Mastodawn

I wish the thought of selling my artwork didn't make me so profoundly anxious, but it does.

A dear friend inquired about possibly buying a print of something of mine, and while I would 100% make it happen for her... I feel so weird about it and I don't know why.

It's not that I don't want to sell my work, it's just everything to do with the selling feels so daunting when I'm struggling with the making part.

Maybe it means I'm not ready? I don't know. Have any of you worked through this? What helped?

#artistthoughts

Ms. Que Banh Mar 12, 2025

#Art is a hopeful candle, flickering light & warmth, which nurtures our weary souls, to keep our spirits afloat, amidst the growing darkness of fascist fueled global chaos.

#RandomThoughts #ArtistThoughts

CaffeinatedCultist Jul 24, 2024

I'm in the process of tweaking my Do and Don't draw list as it's been a while and I should probably update it. Obviously I am a SFW artist first. However due to popular demand I am considering opening up NSFW but I haven't fully figured out how I want to launch it, yet.

So for now I'll continue to say "anything explicitly showing genitals = NSFW" and I won't draw that. 🛑

Everything else; Fetishes, kinks, suggestive themes, etc. Those should be okay 👌
I recconended that if you're interested in these types of themes, please discuss (DM) it only with my Coordinator @velvet (on Telegram)
As I want absolutely nothing to do with those conversations. That's what I have a coordinator for. 😈

Anyways that's all for now, I'll make a future post when I adjust my rules and such.

#nsfwfurry #rambling #artistthoughts #consent #pondering

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The Nerdy Mel Mar 9, 2024

So you see how I feel like titles fall short, even the ones that push at the notion of a finite resource. There wants to be something that conveys the way these are the last of something, that these are both a way of holding on and letting go of something tremendously precious.

I find myself growing more and more attached to the symbolism of drawing these as loose change and pocket objects- things you drop by surprise, things you do and don't expect to lose.

#ayearforart #artistthoughts

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The Nerdy Mel Mar 9, 2024

When you are going through a big grief, as I have been, you start to ask yourself: If I am not holding on to this or that for this beloved person, then why am I saving it?

These graphite landscapes are made from many pieces of that feeling. The paper they are drawn on is from a VIP gift bag I received as a thank you for helping at an art event. The pencils are a gorgeous tinned set that Mitsubishi doesn't make anymore. Both are some of the nicest I've ever used.
#ayearforart #artistthoughts

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The Nerdy Mel Mar 9, 2024

I haven't titled the series yet, but I've got an idea of the feeling I want to evoke. The whole series is about taking up space when it's very hard to find even enough room to breathe. I am playing with a lot of oxymoronic word combinations: Small Vistas, Limited Expanse, In Finite View

None are quite right yet.

But maybe that is because they only speak of the visual meaning and thus only touch the edge of why I drew them.

#ayearforart #artistthoughts #landscapesketch