Focusing on Youtube Again!

Hey guys! For this week's update, I thought I'd talk about how my priorities have shifted since I've come back for the summer. 

I'm focusing on creating better videos for YouTube again! The video linked is my last YouTube video; it's a draw this again challenge and it's an IMPROVEMENT. During the past two semesters, I barely had time to put out any videos, and it would stress me out so so sosososo much. I enjoyed spending my free time with friends, and looking back, I don't regret that at all (honestly, I should have just missed my upload schedule more often to spend my Saturdays hanging out!). Now that I'm back home, I have more time to think of cool concepts for videos, and I want to get better at video production. It's super hard for me, and it often takes much longer than the process for the artwork. I don't know how some art YouTubers can produce such artsy and clean videos; it makes me sad that I don't have those skills. :( 

I'm also trying to make some enamel pins, but I'm not 100% in love with my designs by now. It's kind of a bucket list item for this summer, so I should finish the designs up soon, but I'm doing that perfectionist thing where I hate everything that I create. 

Okay, what I did this week: lots of sorting through all my luggage and putting my clothes and art supplies back in order. I donated some clothes to Plato's and found a green Hogwarts hoodie there (which I had to pick up, of course). I packed some shop orders (Guys! My shop is open! And I have new prints up-- sarucatepes.tictail.com ) and experimented with my new pearlescent Kuretake watercolors for Patreon Sketches! I've painted all of the sketches for your pledges by now, but that means less sketchbook time! I should chill tonight and break it out for some studies. Hmmm... what else... Honestly, being at home is a blur. All the days kind of melt together, but not in a good way; maybe because it rained all frickin week? It's still raining. :(

MOVIES

Watched Civil War with my dad, and he didn't know Sebastian Stan is Romanian, so he was supah happy (I'm an immigrant and I speak Romanian, so I lived for the plum scene hahaha!) . I watched some Series of Unfortunate Events, the Office of COURSE, and Gilmore Girls while painting and working on shop orders, and lastly, L.A. Confidential (it was an interesting movie? Not the best, but I love 90's movies with the whole guns and blood and gritty feeling. It's a good aesthetic). 

MUSIC

Hits- Totemo

I haven't had time for music this week, whoops!

Okey! Thanks for catching up with me. I hope your week was awesome, and if it wasn't, that you treat yo-self tonight.