Fight the Good Fight & Personal Drivel

Original 'client' retracted interest in this design, so I reverted back to unconverted non halftone image and submitted for the DBH 10K contest. Fingers crossed. It would be really awesome if I could win... It would be Amazing actually.

I'll probably have 6 total entries if I can hack it. Two catered to the public. Gimmick tees... Barf. Although cool, gimmick nonetheless...

It would be awesome if I could complete 10 submissions for DBH, at least then, even if I dont win, I can say, it was a valiant effort on my part, and also I would have 10 designs I could recycle elsewhere in the even they don't place.




Drivel

I had been moody lately mainly because I started to feel the annoyance of being an artist. Being an artist to me seems to be much about pleasing the audience. Pandering for attention by catering to the masses. Especially participating in contests, I feel that this is more pronouced, as I can see that, if I were to cater my artwork more towards the trends, I would have a better chance at winning more. But then, the true purpose of the artist, which is self expression and to create, would get watered down, and would it not be just another job?

I try to balance my artwork to cater slightly, but most of the time, I usually just do what I want. Unfortunately, I am not at a level where I kick so much ass, that I will win regardless of my efforts.

Anyways, I dispelled my funk today by doing my budget. It seems I have exceeded my original New Years Resolution of making $24K in freelance and contests. Sure 24K is pretty low, but you set your goals according to the possibilities so you don't set yourself up for failure. That's a phrase I learned in corporate. Set up for success/failure.... I've done fairly well for doing mostly what I want to do for this year, and if this is the only year that this is so, at least I can say, when I was 30-31 years old, I did what I wanted, lived how I wanted, and I was happy... (for the most part)

Next year, I'm going to bump the goal to 42K. Almost double my original starting goal, but I think it's doable.

I have a hope, a wish, that soon, once I have settled into being a well oiled machine with my freelance, contests, and other money making schemes, of having a quaint little house, a little away from the public, with two kittens/cats. A nice office with a nice expensive, comfy chair, two large desks, one to work, and another to draw. A large library of art books, and an small room, much like an atrium, where I'll try to grow easy plants like ivy.

A quiet dignified life toiling at my craft, maybe even then, I may even look to see if I can find a woman with whom I can build a relationship, by which I mean, create more complications in my otherwise simple life. LOL. jokes. jokes.

I would name the kitties Buster and Blue, just like the ones I lived with for a few months at the ranch in Utah. They were swell...