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ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: looking back on 1 FULL YEAR of mail rewards! ๐ ๐ณ๐ซถ
🕑 Added 2024-12-18 20:07:32 +0000 UTCใฝ(o๏ผพโฝ๏ผพo)ใ GUYSSSSSS!! WE DID IT! 1 FULL OF YEAR OF PATREON REWARDS COMPLETED omg! ๐ /shakes various noisemakers like I'm spinning plates all while hoopin' n hollerin'/ I want to take a moment to share what all this motions to the surrounding space has meant to me.
๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐พ: ๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ ๐๐ฟ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐พ๐๐บ๐๐ฝ๐, ๐๐'๐ ๐บ "๐๐บ๐๐ป๐พ". ๐จ ๐ฝ๐๐'๐ ๐พ๐๐พ๐ ๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐บ๐๐๐พ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐บ๐๐ฝ๐, ๐ป๐๐ ๐จ ๐ฝ๐ ๐บ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐ฝ๐พ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐บ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐บ๐๐พ ๐จ ๐๐พ๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐พ๐๐ฝ ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐พ๐๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐พ ๐ฝ๐บ๐๐บ๐๐พ๐ฝ ๐๐บ๐๐ . ๐จ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฝ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐พ ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐บ๐ ๐ ๐พ๐บ๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐ผ๐๐๐พ๐ ๐บ๐๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐พ๐. ๐๐, ๐๐'๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ป๐ ๐พ ๐๐๐บ๐ ๐๐ ๐บ ๐๐พ๐บ๐ ๐จ'๐ ๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐ ๐พ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐พ๐ ๐๐บ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐พ ๐จ'๐๐พ ๐ฝ๐๐๐พ ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ (๐๐บ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐พ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฝ๐๐ป๐).
โ looking back on the art I made this year for patreon fills me with a lot of gratitude and satisfaction. life in its multitudes can't ever be succinct, but for the sake of brevity, before returning to patreon I felt incredibly lost with my art and felt largely unmoored both in life and with creative pursuits. I suppose they're just mirrors for each other at the end of the day. I had a lot of apprehension and doubts about coming back to patreon, wanting to do a good job and fearing that I couldn't follow through. to my pleasant surprise, I was met with kindness and support in the form of you guys and found I felt fueled to rise to the occasion to meet you where you were at. whatever energy it is that we have here feels good and I'm grateful. turns out you often find answers in the doing.
I'm very excited for the new year and want to keep doing my best to make things to share with you. I really feel like I've been able to push myself creatively with these rewards and continue to learn so much in the process of making them. I feel myself becoming more familiar with the essence of how I want to express myself and it's an exciting unearthing, like finding what was always buried there beneath time. it's an incredibly humbling experience that repeatedly shows me how little I know and how much there will always be for me to explore. you know what they say about art imitating life.
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๐ค๐ , ๐ฃ๐ค๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ฉ! :'๐ฟ here's an overview of all the rewards from this year:
I really said landscape layouts and the color blue. boy, do I love my blues...what can I say, my brain feels like it's being gently washed and cradled when it sees blues. ๐๐ฉต๐๏ธ๐ฟ๐งผ despite the postcard size, I really got to dive into my love for detail and learned that I have an inclination to draw swirls (*junji ito has entered the chat*) and flowing shapes. I've found myself leaning into those interests rather than trying to suppress them and making art that feels like I'm trying to be somebody else.
now for favorites! my fav postcard is either June or November. June's just makes me really happy every time I see it, because it feels so quintessential to my younger self and what she found cool and interesting about art. deviantart and forum-posting realness. November feels special to me, because I can glean a narrative just by looking at it. a lot of my art can feel like pretty for pretty's sake, which I enjoy very much, but I'd like to explore story more in the coming year.
my favorite stickers are April and September. for whatever reason, April's art slays unbelievably hard, like...she was cooking. the actual sticker is really cool, too with the holo details and border. and I like September's, because I love sticker sheets and had a lot of fun designing an oc and exploring her lore a bit.
โญ what were your favorites from this year? I'd be really curious to know! thank you so much for your support in 2024, I feel really happy to have been able to create these pieces and continue making art with your help. showing up here inspires me to keep learning, experimenting, and trying my best. truly grateful beyond words for this opportunity!
