August Updates (Patreon)

WOW. Wow. Friends. How even?! 😱

August discount codes for CMYK Chums, Prism Pals, and Spectral Stars will be sent out shortly so check your inboxes for those!

And now for some rambling updates! But for those of you who just want some arts, here's an old-ish watercolour piece I finished a while ago! Blather after the image.

I'm still a little bit unsure about my regular stream schedule, but reminder that this Friday, 5th August 8PM BST (3PM EDT / 12PM PDT), I'll be starting up again! 🎊😱 No idea how it's gonna go but I get a nagging suspicion that my computer may just decide to go poof because it's been already struggling... But we'll see I guess?! What's a stream without technical difficulties hah.

I thought I was in a bit of a weird place at the beginning of July when I realized that it had been a whole year since I quit my job (!) but I feel like it's only just starting to sink in. One of the things that my psychiatrist had mentioned was that I might have some underlying stress to return to a "real" job which may have been one contributing factor to my discombobulation the past few months, and it kind of took me by surprise... While I don't want to go back to that line of work just yet, most unfortunately society dictates that life costs money. 😢 I actually even went to a conference back in June, and even though I told myself it was more for the social and tradition aspect (pre-pandemic I attended this conference every year and it's one of my favourites), I still felt that little bit of a tug...

So I've been looking into freelancing options in tech so I can supplement my income and y'know, do annoying things like pay rent and bills, but I'm being extremely selective about how much time I will be spending in that work so as not to cut too much into creating art. That said, I may end up having just a little less time in the coming months, but of course I will keep you posted.

As for other art stuff, I am still not sure what I'm going to be doing about merch but I have been thinking a lot more about making a sketch zine, but that's up to you! Do you want more/fewer T-shirts, stickers, prints, and more of something else entirely? Also was thinking of posting some more of my writings and text posts, including mini-reviews of books I've been reading (there's quite a few of those...). What do y'all think? I'd love to hear what you'd like to see more of. 💖

Oh, and if you haven't already and would like a doodle request for this week, drop me a DM or a comment in the Requests post!