I'm an independent illustrator and artist. Here is the archive of my Weekly Wednesday Newsletters starting in September 2022
BWN: Art Critiques and Thumbnails
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 127[GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going OnArt HelpI was trying to post outreach for mudboard...and then I just started giving art feedback to people LOL. Am I just turning into an art teacher.... Someone asked "how do I draw this reference." It was such a bad question but I still took the bait lol: MudboardI built a purpose statement. For the time being: Mudboard's goal is to help illustrators gather and reference visual inspiration without breaking their creative momentum. Also made a roadmap. There's a lot of decisions to be made and it's been pretty overwhelming (especially on just 1 person). It's also in domains that I haven't been tested in yet (so this itself is the test lol) Eh...we'll see. Anyways, I am VERY happy with how the thumbnails turned out. It's so dumb how difficult it is to do.....so I have a deep appreciation for those that create it. Also pretty happy with how the color picker turned out What I've been thinking aboutI’m struggling a lot with self doubt; whether I’m on the “right path” with Mudboard. It’s not that the tasks itself are too difficult. Rather it’s the doubt and fear that all I’m doing is for vain. It’s something I’ve experienced before when I was writing my own comic. I quit halfway in. Yet immediately after that I did a longer comic for someone else. So obviously the difficulty of the work itself wasn’t the issue. I think when you try and work for someone else, even when you fail, it’s not on you. You’re not really invested. You get some money and have good stuff to say in your portfolio then move on It’s not really you. But when "I made this because I felt like it should exist". Then its honestly and purity is also it’s weakness. Any criticism is no longer aimed at a dummy “over there”. So there’s nothing to hide behind. Any risk that you accrue is now solely on you. So the question is simply: Is what I have to say or create worth the pain of real failure? And I don't know the answer to that. But I also don't have any other options than to move forward Thank you!Next Newsletter on July 9th! Shop | Previous posts | Main website |
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I'm an independent illustrator and artist. Here is the archive of my Weekly Wednesday Newsletters starting in September 2022
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 135 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Some Drawings Coding Here's the website: https://www.readquail.com/ click on this! Made a business card. I guess you can call me.... (the title/role doesn't mean anything) What I've been thinking about I feel good about this direction I'm going in, but unfortunately it appears that it is a life of poverty and hard work for another few years ooffff I'm supposed to be engraving some wood blocks with designs....but I...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 134 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Random Drawings Drew some icons for a friend's website Mudboard Surprisingly, I still have regular users, and one of them asked for a better text editor. So I threw that together It made me very happy to do this actually. Glad it's still helpful for people. Coming back to this codebase after a month or so, I'm pleasantly surprised how complex this app is but also how fun it is to use. Good job past Andrw Quail Ok so...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 133 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Drew some dude holding an orange Quail We pushed out a version and got people trying it. Things are moving way faster than I had in the past, which is very nice (I really didn't know what I was doing earlier), but also kind of scary....like people are paying for what I built? That's a lot of pressure.... It's very nice to be working with someone else though. Old Stuff What I've been thinking about Thinking a lot about...