Change of He(art)

I've stopped looking for clients, and by that I mean that I'm no longer actively pursuing freelance work. The decision wasn't an easy one for me, as I have always imagined myself working from home on dream projects that mainly involve drawing robots. Sadly, while I have been blessed to work on some of my dream projects specially in the last four years, the reality is that the dream gigs are far and few in between and the hours are very long. My wife has taught me that there are better ways to earn and thrive as an artist and one of them is to seek customers instead of clients by making digital products.

I've been very late at this game, I know. I also know a few artist friends who are thriving because they followed this path. Heck, my wife has been doing this for a long time and she's teaching me the ropes and so far I think I'm beginning to understand how this works.

Still, I feel like a total noob, sometimes I even feel lost. What I do know however is that this feels very liberating and this has allowed us to work while taking care of our son. I've actually managed to get back to working on model kits again and once I've wrapped up editing a book for my mom I'd have time to draw mechs again on a regular basis, I think.

So I'm not drawing robots for clients at the moment but I still do so for myself and for the other mecha themed shop that I plan to pursue later this year. Robots are still my first love and I'll get around to pursuing that a lot again once this new shop starts gaining momentum, God willing😁🙏