yappy hour graphics

 

 Day 2 of the resurrection.

Really dreary and dismal day, steady rain and gloom.  Drains the life right out of you.  Worked on some graphics for SHOPMADE then trying to make progress on printing.

My clothes are damp, my head is foggy, and I just want to go home.  But I've resolved to continue on for a few more hours to get the LOGO shirts I'm printing finished.  And to at least start on the teamwork print.  Make some headway.

I'm really putting off card designing.  I don't know what the block is?  To order more?  

 I guess I'm just down on my skills, or I'm muddled on what to do, or who they are for.  A continuing crisis of confidence.  You would think that after all these years doing this, I would have insight.  But I don't, or I don't think I do.  Always questioning what people will like vs what I want to do.  Or what is good?  It's so hard when you are working on your own.  To get direction.  I have people thru the years that have been in that role.  Tom, Amy, Buzz, trohv, Shopmade, Hallmark, etc.  

 I have been through a lot of cycles like this.  I make new cards, think they are great, and they sort of flop.  or kind of flop.  And then I lose confidence.  Why did I like them? Why did I think they would sell?

 It ALWAYS comes down to this > keep trying.  

I don't know...

 

Back from the nowhere

 dear dave!

back, but for how long?  I just don't know.  I miss having a place to put all my shit.  Stuff I'm too self-conscious to post on IG, but stuff I want a record of making.  or doing, or thinking.  So the blog seems like a natural solution.

 

BRANDDAVE > stale!  I have to mix something up, because I am so unmotivated to do what Ive been doing.  I could print anything I want, but for some reason i'm not.  I don't have a place to put it.  Shopmade is great, but it's not inspiring me lately.  Buzz is over.  Trohv long gone.  Artomatic is the past.  So where do I put my art??  My effort?  

 

Lately it's been instagram but writing this here right not I realize THAT IS THE PROBLEM.  It's a black hole.  a digital trashcan where you hope people look, but it just seems more and more like nowhere.  All I do is look at feeds and feel jealous and frustrated that my art doesn't have 10,000 likes like I'm seeing.  

Most of my creative energy the past year or so has been directed towards instagram, and that is the problem!  That is the problem!  It's not real.  It's not something you can touch and feel.  it's just a picture.

 

Break thru?