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. 131 [GREETING GOES HERE] I ate watermelon for breakfast yesterday What's Going On Back Rope I wrote this fun article on the story of rope and how rope works (there's a cute poem in there too) I thought it would be fun to write, and I needed a mental break. Anyways, here's some of the drawings: Puzzle Game I'm working with someone and we wanted to build a game, so we built it... I suck at it tho lollllll Ref Searcher Last time I said idk if Mudboard would...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 130 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On Random Drawings study of someone else here here No idea what I was trying to do here: Maybe I'll do some landscapes some day Other stuff I've been trying to talk to more people. That's been nice. What I've been thinking about I'm not sure Mudboard will work out. I don't have many users and the interest is not strong. I'll give it one or two weeks or so more push, but it might not be wise to continue.... That really...
Bi-Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 129 [GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going On I didn't draw anything so I'm just gonna talk about Mudboard Mudboard It's been about 3 months and I think things have evolved. I wrote a lil article about why Mudboard should exist. So remember how I have this grid format with like a "mirror mode." It was cool, but I realized it didn't too anything too unique. random images Next thing I tried, I built a way to reuse the references (the right panel) I think it's...