If you look back to December, you'll see a goal to have "perhaps fifty-five" Redbubble designs in my shop portfolio by March. Well, more than halfway through March, and I have added (from forty-four) a whopping two designs! Why is this? I assure you it's not a lack of ideas. I have lots of ideas that I want to put into designs. It most certainly isn't a distain for the design process, as I actually find it to be pretty satisfying to line up each "png" on the product format.
You see, there are a couple of reasons I haven't really added to my shop. One reason is time. Semester two has come with a fair amount of homework, even on the weekends, and I find that if I haven't simply forgotten about Redbubble by the time I'm finished homework, I'm too tired to make a design. The other reason is that a lot of my drawings and design ideas lately have centered around Star Wars, which I don't have permission to make designs out of, which is a complete bummer. How can I make time for Redbubble? How can I get back to making designs that are sellable? These are questions I never thought I would be asking myself when I started selling on Redbubble nearly nine months ago. At the time I wasn't doing school, and I had plenty of drawings waiting to be uploaded before my account was even made. It was easy, and I didn't think of balancing being a student and an artist. It's certainly a thought now. However, I think this may be giving me insight into what it looks like to be a career artist. I think. Is it difficult raising a family and seeing friends when you need to brainstorm and sketch at home? Is it hard having a boss or client who tells you do to one thing, when your pencil wants to do another? If I go on to a career in art and face these questions, I won't know how to answer them then, if I don't answer the questions I'm facing now. So, how will I fix my Redbubble dilemma? I'll start by beginning a new series, and setting a goal of having at least three designs in the series. I'll sit down on a free weekend or on Spring Break and get a few pieces for this series done in a single day. This one is hard for me, as a bit of a "fangirl," but another goal will be to upload more non-fanart designs. I think it'll make me more proud to make a sale on these designs, and with this pride, give me motivation to add more. Hopefully, the next time I check in with a goal update, I will have gotten back up on my feet for motivation, and maybe have even made a few more sales. Let's surpass that fifty-five!
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AuthorLeah is an eighteen-year-old aspiring Canadian artist who enjoys drawing, painting, and photography. |