New Place, New Start

 
So, I moved up to Missouri a few months ago, and spent most of my time adjusting. Still not fully settled in because we're on the hunt for a house to rent, but mostly things are going as smoothly as possible. I also kinda wanted to say a couple of things before I probably disappear cause I'm too anti-social to even be on websites for more than 3 days. I'll try to be more consistent sometime, but I can't fully guarantee that since I go to college and trying to focus on losing weight for my own selfish reasons.
But enough of that, I'm gonna get back to main topic- if there is any really. 

So, recently I have been practicing with watercolors again and learning more about them ( barely ) in watercolor class. Teacher really kinda throws us to the wind about it and he's a little too all over the place for me but he's not failing me cause he hates my work so that's fine. So digital art won't be too common on here for a bit, unless I got a commission for that. Also, I really have a bone to pick with good art supplies being so fucking expensive, or you buy some high-grade watercolors but the tubes are too fucking small to last you long enough. Maybe it's just me being inexperienced, but I fucking hate how decent supplies cost so damn much and you get so little unless you get an insane amount of money to get more of those supplies. 

Another thing that makes me so fucking annoyed with being around artists irl, is the modern artists that believe minimal effort and insane levels of symbolism is art. Like you have to have symbolism in EVERYTHING. Back in Louisiana at the University I went to, a lot of the art teachers there focused on that, and it drove me insane. I can respect it, I really can, cause I can see how some of it works and I loved doing some of that in my 2D graphic design class. It can be pretty and have some meaning to it without being obnoxious. But when you literally just sit there all high and mighty thinking everything has to look like it took 2 minutes to make and want to sell it for thousands of dollars? No thanks. Making your students fail cause they can't afford the fucking supplies you want them to have to fit your standards in the project despite them following the rules to a T in everything else and it took them days to finish is the fucking worst. Of course I sound bitter about it cause it happened to me. I couldn't afford the supplies demanded on me to get nor could I have used them outside of the studio due to my location, so I had to spend days without sleep working on my finals project to still fit the requirements and in the end my work got a D since it was too detailed and I didn't have the supplies ( like drills, door hinges, screws, etc.  I was in a Workshop learning how to make art with wood and metals ) to make it look fancier. The problem being was that he didn't like all the detailing I put into it, the symbolism was too simple, and I didn't have a drill at home or screws to making the boxes swing??? Idk man. He even told me to stop being an artist. Almost every art teacher and even advisors told me to give up my passion cause I either didn't fully agree to their ideology, or cause of my balancing of education and my granddad who constantly called me to his bedside or to the hospital made me miss classes and inevitably drop the course. I understood why one of my advisors told me to stop focusing on art, it was cause he knew I didn't have the time to focus on the studio classes while I was focused on my granddad, and wanted me to just get a basic degree. The others flat out told me I wasn't a real artist. Maybe they're right, but I'm too stubborn to believe it, especially when I get like one positive remark on my works. 

I also went to a general on 4chan for a bit, but I got busy with other things and went away for a long time. I still have requests from there to finish. I plan to post them here once I'm done though. I really like 4chan sometimes, it's actually p nice. Crazy, but nice. I got to talk with other artists there and they were really chill and nice. Plus I got some critiques which made me really happy to get. 

I plan to update my prices on commissions once my winter sales kick in, if I have them. I hope to really. But until then, prices are going to be relatively the same. 

Also, I know I haven't chatted with a lot of folks recently, and I am sorry. I'm just not one to talk with people a lot. I've been kind of focused in my own little world and real life. It's not cause I hate any of you. I understand if you have felt that way or are annoyed since I don't talk or reply often. I'll try to keep myself in contact more instead of kinda hiding away. I know I need to if I want to get some publicity to my works as well as expand my horizon and friends. 

I also have my boyfriend helping keep myself more grounded, since sometimes I get bubbleheaded or over confident and try too hard to do too much in a go then break down, or sell myself short in desperation for money. We plan to work together to make comics and for me to be his illustrator for his writings. He's wonderful in his works and on management. Whenever he shares his works, I'll try to promote them sometime. 

Oh! One more thing, I am going to make a Tumblr account totally dedicated to my artwork ( so I don't annoy people with my political stance on things with my main one, my bad guys I got carried away ) and make an Instagram for my work too ( pretty sure I made one then sorta left it without any content... Gonna need to check ). I won't touch Twitter for now... But I may in the future. If there are other sites I should know about that are for sharing artwork, I'd love to hear about them. No I won't go back to FurAffinity. I see how the mods are there and I don't like it. 
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Commissions: Closed! Commission Slots Taken
Requests: Closed
Art Trade/Collab: Open