Weekly Wednesday Newsletter no. 102

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It's been 2 years since I started doing this art thing (Sep 23, 2022) so here are some thoughts:

Review

This year has been mostly Comics and Board Games (5ish board games and 3 comics), which I'm pretty happy about! They were 2 fields that I wanted to get into. Here's some of it (as much as I should/can/wanna show):

I really enjoyed working with Brett on Agents Without a Clue earlier this year. I learned so much about working with someone on a longer project, and the game is gonna be very fun:

The ongoing Pooh-Thulu game launching on Kickstarter next week. I got way better with the lasso tool:

Idk if I ever shared this, but here's a project that's on hold:

A fun little ANIME fan project that I turned into prints to sell at Emerald City Comic Con:

Worked on Archsage a lot with Ben, and am starting to feel like I'm getting the hang of basic framing and spacing. I need to get better at making expressions and poses more dynamic tho

But also did like 50 pages of this personal comic that we shan't speak of (because I cringe when I read it). Writing a story is something I need to work on...but I still learned a lot about drawing comics.

Did that inktober thing too (that we also shouldn't read), but I'm really happy that I completed this project. Finishing a comic really gave me confidence that I'm able to do it

I also did some random stuff on the side (remember the hot dudes? lol yikes). My favorite being this lil robot commission:

Random assortment of drawings I did for fun:

And I got to run my first marathon and hike the PCT too loll. Good times haha

So...

I think overall I'm pretty happy with how this year went. I def haven't "made it" yet (says bank account. made about 8k this year). And although I did spend a massive amount of time creating content, I haven't yet learned how to leverage that to make money.

Still, I feel like I've grown a lot. In particular, I think my line art has become more refined and my color choices have gotten better (maybe?). And it's not like nothing happened at all. I need patience to let things take place. I've found that a large part of this is just making connections, putting out work and letting things cook.

I'm considering getting a part time job. I actually did get a job for a shipping center down the street, but after the orientation I decided not to take the job. Maybe I'm arrogant or dumb not to take it, but felt like it was not a good use of my time, since it doesn't directly help me grow skills toward this art thing. Not sure what to do!

Goals

I really need to get better. In particular, I want to get better at rendering without line art, so I gotta level up my painting skills.

I'm excited for a few launches happening later this year! I needa learn how to launch a product haha

I should probably network or cold call a bit more. Especially with Christians (to get work tho silly). Woohoo!

Thank you!

Also, the last "year in review" was #50, so that means I didn't skip any weeks this year? lolll that's kind of crazy. Thanks so much for following along! I really appreciate your support. Special thanks to my mom and weird sister for helping me keep this newsletter up on the hike

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