I'm an independent illustrator and artist. Here is the archive of my Weekly Wednesday Newsletters starting in September 2022
WWN: Vegas and Birthday
Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 109[GREETING GOES HERE] What's Going OnJust got back from Vegas last Friday! I didn't really want to go tbh, but I'm sort of glad I did this year Since Ben had that cocktail party again, I came just to catch up with friends and meet more people (also to help set up lol). It was cool that people recognized me, and we continued to develop relationships from last year. During the party, I had surprisingly good and deep conversations. I talked to this middle aged dude for a while, who was telling me how boring my life was. And as a naive little Christian boi that doesn't do anything fun, I can see how enticing a life of partying and sleeping around is, but also could tell how empty and deeply unsatisfying that was, even for him. Listening to his story, I saw the pain and suffering that he had experienced from the selfishness of people, causing him to take that path of quick pleasures and shallow, "this for that" relationships. I think if I were in his shoes, I might have done the same. Some fun conversations too though. Hanging out with drunk people is so funny loll And I didn't know at the time, but I also talked to some famous authors. The next day I attended a panel about revisions, listened to a talk from Kevin Smith where he yapped about himself, then got all you can eat sushi with Ben and friends. The dinner was rather nice, although they kept saying how this was the best sushi they ever had lol. Another reason I came was cause Ben wanted to introduce me to some people for the comic, but that didn't happen. So...uh I guess that's alright. I think all in all, pretty successful trip. Put myself out there, made some friends and got 20 bucks! Random DrawingWhat I've been thinking aboutI'm turning 25 on Saturday, so I wrote down some of my thoughts on success Would love if you could give it a read and let me know what you think! Thank you! "If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love you as its own; but because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you." John 15:18-19 Next Newsletter is next Wednesday! |
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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...