3 words- The uphill battle.
I am disabled so I get a bit money every month without doing anything. For some that may sound like an easy life but that is not always the case. Indeed I am fortunate that I get to do what I want but I am not as good at it as I would like to be. I have been making art and blogging for 7+ years and I still struggle in both those areas while trying to achieve the desired results. I only sold 5 art pieces and 1 nft during those years. And my blog only started really growing quite recently. I had to invest a lot of time, effort and money for my blog to bear any fruits. And I will have to continue investing all those things for a foreseeable future if I want to achieve comfortable life/ financial security. So far I have not cashed out a single Hive(only powered down to buy splinterlands assets I believe). So I continue blogging and investing just on the hope of better tomorrow. I never had a girlfriend and I have no friends in real life. I can't drive a car. My dad died quite young( about 60 years old) And now my mother is the only close family I have left. I changed my art multiple times. In 2017 I started with pyrography(wood burning):
After that I started coloring my pyrography works:
At some point later I started making art on canvas:
I moved to digital art a few months ago. First I tried making digital 2d art:
And recently I started making 3D art as well:
Each stage of my art required effort, money and stubbornness/ willingness to try and learn new things. And after seven + years I don't think that I have fully mastered either part of my art. So as you can see in some areas my life is easier while in other parts I still struggle and will probably continue to struggle for a very long time.
Like for most other people my life is not just sunshine and rainbows. It is a never ending fight. Sometimes you get hit and sometimes you are the one hitting the enemy. But despite this daily struggle I am quite happy about my life-after constantly trying in art and blogging for seven + years it seems that I finally broke the wall with my head and the future is starting to look promising.
That wood burn art is amazing, I never heard of that technique! You could get much out of it, I think it's not really famous
I also thought that I should have no problems selling my art because basically no one else was doing that. But I was wrong. Making art is easier. Selling it is hell. At least for me.
Yea because people just search for famous artists, if you were more famous I'm sure the same art would sell way more
You are right. In the past I had a contract with art gallery. They only sold 1 my piece. And at some point last year(?) they canceled the contract because my art was not selling.
For how much you dislike it, a art Instagram account could really bring more eyes on you, expecially with that unique burn wood technique
I shared some my art on Instagram. Some of it got a few likes but that was about it. Now I just post on Hive and sometimes facebook. But I may stop posting on facebook/ using facebook as well.
I don't really like Facebook, now it has become a mess and most of the comments are pretty dumb... Unlucky tough, you deserved more attention
I think that facebook has it uses. I don't get many likes or art buyers from facebook but I like seeing funny animal photos/ videos. Also today I saw something cool- painting on stone.
This is the first time I am hearing of wood burning, and it's so beautiful, mostly the first art.
Even though it might feel like you have not mastered the art yet, you are already on your way there because of your consistency.
Wishing you the very best 💪
Thank you. My art for sure has been a journey. just like my blogging.
https://x.com/lee19389/status/1923511621072114044
#hive #posh
I like pyrography. I am not a lover of digital art in general. I feel there is always something non-human in it.🤷♂
The good thing about every experience is the knowledge it brings to our overall development.
Best wishes to you 👍
Thank you. I enjoyed making pyrography art as well.
All the best in the uphill battle!