said, it really burst my mojo. I'm trying not to let that happen. Eventually I would love to start an eCommerce store here...Weebly is home. I really do love this site that and I don't want to have to link you to yet another page...I'm looking at it from a business standpoint. Sales haven't been stellar this year...but that's the fear of what this economy could do. It's scary right now. As an artist that lived through the last fallout, I am so happy that my arting isn't the hubby and I's primary source of income. For the record I'm not trying to be whiny and bitchy...I did want to share what's going on with you. I know that eventually my ideas, and the finances will happen. I learned that mindful thinking from a podcast I'm listening to. Which is amazing and inspiring and got me, what the hep kids' call hustling. Granted it's a totally different creative medium, but they all do intertwine on some levels. I'm not going to just throw in the towel and quit. That is not my nature. I don't even allow that to be an option.
I am, however, going to be taking next week off from the blogging and uploading. I'm feeling a massive burnout coming. I'll still be arting and trying to figure out a way to make what I want happen. It's just a break from the uploading and the blog. Which frees up more time to do that. Get those pink kinks out of my think. It's kinky up there, and not in the dirty way!
Okay after that "Debbie Downer" segment, let's get on to some fun stuff! We had a gaming session last night...during the first day of the time change. I hate falling back and springing forward it really messes with me. We went very late and I popped awake very early. As I said earlier, not functioning quite like a human right now. The game session was very distracted but fun. I think we were all feeling the effects of the time change and we weren't very focused. I had fun, we didn't get too much done...but I have a lot of ideas game wise that I'm hoping I'll remember...right now the noggin' is just an abyss of fragmented ideas, and thoughts. Not sure when the next session will be, but I can say for certain not next weekend. Nope, nope, nope. I need time to plan and time to adjust to the time change.
This week is a Dad Day week! Always fun, and for him the time change didn't affect him. Lucky....for me it always does. I'm not sure what is in store for us, but I'm sure shenanigans' will be had.
Okay I know I'm missing things that I wanted to say, but that's my poor fragmented, sleep deprived noggin at it's finest. Still a long blog, but there have been longer. Remember no blog next week. I will be back on the 19th. Lastly, the shameless plug of head over to Society 6 and check out the sales and the new pieces. If you do want a digital download you can contact me through here, Twitter and Facebook. A DM is the best way to ensure I will see it. On that note, I will bid you an adieu!