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Summary of 2021 and results of the year!
Hi guys!
First of all, I need to say that I really appreciate your support and wish to sponsor me on my art trip!
So this year was... strange. And interesting. And mourning too. In the end of July my grandmother passed away because of Covid, and I want to memorize her here even if we weren't too close to each other.
But I'm glad I was able to handle it! And now when the sad part of text is done, let's get to the art!
So. In most half of the year I was... Well, not very organized, ahah
I could draw the work for literally a few months, which was giving me very anxious feelings, because, well, my customer is awaiting their commission and I can't give it to them, because I'm either nervous or afraid of amount of work I need to done, ahaha.
This april work, for example. I love it! But my gods, how many month I was kept this picture without progress, even don't want to remember.
Almost every commission was an EVENT. Almost every time I was in need to assemble myself and start to work, but in process I was inspired and ready to work without the rest because I was entering the "working_hard" mode. It's productive technique but when you rise your eyes off the screen and stand up for, I don't know, the cup of tea, then you realise, that you're tired. No, not just like this - you're TIRED.
And I understood that it's impossible to continue working till exhaustion, but haven't understand, what I need to change to fix it.
And in September of this year, I made an investment in iPad. And my gods, you wouldn't believe how much it helped me to change my state of mind and helped me in my productivity!
Before an iPad I was using big screen tablet - very good product, it is very nice tool and I still love it! But Photoshop... ugh. Well, I think we all know that PS sucks sometimes, ahah, especially on not very strong PCs and laptops. My laptop is ok, it's only three years old and good for gaming, but already have some problems with it's hard drive which practically eliminates the possibility of working with PS and all this "productive" types of programs.
The Photoshop was freezing, sometimes I had to sit and wait for my line, which I drew half a minute ago, to appear, so work was a challenge and it was exhausting too.
And since September, I haven't opened PS for drawing even once. Only added few effects on one picture, because by that time I still wasn't very used to Procreate and I needed this extra familiar interface and predictive workflow. But since then - not even once, ahaha
It says a lot! And I'm really glad that I made it. I can't say if it make my style better or worse, will I be able to really make pictures that I have in my head, but I know that in the end of this year I was more productive than in entire year. I even feels myself like back in 2016 when the total number of works on paper and in digital was more than 400, ahah.
Well, this year can't boast the same success, I only have 41 pictures, but almost all of this pictures are commissions! Only 6 works for myself this year are finished, but I'm not sad because f that. Now I have very useful and comfortable tool in my hands and I don't need to deal with ton of cables and big junky PS, ha!
I love drawing, I love the process and won't change it on any other skill. I love working with other characters and listen about others' worlds and settings. The infinite field of other people fantasies is magnificent for me and I get so much of inspiration out of it, so I don't even want to know, who would I be without the love to drawing and recognizing new people, hah
So, well, summing up - it was an interesting year. I have very good sum of commissions and I hope I will only increase it - in good meaning! - and will improve quality of my works and amount of my Patrons and personal works will rise too, ahaha
So I wish you the good end of the year and hope the next year will be only better for all of us!
Thank you for being with me!
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