Tag: Project Status

June 2019 Wrap-Up: Kickstarter, Upcoming Cons, etc.

It’s been a relatively quiet month here on Patreon, as I’ve been busy managing all the moving parts of the Goddesses of Summer Kickstarter and adjusting to a major life change.  

My husband has started a new job and suddenly we now have the option to improve our situation a bit!  We can finally start considering a new home of our own without the issues of our current rental and also take a little bit of pressure off the art side of things.  

To be frank, we’ve been scrambling between the two of us to cover unending medical bills, debts, rent, etc. something which has been taking up most of my proceeds from Patreon for the past few months while we’ve been struggling for balance.  

It’s been a frustrating endless cycle of climbing out of a hole only to fall back in as soon as we reach the top.

But now I’m hoping with the shift in our finances that I can put more of my Patreon earnings back into funding the art and to keep bringing you all the cool things I’ve always been wanting to do that I just had no time and/or money to do (ie. creating more art videos, more fun physical perks, etc).

It’s such an amazing release to not feel so stressed and fearful of what even a little emergency could do to our budget.  I know that peace of mind is going to be reflected in my art and productivity as well!

Project Status

On to business!  During this quiet time, I’ve been making a lot of small background moves on the entries into my Birthstone Goddesses collection.

The Birthstone Goddesses Coloring Book Trade Edition – After many small corrections and all the official book registration process, the coloring book is currently off to the printers who are prepping it for printing by the end of July! I plan for this trade edition to be made available on Amazon and in my own online shop.  I should have it with me at cons this year too!

The Birthstone Goddesses Enamel Pins – The first of the set of 12 total pins is on Kickstarter right now!  We’re 80% funded and everything is looking good, thus far.  Keep spreading the word, everyone! 

Upcoming Cons

I’m slowly getting back into the convention game and have been confirmed for the following events:

  • DragonCon – AUG 29– Sep 2 – I’ll have a booth for the first time ever!

  • Multiverse  – OCT 18-20 – This one’s new to our area! Come help me celebrate their inaugural year.

New Rewards Added

Glimpse of Eden Coloring Page ($5+ Patrons)

Posts You May Have Missed in June:

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Now that things are calming down and the constant stress has eased somewhat, I’m hoping to get back to posting more regularly around here.  I have some articles on the agenda to talk about what goes into designing an enamel pin, what goes into a Kickstarter, etc.  

My ambitious project keeps growing and this year all the little seeds I laid years ago are finally starting to bear fruit!

More soon!

♥
– Ang

Apr 2019 Wrap-Up: Little Gems, Con Season, Etc.

Wow this year is just flying by!  Convention season is already upon us, which means show season is here as well.  Aaaah!

My first con of the year was JordanCon, which was lovely as always!  I got to hang out with other artists and talk about streaming, as well as geek out over Dan Dos Santos‘ art, since he was the guest of honor this year.  It’s a chill sort of small con with welcoming staff and kindred spirits which I enjoy attending!

(I got a print of this glorious piece by Dan.  My jaw drops every time I see it, which means it had to come home with me!)

Next up, I’m hoping to start making a name for myself at art fairs in my local area, something I’ve always been shy about doing!  Setting up tents adds an extra level of intensity and effort, but I really think I’ll gain access to the people who will love my Birthstone gals more at these events than I will via conventions, honestly!  I’ve sent off my applications for a few local markets, so fingers crossed I’ll hear back soon!  

It’s scary to expand into these new areas, but I think it will be good for me and this crazy endeavor of mine!

Art Streaming Schedule

My Little Gem gals have taken off this month now that I’ve started streaming online!  I’ve been working on them live on Twitch and YouTube.  If you missed a stream, don’t worry!  Recordings are automatically added to my YouTube channel, so be sure to subscribe and click the notification bell there so you can watch the streams later, if you like to hang out with the ghost of my recorded self.

And of course, don’t miss my streams when they happen live on Mondays and Wednesdays! (See my stream schedule here).

Secret Shop Upcoming Items

Our first test of the new Secret Shop system seems to have worked out well!  Now that it’s all set up, I’ll be adding the following items soon:

  • Flawed Gemstone Goddess Coloring Books – I have a limited number of coloring books with flaws in the cover foil that I can’t sell, so I want to make them an exclusive item for my Patrons who missed the Kickstarter!

  • Embellished Gemstone Goddess Prints – I had a few hand-embellished prints left over from JordanCon’s Art Show that I’ll be putting on offer exclusively through the Secret shop as well.

I’ll put up another post when these items are live and ready for purchase from the shop!

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Additions to the Digital Library

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As we head into May, I’m planning to practice some self-care with the May Sketch A Day event.  I’ll be posting about this soon, as I think it’s going to be a lot of fun!

I’ll also have new art to share in May as the Little Gems, mandala paintings, and enamel pin designs have been coming together in the background during April.  Brace thyselves for a mega-burst of art sharing!

Till next time, thanks for your support this month!

♥
– Ang

Jan + Feb Wrap-Up: Month of Love, Kickstarter Completion, & Vacation Time

Wow is it March already???  Time has been flying by while I’ve been running around doing all the things!  I apparently forgot to write my January monthly wrap up, so there’s a lot to catch up on!  Here’s a summary of January and February’s happenings and a look at what’s going on in March.

The most exciting news from the past couple of months is that I finished shipping ALL of the packages for the coloring book Kickstarter last week!  The Kickstarter has been a long-delayed project and I pulled out all the stops to try to get them shipped out ASAP.  

This meant completing all of the Limited Edition ink drawings as fast as I could manage without sacrificing quality!  You can see a collection of all the ink drawings here, with one more collection coming very soon.  My studio was a disaster zone of art and shipping containers.  It was a glorious mess!

I also participated as an official artist for the Month of Love art challenge event during February!  I was so honored to be featured alongside many talented folks I respect and completed two pieces for the event. It was a pleasure to participate, even if things were a bit time crunched for me this February.

After all this hubbub and a stressful period of cancer scans and radiation prep for my husband, I’m suffering from some massive burnout!  I’ve given myself a week or so off to decompress and try to get my energy levels back up so that I can look at art with some enthusiasm again.  Stress and chaos have never been great motivators for me, so I’m hoping some time away from everything playing video games and trying to sloooow down will help me re-energize.

So if you need me, I’ll be haunting my Patreon Discord and playing Dragon Age: Inquisition, which I’ve been looking forward to playing since it came out oh…five years ago.  The art and story of this world has always been so inspiring for me, as the art books are some of my top faves in my collection!  I’m looking forward to immersing myself in this intriguing story and world and hope to come back out of it inspired towards greatness!

Till then, thanks for hanging with me and thanks so much to the new supporters who have jumped on this month!  Every little bit helps keep my head above water so I can keep doing what I love.

Till next time!

♥
– Ang

Coming in March

  • New coloring page release of Verdant Muse for $5 and up Patrons

  • Verdant Muse Coloring Contest hosted over at the FB Coloring Group

  • A Secret Sketchbook Write-Up for Healing Tears

  • Inspiration Trip: SCAD Fashion Museum’s Guo Pei Exhibit

  • Plus more perhaps?

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