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5 months ago
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Nothing too serious here, more just letting folks know what's up (and doing some plugging, I'd hate to have you just read ahead and be slam-dunked with that but just what I gotta do as a self-employed artist) ✌️
Life is just busy for me, I've been working hard on getting my main project off the ground and really getting more into traditional art again. It's been really refreshing and exciting for me and has helped me learn a lot of things I would've struggled to learn in digital, so I really want to keep it up while still doing digital art for the things it's best at (like my main project and reference sheets).
I'm not at a point where I'm ready to show the full fruit of work on my main project yet, but I can tell you that I've drawn up a lot of rough comic pages during any free time I can get, I plan to dedicate a day to scanning them (yep they're on paper, the traditional art bug is that bad, but also it's faster than digital) rather than slowing down the progress having to scan each one I finish. I intend to keep it up and make finished pages to post until I have a good amount of backlog, aside from this next week or so.
Between working on my project and commissions, I've definitely worn myself out and need a solid break (how long I was taking to get comms done was definitely a sign of that). Now that my commission slate is clean, I can afford to close a little while. This'll help refresh my brain a bit, plus Pokemon Legends ZA is coming out tomorrow so I wanna sit down to play it freely (no spoilers pls), and depending on how much of a break I need playing some other vidgames would be pretty cool too. Games and shows are often my biggest sources of inspiration and new ideas, so I definitely need to refill the old creative well a bit.
That said there's still expenses that don't recognise my need for a break and that I have to deal with semi-regularly like my weekly driving lessons, my monthly vet appointments for my cat to keep her topped up with arthritis injections she needs and as of recently booking my driving test which is also an expense. Fingers crossed I do pass my driving test so it's one less expense (aside from the much bigger one of affording a car) 🤞💦
I'm perpetually open for quick MS Paint doodles over Ko-Fi which are only (approximately) $10 (actually £8 in my currency), I know these days everyone's wallets are tighter with how expensive just living is getting, so tossing a small tip my way is fine too. https://ko-fi.com/kittercyat
Also got a Patreon, the shape it's taken as I get used to keeping it up to date is kind of an art blog where I talk a lot more about my processes and things I'm getting up to with it, show off WIPs, talk a little more about my main project and provide full res art, that sort of thing. I have more plans of things I'd like to start doing with it, but they'll become an option after my main project is off the ground, but if that all sounds good to you take a little look over there. https://www.patreon.com/c/Cyat
While I'm closed for commissions for now, I'm also planning to expand offerings to traditional art commissions. These will be more expensive than my digital art options because of the cost of materials but after a lot of mulling over prices and how to set things up I've at least worked that out now, I just need to set up some samples so folks will have a better idea of what they're getting. Unsure about physically posting commissions to clients yet, if I do it'd likely be restricted to just UK clients (because I live in Northern Ireland) until I figure out how to deal with international postage costs (especially to the US of A).
Honestly just being here appreciating my work means a lot too, this isn't my first time building an online presence, but I appreciate everyone here and across the other spaces I've been posting who've been supporting what I do from just looking at my art to supporting me monthly + everything in between, so thank you kindly for that.
You made it to the end of the journal (or you skimmed to it, no judgement here), have a cookie 🍪
- Cyat
Life is just busy for me, I've been working hard on getting my main project off the ground and really getting more into traditional art again. It's been really refreshing and exciting for me and has helped me learn a lot of things I would've struggled to learn in digital, so I really want to keep it up while still doing digital art for the things it's best at (like my main project and reference sheets).
I'm not at a point where I'm ready to show the full fruit of work on my main project yet, but I can tell you that I've drawn up a lot of rough comic pages during any free time I can get, I plan to dedicate a day to scanning them (yep they're on paper, the traditional art bug is that bad, but also it's faster than digital) rather than slowing down the progress having to scan each one I finish. I intend to keep it up and make finished pages to post until I have a good amount of backlog, aside from this next week or so.
Between working on my project and commissions, I've definitely worn myself out and need a solid break (how long I was taking to get comms done was definitely a sign of that). Now that my commission slate is clean, I can afford to close a little while. This'll help refresh my brain a bit, plus Pokemon Legends ZA is coming out tomorrow so I wanna sit down to play it freely (no spoilers pls), and depending on how much of a break I need playing some other vidgames would be pretty cool too. Games and shows are often my biggest sources of inspiration and new ideas, so I definitely need to refill the old creative well a bit.
That said there's still expenses that don't recognise my need for a break and that I have to deal with semi-regularly like my weekly driving lessons, my monthly vet appointments for my cat to keep her topped up with arthritis injections she needs and as of recently booking my driving test which is also an expense. Fingers crossed I do pass my driving test so it's one less expense (aside from the much bigger one of affording a car) 🤞💦
I'm perpetually open for quick MS Paint doodles over Ko-Fi which are only (approximately) $10 (actually £8 in my currency), I know these days everyone's wallets are tighter with how expensive just living is getting, so tossing a small tip my way is fine too. https://ko-fi.com/kittercyat
Also got a Patreon, the shape it's taken as I get used to keeping it up to date is kind of an art blog where I talk a lot more about my processes and things I'm getting up to with it, show off WIPs, talk a little more about my main project and provide full res art, that sort of thing. I have more plans of things I'd like to start doing with it, but they'll become an option after my main project is off the ground, but if that all sounds good to you take a little look over there. https://www.patreon.com/c/Cyat
While I'm closed for commissions for now, I'm also planning to expand offerings to traditional art commissions. These will be more expensive than my digital art options because of the cost of materials but after a lot of mulling over prices and how to set things up I've at least worked that out now, I just need to set up some samples so folks will have a better idea of what they're getting. Unsure about physically posting commissions to clients yet, if I do it'd likely be restricted to just UK clients (because I live in Northern Ireland) until I figure out how to deal with international postage costs (especially to the US of A).
Honestly just being here appreciating my work means a lot too, this isn't my first time building an online presence, but I appreciate everyone here and across the other spaces I've been posting who've been supporting what I do from just looking at my art to supporting me monthly + everything in between, so thank you kindly for that.
You made it to the end of the journal (or you skimmed to it, no judgement here), have a cookie 🍪
- Cyat
