I'm an independent illustrator and artist. Here is the archive of my Weekly Wednesday Newsletters starting in September 2022
BWN: ConCaly and Gallery
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 123[GREETING GOES HERE] Weow nice! it's 123 What's Going OnConCalyWorked on it some more. It's been about a month now since I started, and it's coming together. Here's where it's hosted: https://www.concaly.app/ I disabled like 90% of it on mobile just because it's really not worth it for me to build it out right now. Last week I said I was around 40% done but now I feel like I kind of overshot. I should have gotten feedback earlier cause I realized I made a mistake and overbuilt in the wrong direction I got distracted with random features and forgot about what would make this app sticky: artist alley apps. That's the PMF, and I already knew that! And I could have shipped the MVP in like 3 weeks if I had just focused on that.... But it was a good lesson. Thankfully I didn't loose too much time I guess, and I learned some skills too. So the priority right now is building out the "allowing submissions from people" stuff. Which is.....actually really boring lol I plan to "launch" May 8th, which just means like making some posts around the webs. Lemme know if you have any suggestions (yea...I know I need photos, but it's not a priority I guess). Drag and Drop WebsiteI was working on updating my art portfolio and then I was like "it'll be cool to drag and drop so I don't have to manually rename each file to organize it," and then after I built that I was like.....wait a minute... Pinterest isn't *yours* and google drive or notion don't really make it look nice and procured. So what about a website where you can curate your own images, organize it and then share it that intentional arrangement with others. It's a moodboard that you own. Does something like this already exist? Maybe. Will it be helpful? Who knows. I'll get to it after May 8th But for now it's kind of fun to drag things around haha. It's hosted here for now: andrwyoung.com What I've been thinking aboutBeen thinking a lot about the concept of betting on myself. I'm struggling a lot with self belief....even though I guess my actions might not show that. It might be time to go back to software engineering. Looks like I'm still able to pick things up quick. Thank you!Next Newsletter is May 14! 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. 128 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Back to drawing for fun. For client: Mudboard Is goin ok. Splitting my time between outreach and building. The feedback has been helpful. (not sure what else to share lol) I wrote a lil thingy talking about why I stopped Concaly. Business Card I wanna make another business card. I think it would be fun Throwing out ideas. On the front maybe ima do like my name with some flowers or something. But I don't wanna be too...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 127 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Art Help I 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: Mudboard I built a purpose statement. For the time being: Mudboard's goal is to help illustrators gather and reference visual inspiration without breaking their...
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...