October Newsletter

[twedeenimbus]

I am okay. I just needed some break, but I have been working on getting my art business and comics up in past weeks since I moved out of Oklahoma. With new chapter in life just starting, I'm making this the first newsletter for my work. I plan on making monthly newsletter on first Monday of each month. I had hit several bumps along the way, but I still persisted!

I got my blog website live and operational last month, and first blog post just got published. In the meantime, I have added some of behind-the-scene work in Patreon tiers, and lower tier would be just WIPs and graphic novel work. I have an additional tier for worldbuilding and more content for future projects.

After tweaking with social media, I figured newsletter would be much better than social media after finding out how exhausting social media can be! I prefer to make more quality content at lower frequency. Also, mainstream social media aren't known for being supportive of independent creatives. My partner and I have some older video equipment lying around, so I might make use of them for my own YouTube art channel for relaxation and music later down the road. I add content to Patreon on Mondays, and my monthly blog post goes out on first Monday of each month.

My main reason for not using mainstream social media is being overwhelmed by social media. Seeing so much content in short time can be tiring! So I want to give audience content at more steady pace while learning to make higher quality content.

One thing that seemed to be doing well for me to my surprise is Pinterest. Despite being somewhat active for a month on Pinterest, I netted in 760 monthly views and 808 impressions as of writing. 25 engagements in past month is a good sign.

For my graphic novel, I got the ball rolling for prologue and Chapter 1. In fact, I'll end up getting first two inked pages colored this week! I also put a couple things in my shops! One of them is holiday-themed coloring page, and another is watercolor/ink piece of supercell thunderstorm over open field. In meantime, I'm learning how to work with SEO and blogging skills.


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Comments

YAY! 😊

[jasonderoga86]

So thrilled to hear you're all right! We were all so worried. Thanks for providing the links!

...yes, social media is pretty bad when promoting creative works. Too many "OMG, look at my glittery manicures!" and "Dude, did you see the frickin' BOSS sideshow last night on 35th? FTW!" folks on there. 🙄

Re: YAY! 😊

[twedeenimbus]

Yes! Social media also tend to promote bland and tasteless content, and the art styles across social media became pretty... same. It's hard to share unique work, and you're also expected to share content EVERYDAY. The algorithms can be quite frustrating to deal with because they tend to push people with original work down while promoting what I would say, "fast food content." Or a bunch of ads. Worse, they tend to promote some questionable content, such as certain breed of parents who profit off posting content featuring children, especially young ones. Not touching social media is better for my sanity.

Re: YAY! 😊

[jasonderoga86]

Agreed. The biggest problem I have with social media is a newly coined creed that all such sites go by, which ironically sends shivers down any sensible parents' spine.

That creed is FOMO: "Fear Of Missing Out". And yes, it does rob many people of their sanity.

Re: YAY! 😊

[twedeenimbus]

That's pretty much the whole thing about social media in general. FOMO...

[a_natural_beauty]

Hey! Congrats on getting things rolling! Sometimes it takes a bit of time, but when it feels right for you everything seems to go smoother.

If you have a YouTube account set up, let me know - I would gladly watch your videos.
Social media is a bit much for me, too. Some of it is just not very healthy to me. I feel it is a-lot of people who compare and not care enough.

[twedeenimbus]

Yep! I do remember having Instagram in 2020, but I found it too overwhelming and very addictive. After I tried TikTok and got permanently banned for some really dumb reasons, I realized I don't really need social media to be successful.

[a_natural_beauty]

Wow, how could you have gotten banned from Tik Tok? That is stupid. No, you don't need social media to be successful. I'm glad you are realizing that.

[twedeenimbus]

I have no idea. It's stupid.

I'm exploring some alternatives, such as the newsletter and blog.

I have been posting my work on Pinterest.