Making Changes to YouTube+ Winnie the Pooh
Added 2018-08-06 19:00:23 +0000 UTCHey guys! I'm so sorry for not posting my update yesterday; I kept telling myself I needed to do it, and then I had to leave somewhere and got back crazy late and just crashed. Things are hectic with me! I need to completely create Sunday's video today, since it is a sponsored video that I need to have up for review before publishing it, and I'm leaving on vacation tomorrow at 3 am! Ahhh, way too early in the morning. Even though this vacation has been something that's been planned for months, I have absolutely no luggage packed. I'm kinda freaking out trying to make a good quality video, as well as getting all my clothes and art supplies ready for this hopefully relaxing vacation. I'm going to be posting my next Patreon update either on Wednesday or Thursday next week instead of Sunday, since I don't anticipate good wifi at the resort. If I do have wifi and time on my hands, I'll be sure to check in with you guys!
I've realized recently that I'm made things way too hard on myself with weekly YouTube uploads. I'm constantly stressed and tired, and it's been having adverse effects on my health for this past year, so after lots of thinking, I'm going to switch off that schedule when I get to college. I still plan on uploads, and if I have time, I'll make sporadic videos because I still love the community and platform, but I really do need to consider my 18 credits as well as social life (and mental health) when I get back to college. Therefore, I'm going to be needing to update my $10 Patreon tier to not include real-time videos anymore(unless I do still manage to post at least one timelapse video a month to my YouTube). All thoughts on what to do about that tier are greatly appreciated!
Speaking of tiers, are there any rewards that you would like to see from me that I don't yet offer, or any changes that you think I should make? I'd love to cater to you guys as specifically as possible so your support is worth it to you guys; any suggestions would be appreciated!
Hmm.. this week has been about fixing stressful areas of my life and figuring out what to do to have the best mental health possible. I've made some pretty drastic changes both to my housing and class schedule for this next semester, and I've decided to take a different approach with my art. I realized that because of my Instagram and getting a lot of comments about how I ONLY draw pretty girls, I started to put myself in a box. I didn't think it was okay for me to draw anything else than super cute girls because nothing else really gets too many likes. I started to make art for my YouTube only considering what the thumbnail would look like, and I realized how toxic this is for my own personal growth as an artist. I've realized I love still life studies and drawing landscapes, and I want to do more of that and less of.. like or view friendly drawings, so that's another big change I'm going to be making to my artwork. This vacation, I'm planning on lots of fun relaxing studies, as well as plein air drawing, and more shop and product designs! I want to branch away from just pretty girls and continue experimenting with mediums and techniques. I don't want to be a cute girly Instagram artist. I really want to branch out and have an extraordinary understanding of forms and lighting and colors, and I know I can achieve that eventually through more diverse artwork. I'm nervous about losing a lot of engagement and job opportunities by changing things up, but I know this is only going to be great for my own personal development.
Lastly, I saw Christopher Robin on Friday! 6/10 for plot and 11/10 for adorableness!! I'm a diehard Winnie the Pooh fan. I love all the books, as well as the original shorts, The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and even the newer movies. I looooove storybook adventure movies and books, and A.A. Milne did the best job with his stories. I've been watching some OG VHS tapes from my Winnie the Pooh collection and I'm super happy!
MUSIC
Between the Stars- Canyon City (one of those songs you play to purposefully make yourself cry)
Carry You- Novo Amor
The Rains- Henry Jamison
La Lune- Billie Parten
State Lines- Novo Amor
Alcatraz- Oliver Riot
Hope you guys have had an excellent week! :)
Comments
That's actually fantastic, that you put your growth and creativity above social media, it's so important and wonderful to explore all kinds of things to draw even if they might look odd at first or don't fit in your "usual bracket". Trust me when I say that I love seing anything from you and seing you grow and experiment is really inspirational :) I think many people will feel the same! It's a great motivation to want to understand the world in all aspects and be able to write it down in form of sketches and paintigs and I am so happy you decided to work towards that ^-^ I know this isn't actually a helpful comment but I am really excited haha
2018-08-12 16:37:11 +0000 UTCOoo that seems like a great idea! I'll consider talking about that in a upcoming YouTube video; that's a super original idea :-) thanks so much!!
2018-08-12 15:24:12 +0000 UTCHmm for the $10 tier?
2018-08-12 15:23:03 +0000 UTCYay! I'm super happy, I'd like to do more little studies like that :-)
2018-08-12 15:22:21 +0000 UTCMental health is important!! I'm happy you're choosing to pursue it and things for your growth. It can be hard getting caught in a mindset that you must do specific things and art for the general audience but it's so important that you aren't going to get caught up in that. It's super hard to overcome a mindset like that. Rewards, I can't think of much but Camandes made a great point and I think that'd work--the stickers! Also, I know you didn't ask so I don't want to be baggy but maybe an idea for a video that can contribute to your pursuits could be about how you approach still life pieces beyond the typical attempt at photorealism. Different ways to use them to improve and what has worked for you? It's something that I'm sure will be super interesting and helpful and doesn't focus on specific art style expectations? Just an idea. Again, I'm glad you're focusing on you because your health is top. (Apologies for lack of paragraph spacing, on mobile and I can't do that for some reason)
2018-08-08 13:48:50 +0000 UTCI am so glad that you're choosing to make some changes for your own health and growth. That's what matters and I think it will always benefit the artist in the long run. We'll be here cheering you on! ♥ As for suggestions for rewards, I really like what Nadia Rausa does with adding an exclusive sticker each month. I don't know how manageable that is, but it's a fun little extra.
Camandes
2018-08-07 18:28:20 +0000 UTCThe landscape and the pot plant you drew recently had such wonderful colors and atmosphere, liked that a lot.
Bernhard
2018-08-06 21:01:18 +0000 UTC
