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Well well well, it's been quite some time since I posted a journal entry here...almost a year, to be exact. Time has really flown by!

So, let me catch everyone up to date: From the post last year, I took a pretty long break from my art. I was completely burned out and really upset that, from a previous art convention, I did really poorly. It left me in a very disappointed state not only with how my art career had been turning out, but about my art in general. Even looking at a pen drained any energy I would have had to draw. I believe it was about...4-5 months(?) before I started sketching things out.

I didn't like anything I had made.

My art felt stale - Faces didn't seem right, poses were lackluster...I couldn't find anything to make my pieces really jump out. I was gearing up for my next convention (which I'll get into later in this post) and I needed something that people would stop and say "I gotta buy this." I started evaluating my art and what's inspired me, and I started some new sketches. The style change was almost immediate and I knew I was onto something. I also changed how I colored my work - I really got into oil painting and was studying it as much as I could. I haven't been this confident in my art for a long, long time, and it feels really good to say that.

So, going back to the convention this year: it was the same one from last year that I had done horribly at. There aren't many conventions to sell art at around me, especially this year, so I had no choice but to come back to what felt like my biggest failure.

Let me tell you, it was amazing this time around.

Not only did I make back my print costs, I also made back my table as well. In the 2 days that I was there, I had never felt happier selling my art. Personally, my real-life job has left me unfulfilled, so just this little bit of time at the convention not only felt good, it felt right. It felt like this is what I'm meant to do.

I have a newfound look on my art career, and it's putting me on the right path.
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September.

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I never posted about the convention I sold my artwork at back in July.

I sold one print. In 2 days.

I figured I'd do a sale at my online shop and take 20% off until August 31st.

It's September 1st. Not one person bought a print.

I was reading a thread on Reddit about how people have decided to move on from their art careers since it's getting harder to find employment and I'd say I feel the same way...but I never got the chance to be employed for my art skills. Instead, I'm feeling disillusioned about the whole damn thing and wondering if I've already missed my chance to live my dream. People always say that it takes time, there will be a lot of rejection before you finally get your big break. It's just that it's been years now and it's tiring trying to keep up with social media that now goes against you because of algorithms put into place to tell you what it thinks you want to see, constantly posting about prints and follows and sharing that not even close friends and relatives can be bothered to do for me. I see the same people liking my posts, and I appreciate it so much...but I can't seem to break into more. 

Deviantart is different because you can join groups and it reaches more people, but I've had to go through my list and clear out so many dead groups because this place hasn't exactly been doing well, either.

It's exhausting. Everything about this career is becoming increasingly exhausting.
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My prints were delivered earlier this week! They came out perfect...

So! This means that everything is ready for Garden State Comic Fest and I could not be more excited. I'm optimistic that this convention will be better than my first, mainly because of foot traffic and the quality of my art now. 

These are the prints for sale (which you can pick up at my online shop):
Gambit Final by KingPuddinArt PALADIN by KingPuddinArt
Hope by KingPuddinArt The Red Lion by KingPuddinArt
Super Saiyan Blue by KingPuddinArt Daughter of Trigon by KingPuddinArt

My birthday is also this Thursday, so I'll be enjoying majority of this week at home or at the movies (and then the weekend is dedicated to GSCF). 

If anyone is in the New Jersey area come check it out! There's going to be some cool guests, fellow artists, and meeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
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New drawing is up. Go looksies.

I also finished Chapter 5 of Short Order Mobile Action. Go read here
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So! there are a few conventions coming up throughout the year and I'm gonna get all up on them. Bun what happened last year - this is 2016 and I'm tired of being lazy and irresponsible. With the new year brings new prints to sell, and I'm gonna fill you in on what I've got in store:

ONEPUNCH-MAN
  • Saitama (naturally)
  • Genos
  • Sonic
  • Licenseless Rider
OSOMATSU-SAN (I'll be drawing my favorite brothers)
  • Karamatsu
  • Ichimatsu
Dunno what else I'll do but I have time to come up with more ideas. I already have awesome ideas for Onepunch-Man that I think will be very, very cool.

BUT WAIT - THERE'S MORE!

I want to try my hand at pins! I'm definitely doing both series that I mentioned above, and Young Justice since it was such an awesome show.

If you guys have an ideas/suggestions, please throw them my way!
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