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. 126 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On My own website I made my portfolio finally lol. It's not really targeted for work, but the structure resonated with me. It's kind of like a landing page for my life.https://www.andrwyoung.com/ I thought it cute to have all of the "chapters" have their own theme and stuff. So the all the colors and fonts change on click. I spent a good amount of time writing out each of the learnings Mudboard I think the launch went as...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 125 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Back to drawing I've been lowkey avoiding drawing. The context switching is a lot, so I've been putting off a lot of commissions. But I have to say that once I got to it, I'm pretty darn happy with how they turned out! Especially this one This one was nice too. Practicing those lasso tool skills This one was for myself. From a photo of when I climbed a mountain Concaly Idk if I mentioned earlier but I got 1...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 124 [GREETING GOES HERE] wndrlnd Text newsletter this week Reality Check The Facts Still living in my parent's house 25 2 years out of a job Illustration is not making me money Working in sales didn't get me money Ugly What I got going for me Jesus Still alive Can still make things So what are the options? 1. Looking for work If I were to look for work I think an early startup (~3-10 ppl) is the clearest option right now because: I want freedom I want money...