July BlogPost, updates and adventures!!

Hey everyone!!

I’m back in your inboxes FINALLY!

It’s been a wonderful time for me though, and after a lot of road bumps and lows I’ve been hitting a good few good times. It’s been.. exactly what I’ve needed.

Thank you all for sticking by me while I basically took a month off to be out in the wilds, and generally off of social media and largely the internet.

I’ve got some traditional art I’ve done while unplugged that I’m stoked to post in the next couple of days, and I’m really excited to share some pics of what I’ve been doing that’s not so art related as well!

Also, in this post I wanted to address some things regarding mental health and some things that have been occupying my mind lately.

Don’t worry, I’m not giving up on patreon or being an artist. It isn’t one of THOSE posts.

But hey, I’m here writing this out at 5:12pm on a Thursday, the first day of July and feeling overwhelmingly thankful that you all are here.

You all being here, reading this and generally being part of this community is incredible to me and and overwhelmingly positive influence on being an artist. I can’t wait to get back on track with pursuing things like merch. I want to make cool things for you all again. And send off what I’ve been holding onto as well!

But let’s catch up first.

I’ve been enjoying this beautiful state I live in, spending time away and really refreshing my brain a lot. I’ve been able to break out of that isolated feeling I was getting bogged down by. And, I’ve been able to just crack open my sketchbook and draw just for the pleasure of it.

Maybe it’s just not hard to be inspired when you see such beauty around you. Here are some pics:

Beyond the natural beauty in my life lately, I’ve been able to enjoy the art of another talented artist very much! I had been saving up for a little over a year to get some art from a tattoo artist I really admire and I was finally able to get some ink from her!

(Screenshots from her Instagram)

https://instagram.com/meloratattoos

Artwork and tattooing by that wonderfully talented lady I linked above! It’s strange, but sometimes ink can make you feel more yourself. And she definitely delivered artwork that makes me feel more at home in my own skin. It was well worth the wait for her work, I cannot recommend her more!

It’s been a good time for me lately. I miss you all and I especially have been missing streams, so I’ll be getting back to that ASAP! I’m visiting with another friend at the time of writing this (sorta spur of the moment!) and will be back home and back to being active very soon!!

I’ll be sharing sketchbook work in the meantime!

Now for something a little heavier though, so I wanted to throw this in near the end. But, I think it’s something that’s still important to talk about.. and that’s dealing with isolation.

For quite a few months I was more or less entirely isolating myself.. beyond seeing my mom that is. Being alone even started to bleed into my online life.. I wasn’t talking as much in chats, wasn’t messaging people as much or even gaming like I used to. It can kind of take over.. and make you feel like you’re stuck in some kind of dark pit, one that you dug yourself. It was causing me to slack with my creative goals, be less of a good artist to you all here, even. And that guilt I was growing caused me to struggle even harder with creative endeavors. What I needed was to break my routines. Go out and away from the place I was hiding away in and spend time with other people in real life.

I feel like, too often we justify keeping ourselves in this state of maintaining that isolation.. and it becomes a snowball effect of feeling inadequate and depressed.

I don’t know if I’d be able to keep that motivation as well through that whole slump without the strength of this community.

So, I’d like to specifically ask you all to let me know how I can more or less “make up” for the lack of content. What would you all like to see from me specifically? And, if I owe you anything, please reach out and let me know so I can start working on a list!

I appreciate you all so much and I wanna make sure you all feel like you’re getting what you need out of supporting me here.

I look forward to hearing from you all!

<3

And, I’m excited to show the sketchbook stuff ive been working on too!

Here’s some Lily dog content to close this post off:

Gamer dog!

I hope you all have been well, too.

I can’t wait to catch up with you guys on discord

<3

-G