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Mimi's Newsletter - Daily Drawing + New Plans (Patreon)

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2025-02-18 00:05:58
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Hi everyone ✨

After having a slow start to the year I've been feeling much more creative this month! The end of the year is such a busy time and then we expect ourselves to start the new year strong and full of ambition, but really I think that (for me, at least) January needs to be a time of rest, recovery and reflection, and then the new year can start properly in February.

How has your start to the year been? Did you start the year feeling refreshed or did you need to spend January resting like I did?

Something that I've been really enjoying lately is my small daily-ish drawings on scrap paper or in my tiny sketchbook. I post a lot of them in The Quiet Artist Club free art community that I host with my art friend Daksha, feel free to join us over there if you haven't already!

It's just nice to have a small, pressure-free space to try out ideas, and if it doesn't work then there's nothing lost. When you remove all of the stakes from creativity it's incredibly freeing and suddenly so many hurdles are removed - I truly can't recommend it enough.

I am still making digital art but not as much as I was last year, so maybe my new creative routine is more of a mix of traditional art and digital art. It's certainly easier to make small traditional drawings than most of my digital ones, so from purely a time point of view it's beneficial - plus it's fun to make a mess with paints and pastels.

I do have a picture book to illustrate for my publisher over the next 4-5 weeks though so I'll be busy making lots of digital art for that - it will be my 8th picture book which is crazy!

I'm also still interested in making my art licensing portfolio, so I think I'll start that process soon and start sharing my experience as I build it.

On a more personal note I was originally thinking about being more settled this year - if you don't already know I've been travelling/living in different places for the past two years - but actually I think it would be lovely to explore some of Asia and collect some inspiration from all of the wonderful colours and patterns in that part of the world. I'll stay in Australia just a little longer and then I'll start travelling again - let me know if you have any recommendations!

One of my favourite things about being home is spending time with my parents' dogs. They are the sweetest souls and love to help me work so I really miss them when I'm away!

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persistentpuppydraws

My Jan was super busy + a long bout of being sick just really set me back. But I'm finally starting to recover now towards the end of Feb! Which is a huge relief, not yet 100% but at least able to do more things now! I did manage some art in Jan and early Feb but somehow the big break made me feel a bit hesitant about posting and lacking some confidence in my art. So I've been mostly making art by following the how-to articles in the patreon, trying to build up some confidence again, and hope to participate in the daily art again when able. :) I'm biased cos it's my home country, but I would say travelling in Malaysia would be fun, basically everyone can speak English and there's really good food, it can be a bit hot and humid, but there's fan and air-conditioning everywhere. Being more settled is good too, I've been through a whole bunch of life changes recently (all good ones but still big ones) so I'm now hoping to be able to focus on building a good routine and improving my overall health so I won't fall sick so easily anymore!

Megan Kaderly

My January was super BLAH and my February is similar, BUT these communities Mimi has built have been so inspiring and uplifting since I joined last month! Focusing on my art in new ways has been just the lift my spirits needed this long and dreary winter (in BC, Canada). Thank you for the inspiration and motivation!

Mimimoo Illustration

So happy to hear the communities have been uplifting, Megan! Here's hoping that winter ends soon for you and you can get some nice, warm sunshine ☀️

Mimimoo Illustration

Being sick just puts everything else on hold, so it's amazing that you've been able to make any art at all! Glad to hear you're starting to feel better now, and thanks for the Malaysia recommendation 💖

persistentpuppydraws

Thank you! I've been really enjoying your reels/shorts of the mini drawings. Very cute and very inspiring! :)

Lindi Lumens

My January started out great! But on the 28th, a pipe burst in the building our candy store is in and flooded the store. With the amount of damage, we are in the process of moving EVERYTHING out of the store -- inventory, fixtures, equipment -- into storage while the landlord gets the building repaired, which will take several months. In addition to moving all that, our insurance is requiring us to inventory every candy (we have over 800 kinds) and document damage to fixtures. But we're finally almost done ... home stretch, need to be out by end of Tuesday. Now, I need to figure out some income until such time as we can come back. And hopefully it will involved doing artwork.