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About what's been going on with my Patreon/Art
🕑 Added 2023-07-31 21:03:47 +0000 UTCTL/DR: Sorry for lack of art. I get too many migraines that interrupt my work. I'm accepting they happen and will try a Daily Art Upload schedule to cope with it. Art quality will take a hit but should improve over time. Also posting Tiki in a few hours.
Sorry I didn't hit that goal of having July be my biggest month yet. I had a lot of ideas planned and they fell through. What July ended up being is "Ciderwrath gets their shit together."
I get frequent migraines. Before a migraine happens, I get stuck in a phase where I can't focus and have zero attention span For this month, I've been in this pre-migraine phase longer than no migraine. I'm actively trying to change my lifestyle to prevent them from happening such as setting up a healthier living environment, getting a full nights rest, going out and exercising, and eating properly, but progress is slow.
So instead of trying to just hope they never happen, I've come to realize it's better to accept them and plan life around them instead. They'll go away someday (hopefully), but until then, I've decided I need to restructure my life a bit.
I'm a sprinter, not a marathon runner. I have the energy to sit and work on a painting in a few sittings, but if a migraine happens at any point, it's real difficult to get back on track.
The WIP's I previously posted are the start of this mentality. They were done with speed painting technique to not waste any time and get a good rough as quickly as possible. If I can get something done before a migraine happens, great.
If you follow me on twitter, the daily sketches I've been posting are done the same way. They were done initially to get me out of my migraine rut, but now they're turning second nature. They're also simple enough that I can work on them even with a migraine going on.
After giving it some thought, I've decided that daily artworks will be the best way to move forward. They're just portraits for now, but I'll be moving into R18 stuff when I believe they're good enough quality.
If I don't feel a migraine coming and am comfortable with it, I can still work on a painting for 1 more day longer while maintaining my daily portrait rule.
I'll also be able to diversify the characters in my art easily. I can have FE Chloe or FE Ymir one day, then switch to DL's Fudo Myo-o or Arknight's Mudrock the next.
I won't lie though, the initial quality of my art will take a hit. My art will improve, but we'll have to wait and see how long it will take to reach higher levels. There are already plenty of artists that get phenomenal artworks out daily; I want to be one of them.
Anyway...this post ended up having too many words for my taste, but I hope I made it clear what's going on and hope you all understand. I'm sorry again I failed to deliver this month, but hopefully you all can see this as my training montage arc and will come out with better art because of it.
I'll be posting Tiki soon, so please look out for that if your sub is ending (or let me know before then).
