I Only Have Enough Clay To Finish Sans.

I forgot, I tried making a gemsona at some point in time, might make more, idk. The design is actually based off of a little piece I have (about the size of a grain of rice) it also looks like a winged gun to me so I drew it as so. :D This is how I felt they would look I guess?

Never blame your fans

I know many of you artists - whether you draw, write, or compose - are frustrated that your original work, especially your dream projects, aren’t getting the responses you were hoping for.

I feel the same way.

But some of you express your frustrations completely destructively and blame the world for not giving you the spotlight.

When you do that, you’re blaming your problems for existing rather than adjusting and compromising to solve them. You’re making excuses for your mistakes. You’re demanding the world to change but you are not willing to change with it.

This is the perfect mindset to NEVER succeed in anything, ever.

You need to accept some basic truths of art before you can go any further:

Your art should teach you as much as or more than it teaches others: If you claim your art opens horizons and widens minds, yours should be the first priority. You cannot speak without listening. You are not a righteous prophet enlightening the heathens with the true word. You are one humble person and your art is one humble person’s story.

There are no new stories, but there are always new storytellers. That amazing idea you have that nobody’s ever thought of before? Someone has. But nobody has told the story your way, or drawn the character your way, or sung the song your way. Art is not about being new. It is about being you.

Popular art is all about the beholder. All these shows and games with so much fan art? They got to that level because they command a personal investment from and serve the viewer - they have worlds their fans want to be part of, and your canon will be swept aside along the way. You the artist are not a god or a wise sage. You are a guide and a footman. To be an artist is to be humanity’s servant, not its lord - and there’s no shame in that.

Most of your fans are not artists or art critics. While there will be a good number of them in your fanbase, the vast majority are not going to be super-open-minded creative thinkers who value every single opinion, outlook, and story just because it’s done technically well. They will be ordinary people with ordinary, selfish interests, and they will care about your content more than your talent. You have to balance what you want to draw with what everyone wants to see.

But the most important part of being an artist or really a person at all is to understand this:

Nobody owes you success.

Nobody is under any obligation to pay anything you produce a second glance or support or promote it in any way.

Nobody is spiting or robbing you by not giving you a like or a reblog or a follow.

Every single gesture of appreciation you receive from someone is a courtesy - a gift that you earn, not a right you’re entitled to.

It is not the job of your audience to love your work. It is your job to make it lovable. And just because you are working really hard does not mean you are working in the right direction.

I know that thousands upon thousands of artists put hours or months or years into a project and feel like they get nothing in return. Sometimes it is not how hard you’re working but what you’re working for that is the problem. 

Sometimes you need to slow down and think, “Do I have to have this just so? What would the kind of person interested in my work be looking for, and where can I address it? Am I maybe taking myself and my work a little too seriously?” 

And a lot of artists don’t realize that as an amateur, you are the sole proprietor - you are your art. Whether people like you determines whether they like your art.

And that’s why when you blame everybody else and post ungrateful, catty garbage like this:

… you don’t subsequently become the next Toby Fox.

The simple fact is that people will pay you attention if they think your offering + your hassle are worth their attention.

You need to create a world that someone other than you will have fun in and you need to be a good host to everyone who visits. 

You need a world that will welcome your fans with open arms.

You need to build a world people can live & play in.

And you and your world need to appreciate your fans just for showing up.

Because this is exactly what the big fish do.

because they spread your work around to more people without shanking you on credit and who gets the likes

because they make your work show up sooner & more often on searches and are simply a nice gesture

because they take time out and pay good money to listen to your story and make you from a pauper into a prince

because if you appreciate no one, no one will appreciate you, nor should they

PLEASE HELP ME, Im about to be homeless within a few days.

We were not able to pay rent as well as struggling with food,utilities, etc.

Not only that the landlord wants to take us to court.

I have been trying to hard to get work, commissions, etc. With no luck, now that time has come and I am going to lose everything.

We were already struggling with saving money for a place to live because our lease was up at the end of this month.

We had to not pay rent to pay car insurance, save for next place and food.

It is horrible we are gonna lose our cats too and I dont want them killed.

I am doing commissions, taking donations (my email is krystami.neochondria@gmail.com) i will do ANYTHING commissions wise I just need money so badly..i dont care the amount really as long as I can get money fast i would do invoice but invoices stay in limbo until I can afford to pay off debt to get an official bank or credit card. So payment would have to be gifted.

I dont know what to do anymore please help me. Sculpture eise they are all for sale but you have to give me the shipping to pay (it is better just all then one) The only ones I have left are the lapis plaque, amethyst, pearl and garnet, I have others in progress and am willing to do commissions for sculpts too

found A cord....but yeah, gone two weeks and no one respects any of my personal belongings at all....

Difference between Tumblr and Facebook: Tumblr: I can vent, talk about my problems, etc. And people are supportive and understand and respect the fact I have problems. That if I say I wanna talk to people but when someone messages me I get to anxious to reply... People don't scold me for it. Facebook: I could be saying anything, maybe things exactly the same here or even more mild and the only time people message me is to say "maybe if you believed more in god and stopped wanting to be depressed you wouldn't be so miserable" or "stop woe is meing all the time" or "I messages you so stop writing bs of how no one tries to talk to you" there is such thing as I don't get notified AND anxiety when I finally see the message...at that when it is something blaming me for my problems I don't feel inclined to reply either.... It's sad....

Finally uploading something after a million years. —– Another lapis Lazuli c: This was a commission. She is rather tiny compared to the others so far. (Four inches including base) I wanted do make the Chille Tid version of her. c: —– (I made this awhile ago but wanted to wait until this was in the owners hands but they gave me permission to post before that. 8D) ~Reblog if possible, it means a lot.~

Third entry for Minxs Cintiq contest. this time Throne of Lies, I tried looking into the game the best I could and I got this sorta feel from it, I couldn’t find out more but cant wait to see it. I really enjoyed making this one the most out of all the ones I managed to finish. ouo

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You should check out the Markiplier fandom friend! We would all welcome you and there are some very kind people who would be willing to signal boost about your situation and hey maybe someone with spare money could help? You never know.

I’ve been wanting to, my husband told me awhile back to draw him as well. (Need to get out of my comfort zone~~~) I’ve heard the community is rather kind, I’ve just always thought it was really big and I’d maybe be lost in everything, haha. Maybe, that is true, I’ll never know unless I try. :o

I can finally start sculpting again, I think, I still need materials but I can do what I was working on before. Secondly, I wanna make a super special *something* I'm not sure yet, I just want it to be a scene, detailed, etc. But I'm not at the point I want to, it would take lots of planning, materials and tools. (As in I want to make it once I can afford an airbrush, molding kit, etc.) I might want advice on a good design, like I have an idea but no picture.

Up close shots of the picture I posted before. c: I can't link HQ versions because links don't let my post show up in any tags.