Making Changes to YouTube+ Winnie the Pooh (Patreon)
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I've realized recently that I'm made things way too hard on myself with weekly YouTube uploads. I'm constantly stressed and tired, and it's been having adverse effects on my health for this past year, so after lots of thinking, I'm going to switch off that schedule when I get to college. I still plan on uploads, and if I have time, I'll make sporadic videos because I still love the community and platform, but I really do need to consider my 18 credits as well as social life (and mental health) when I get back to college. Therefore, I'm going to be needing to update my $10 Patreon tier to not include real-time videos anymore(unless I do still manage to post at least one timelapse video a month to my YouTube). All thoughts on what to do about that tier are greatly appreciated!
Speaking of tiers, are there any rewards that you would like to see from me that I don't yet offer, or any changes that you think I should make? I'd love to cater to you guys as specifically as possible so your support is worth it to you guys; any suggestions would be appreciated!
Hmm.. this week has been about fixing stressful areas of my life and figuring out what to do to have the best mental health possible. I've made some pretty drastic changes both to my housing and class schedule for this next semester, and I've decided to take a different approach with my art. I realized that because of my Instagram and getting a lot of comments about how I ONLY draw pretty girls, I started to put myself in a box. I didn't think it was okay for me to draw anything else than super cute girls because nothing else really gets too many likes. I started to make art for my YouTube only considering what the thumbnail would look like, and I realized how toxic this is for my own personal growth as an artist. I've realized I love still life studies and drawing landscapes, and I want to do more of that and less of.. like or view friendly drawings, so that's another big change I'm going to be making to my artwork. This vacation, I'm planning on lots of fun relaxing studies, as well as plein air drawing, and more shop and product designs! I want to branch away from just pretty girls and continue experimenting with mediums and techniques. I don't want to be a cute girly Instagram artist. I really want to branch out and have an extraordinary understanding of forms and lighting and colors, and I know I can achieve that eventually through more diverse artwork. I'm nervous about losing a lot of engagement and job opportunities by changing things up, but I know this is only going to be great for my own personal development.
Lastly, I saw Christopher Robin on Friday! 6/10 for plot and 11/10 for adorableness!! I'm a diehard Winnie the Pooh fan. I love all the books, as well as the original shorts, The Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, and even the newer movies. I looooove storybook adventure movies and books, and A.A. Milne did the best job with his stories. I've been watching some OG VHS tapes from my Winnie the Pooh collection and I'm super happy!
MUSIC
Between the Stars- Canyon City (one of those songs you play to purposefully make yourself cry)
Carry You- Novo Amor
The Rains- Henry Jamison
La Lune- Billie Parten
State Lines- Novo Amor
Alcatraz- Oliver Riot
Hope you guys have had an excellent week! :)