Bring on 2021!

Learning to live with the pandemic has really given me time to do a lot of self-reflection over the past few months and really ask myself, what do I want to do with my art? I've got a history of "job hopping" and now that I'm finally safely nestled into a company that I love and feel secure in my role, (lookin' at you Simio!) I'm ready to start freelancing again. My artwork has taken the backburner over most of 2019 and 2020, but now I've got myself in order and I'm more than ready to dive in head first. My personal goals for this year have already been met, and I thought that it would have taken far longer than 2 months. That leaves me with 10 months to completely overhaul my website one more time, focus on creating new content, refining my skills, and learning new ones.

End of 2021 Personal Art Goals:

• Draw/create at least 3 things each week

• Produce high-quality final pieces once a week (or at least several per month)

• Learn how to paint using acrylic and oil

• Work on drawing more landscapes and nature

• Start doing portrait and pet portrait work

• Try out realism, surrealism, and abstract

• Refine my animation skills

• Maybe even start a graphic novel or comic?

I've fallen into a niche of graphic novel style work, which is fun, but I want to do more "traditional" art as well and not get stuck in one category. This year is all about refining what I know and exploring what I don't. As a company, I will also be setting some new goals:

From Pencils to Pixels Goals

1. Promote my work through social media and advertising

2. Increase my social media following

3. Finish website redesign

4. Update ALL my social media accounts (bios, content, etc)

5. Post new content on my social media and website multiple times a week

6. Update my blog regularly

7. Start a store to sell my work on t-shirts, mugs, etc

8. Open up to take commissions!

I'm very excited to focus completely on my artwork (for the first time since what feels like high school and college?!). I don't have to squeeze it in between working multiple jobs at a time and hope I can get 5 hours of sleep that night. Let's get going! I'm ready! :)