No new art on Society 6 again this week, but a really good sale with the promo code of DESIGN25. It ends tonight, midnight PST. The usual. They are having a lot of sales and I'm liking them for it. I'd like to thank the minions for buying stuff! Keep buying, I would like to upgrade my Wacom, I have seen review video's and I am really excited to try the new generation out. Lots of new features that I'd love to get my arty art hands on...and if I get enough sales....maybe even upgrade to a large from a medium. I think it'd be good to have a few extra inches (that's what she said!!!) of work space. So head on over, support the artist...if you don't want to buy and just directly support me, or buy a high resolution digital copy of one of the pieces, contact me...here on the homepage, my Facebook, Twitter. Not Instagram, I haven't really been touching that because my damn phone is being a jerk. All money I make gets put back into what I do to entertain, shock, and make art.
Okay, I've done my grovelling for the week. In arty art news. The piece I'm working on is coming along nicely. I had to redo a layer as I was not happy at all with it. There's a story coming (grab eye drops), and it is about my journey through art, especially digital art. Ready! Story time!!!
As a traditional artist, I wasn't doing too bad. I enjoyed the majority of my commissions and I was doing good. I wasn't happy being limited. I specialized in Copic Markers and ink. I did want to do more than just that but space and money prevented me from doing painting. I was okay with that. Still am, as I do still do traditional art from time to time. When I took the plunge into digital art thinking it'll be cheap BWHAHAHAHAHA!! I went through several programs until settling on Corel Painter, which I love. I know most go to Photoshop...never got that giddy feeling using it. I do try out other programs free trials from time to time, but really my comfy home is at Painter. Going from traditional to digital was a huge style change to...going from more illustration to whatever the hell I wanted to do. I did spend a year or so in Abstract. I never was really able to explore it traditionally. Besides the tangling. (Which I still like doing) I enjoyed Abstract for awhile...but I kept hitting a ceiling...ouch my noggin! I wanted my art to evolve and it wasn't in that genre. I must always learn, grow or evolve...not only as an artist but as a human, too. So I switched genre's. I'm currently doing two main ones and loving every minute of it. Getting back to my illustration roots with a very dark and creepy twist and surrealism. Even blending the two together. I'm growing...evolving and challenging myself. Now this story has a bit of a point...in case you were wondering...Abstract I could put out 4 or more pieces a day. No joke...now I can't. I'm okay with that...because those what I call "conveyor belt" pieces weren't giving me the satisfied, job well done feeling. I look at my pieces now and I see the flaws...I think all of us artists' see our own flaws in neon flashing Vegas style lights...but I see a world...I see my passion, I see me. It's kind of scary putting them out there sometimes...but I'm seasoned enough to know that my art isn't for everyone...I've been blessed, thus far, not to get trolls....and even so, I'd ignore them. Doing what I love for me and for you. Coming to the blog or visiting my store and not getting barraged with the BLECH that is the world, is what my goal is. I just want to make art, and let you explore (and buy) my worlds. Yeah, I had to throw a plug in there.
Okay story over, sorry for the eye strain. Onto the helluva a week and more! For the low low cost of severe eye strain!! So one of the reasons the current piece isn't finished is the sleep deprivation never ended...throw in a few days of migraines and possible a minor plague and you had me trying to become one with the couch...I couldn't do anything. I even took pain killers, and if you know me that's RARE. I'm still getting the headaches a bit, I think I've narrowed down the cause of them...theories are still being tested. That and the bed...the stupid stupid bed. UGH! We are in the midst of a warranty claim as my hubby is the "Melter of Beds". This is the second one...and neither one of us is getting good sleep. The couch, I think is causing my headaches, well the pillow I use for the couch...not the couch itself, but it's no joy ride, either. So we are waiting....and waiting....and waiting...I put the claim in on the 6th, I got word that they just put it through on the 20th. Neither hubby or I are happy...but we are at their mercy...it's a warranty claim. The last one...yes, this isn't our first rodeo, didn't take this long. I'm just hoping we hear SOMETHING this week...or better yet have a new bed this week, or be millionaires...whichever...I'm thinking the latter would be really, really nice. Not...holding...breath...
We're almost there minions...promise! A few more things and then you can go rest or gouge your eyes out. Yesterday I got very motivated (by dust) to clean my studio. Yeah, it'd been a long while. The dust was taking over...so I spent about an hour cleaning up the studio. Putting some things away, putting stickers on my external hard drive. I'd take pictures but my stupid phone was driving me NUTS about verifying my email, which I did on my PC and tried to do on my phone (stupid phone wouldn't let me) so I just uninstalled my email. No more alerts every minute...yeah, it got annoying...So the studio is so ready to go...I did some art in yesterday and it was so nice...Cleaning and getting a sale really lights the fire under my derriere.
For this weeks news...it's a Day of Dad week AND a gaming session. I need to work a bit on the game, if my gamers' had their way we would have had one last night, thankfully, the hubby said that I needed recharge time. Which I really do. Last week was hell and I'm still not 100%. I could have done it, kind of even wanted to, but really glad we didn't. My body needs to recover. There was no working out last week...yeah...every single time I get back up to almost where I was, UGH! I digress, it's going to be a busy week...but I'm hoping to have the energy and the ability to manage my time well. We'll see. We'll see.
On that note minions...so sorry for the eye strain. Aren't you glad I warn you for the eye drops. If you don't have them, a wash cloth wet with hot water over the eyes' for 10 minutes will do wonders. Trust me, I know. Until next week...I bid you an adieu...