(๏พยดใฎ`)๏พ*: ๏ฝฅ๏พ sending you lotsa love this holiday season,
โฆ vicki
Comments
Vicki Tsai
aww happy new year arina! ๐ซถ๐ thank you so much for sharing this with me, i'm seriously so moved by what you've been able to take away from what i make! everything that you mentioned from the trying, the doing, the letting go of perfectionism is something i am always in conversation with and reminding myself of. so, to know that it has encouraged you as well is absolutely beyond and i'm so deeply humbled that i could affect you positively, at all really. i often find that the parts of me that act from shame are inherited and don't actually speak to my interests or what brings me to life, to joy, to gratitude. life is just one big journey through ups and downs, making mistakes and learning, trying and doing. releasing shame/perfectionism frees us to do what we actually care about. so we release it, again and again and again. <3
arina
just saw this wrap up now, and i wanted to say happy new year!! i'm so incredibly glad i joined your patreon. you've always been such an inspiration to me. not only because of your beautiful art, but also your exquisite words. everytime i read your posts, and you speak about your journey, your creativity or something from your daily life, i feel it deeply resonating within me, and it always makes me smile. i'm at the same space as you were before you returned to patreon โ a little bit lost, unmoored in the vessel of life. i feel quite insecure about my art, because it never matches the vision in my head or the artists that i look up to. but maybe it doesn't have to be. reading your thoughts about your own art has allowed me to feel okay with the imperfection and find joy in the creation. and you're so right that often we find answers in the doing. seeing your posts always invigorates me to just go *do*. so, after this comment, i am going to do just that :) i'm sure i won't be the only one who feels incredibly grateful that you chose to start patreon again so you could share more sides of yourself with us (with the world). thank you for everything that you do. it really is an honour that we exist in this timeline where we are able to connect with each other. i hope your holidays and your 2025 are wonderful and are filled with magic! โจ๐ side note: my fav postcards are december or september, something speaks to me about sleeping/resting in the stars. my fav stickers are the october or april one :>
Vicki Tsai
aww andhy! xD <33
Andhy ThyNameIsAsym
Itโs just too difficult to choose which one is my favorite, so Iโm choosing all of them as my favorites.๐๐๐
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this is where they raised me
Violet Lunari
Iโm so so excited about joining this Patreon!! I joined for December and Iโm really looking forward to seeing what each month brings with your amazing art!
Helena McCoy
My favourites so far have been the September postcard and the February sticker but it looks like December might be taking top spot once it arrives! I was soooo happy you decided to restart your Patron and I am so glad to hear that it's brought you joy, since it's brought me so much. I really look forward to getting your mail every month - seeing that envelope has come through the letter box always makes me smile. I've been a fan of yours for years now and it's been such a delight to watch you grow as an artist, trying new things and taking risks without losing what makes your work yours. Have a wonderful festive season Vicki and everyone else on this page, and let it be a happy and fulfilling new year ahead ๐ฉท๐ฉท
RV25
gotta agree with you on loving the blues! the few postcards that i got were all blue-themed. personally, when i think of which artist i currently follow does blues and pinks and purples the best, you're at the top! very comfort zone, very home, and i think a bit of that doesn't hurt in these times. i really enjoyed seeing you trend towards warmer and darker colors though--that's why i just had to get the oct sticker hehe.
Alyx McKeown
I'm so excited to get the last two! And grateful to get monthly packages with your art again โก congratulations!
Krees
Glad the patreon brought you joy as well! Favourite month for me had to be November, but Miku month is a close second (followed very closely by every other month :D)
StarlessCas
1 year congrats!! Iโm so happy I got to be here for all of it ๐ฅฐ I wasnโt following you back when I believe you did patreon before but Iโm so happy to be apart of it this time. I can never say it enough you are genuinely my favorite artist ๐ฅน Iโm so glad overwatch commissioned you all those years ago! My favorites from the year postcard wise would probably be Jan, Aug, Sep, and Nov with Aug probably being my top? Itโs so hard to pick! Iโm such a slvt for celestial themes Sticker wise August hands down ๐ซฃ Iโm sorry to Jan and Nov because they are SO SO cute but I would buy 7 more copies of the August sticker if I could ๐ซข I am really excited for November and December stickers because they are so good! Iโm excited to see what else you create next year ๐ฅฐ Iโll be on the hoping for another calendar train ๐คฃ๐๐คก (Iโm selfish I know Iโm sorry!) you are so incredibly talented and just seem like such a sweet and amazing human! I hope overall your year was a great one and I hope your 2025 will be the best year yet! ๐ฉต Happy Holidays!!
David Jimenez
The self portrait of yourself goes hard
