synth3tixx

Oh wow! I've been so busy with the holidays I'd completely forgotten to do my monthly update in November and December. I've had so many holiday parties to attend that most of my creativity has been focused around doing my makeup and planning cute holiday outfits. I did draw a really cute picture of a Dragonairicorn (that's Dragonair the Pokemon fused with a unicorn). I've been having a bit of artists block if I'm being truthful. Also quite a lot of lack of motivation to draw. The holidays are exhausting for me as much fun as they can be. I'm definitely more inspired lately by things that are cute/kawaii and I'd like for that to reflect in my art in some way. No worries; I'll never stop drawing creepy stuff, I just want to expand and learn more. The other part of me not making as much art has to do with the fact that I am moving soon and my art studio is all packed up so that when our house sells we will be ready to move quickly. I still have some of my art supplies readily available to me however and I hope to start making more art soon after my holiday exhaustion wears off. I haven't been posting my makeup looks here because truthfully I've hit a bit of a block there too and I haven't been entirely impressed with what I've been doing lately. This blockage is merely part of the art cycle and I don't like forcing inspiration or forcing myself to create when I just don't have the juices flowing. I have been doing much smaller sketches and sketching more for fun instead of expecting myself to create a masterpiece every single time I draw. We are our own worst critics and I think part of my artists block has to do with putting so much pressure on myself to create a masterpiece every single time. Right now, I'm focussing on being gentle on myself so that when I do find a muse I can resume my art and have fun with it again.

Hello dear followers; I got so caught up in drawing for inktober I actually forgot to make my monthly update earlier this month. My schedule in my personal life has started to fill up. I've began practicing Krav Maga in my spare time (a martial arts style) to relieve stress and learn self defense as well as get a workout. I begin a class tomorrow for emotional regulation with other group members. Soon, I have to do hair and makeup on the same film set I worked on last month for reshoots. I've mostly been busy with inktober, tarot, and preparing for Samhain but other creative things I've been doing include collaging and painting. I've also been preparing for this holiday season and prepping Yule gifts. Next month I plan to record more YouTube videos, draw, and work more on collages.

Hey everyone! I know I've been sort of quiet this last month, save a few makeup posts and sketches, but I am taking a bit of a break the month of September to gear up for inktober in October. I've bought the necessary supplies. Now it's time to anxiously wait for the prompts to release and then I'm back in the full swing of things. I have started a YouTube channel for art vlogs and cover videos under synth3tixx as well as an Instagram account under the same handle. Please subscribe and follow both and stay tuned for more makeup looks and sketches.

Happy august to all! Spooky time is nigh and that means Inktober is approaching which you as my followers can expect me to follow through on, hopefully, with diligence. Commissions are closed as well as my etsy store for a good long while due to some rather good news about my student loans as I've stated in prior entries. I have taken it upon myself to make gifts for people to keep up my practice; I am mulling over and eventually ordering business cards so I can stop unprofessionally ripping out sheets of notebook paper from my notepad to give people my info about my work in art and tarot. Being temporarily closed has actually lifted some of the pressure off of me I need to be able to restructure my business over the next three years and expand and open up again with an eventual strong spark. I'm getting better at my crafts and honing new skills I'd previously shyed away from due to the challenge. In addition to pushing myself to be stronger, I have also continued from last months blog post to do arts and crafts for pleasure and recently I've picked up scrapbooking again as well as the creative pleasures of using a happy planner to organize my life. Working on the canvas of the self has been most rewarding and continues to be a frequent topic in my posts because I'm really trying to soak up every moment I can for self care and finding the inspiration in repairing any cracks by filling them with gold. Thus a period of evolution and reinvention is in the works and it feels beautiful. Without announcing too much detail I am thrilled to inform all of you that I have been focussing more on honing my makeup artistry skills and I have been asked to work as a freelancing hair and makeup specialist on a local independent filming operation. I am very excited about this opportunity as it is my first job separate from my connections to my high school theatre and choral groups. I hope to begin my plus sized modeling again soon during this time period in addition to my other projects. Stay tuned for lots of makeup looks, sketches and ink drawings, a painting here and there and the occasional update about my progress.

Ahh! I am officially at 200 deviations most of which have been completed in the last five years! That's wild. Lots of artists never complete that many pieces let alone so many that they're so fond of and become well received even if it's by just a few people in their lifetime. I've got some new followers and a lot of new favorites I've noticed so thanks y'all! Please stay tuned for more art for the sake of art as commissions are closed indefinitely because i was approved for student loan forgiveness due to an inability to work from a car accident right around the time I began making a lot of the pieces I'm posting here. It's just so bizarre. I went from working in corporate human resources to realizing I wasn't a suit, having an identity crisis that left me kind of traumatized, and had a car accident that changed my life for ever. I don't mean those things in negative ways. It sounds trite; but those things really were my wakeup call and my calling to come back to my first loves art and music and to just be happy and create the rest of my life in between maintenance and care for my achey body. These blessings I've received have there downsides but I'm happy: and I love what I do; I am able to eat, help feed, clothe and shelter those I love and have extra money for fun and comfort and I believe this truly is the definition of success. Love and light to you all. I will tell you three years is approximately how long commissions and my Etsy shop will be closed due to the aforementioned student loan forgiveness