Arty Woof

The thing with being an artist online is like "LOL maybe someone might see this if I tag appropriately but there's 90% chance someone is going to steal it".

So I have been chancing it with Tumblr and Instagram...and I have fun. I do...but now I'm trying to organize my art and it's like a mess. I can't really explain how much of a mess it is. I want to credit inspo and stuff, but it's not really easy unless people are all on the same platform? Like instagram won't let me add a link and Tumblr is a hell site where their searches depends on a 20 sided dice. And then there's good ol' reliable DeviantArt, where I just can't figure out. They finally changed their template since I was a wee one and now I'm twice as confused. LMAO.

I just want to organize my art, how do I even do that? Maybe Tapas? Should I separate my OG work from my fanart? Also, do you think facebook cares about fanart? Probably. DO I NEED A BRAND (TM) TO MAKE AR STUFF? 

Oh god, it's going to be another round of organization via social media isn't it?

Buckle up kids, here is another round of Arty wrangles with digital organization: Art edition! *facepalm* 

If any one has any suggestions or ideas, I'm in dire need of some!! Thank you!

So...everything is like a 22 on a scale of 1-10, where 10 is there is no chill. So yeah.

LOL. I have so much feels, I cried finding out Frozen 2 was on Disney+. Like I didn't even watched it and I cried because it was a pleasant surprise in regards to what last week even was. (I mean, Pixar always move me to tears in by storytelling or the sheer quality of the animation or the perfect tone of soundtrack. Frozen 2 is a typical Disney Sequel: the story is meh, the recycling of the animation is clever but there was some timing issues, and the soundtrack was lacking the weight. I cried anyways cause I do.)

I have a really small position at my job. So I make maybe ehhh amount of impact, but any impact is too much impact right now.

Like, I'm only there to jump first and hope i can swim cause I'm going to pull the rest of the team in with me if I can. Then I throw off the gloves and get mad. I like the former, hate the latter. I agreed to a ledge for my team to jump in and it's kind of working but we're just swimming blind. And right now, I'm up at my usual hours, praying the ledges aren't going to cause my entire ship to sink.

I'm still trying to find the next edge to jump so that I can have some visibility because I really don't have a lot of time to recover and find a new ledge. But the fact that I haven't jumped yet is killing me because "I need to do something...but not something stupid." <--literally one of the hardest thing for me to do.

But I'm mad? I'm mad at how ridiculously shitty our systems are set up, mad that people are dying and people have to make shit choices, and then I have to both convenience people there is an actual problem but don't panic.

I'm also amazed with people. Like the amount of work that is being pulled together is incredible? Like I'm reading up on progress that researchers have done from China to the US. My personal favs: Japan Fender has given every household with children a ukulele to not be bored since they're stuck at home, Singapore literally put their quarantine on a resort island, Korea used an AI to replicate the virus, while Canada has isolated it, and Italy is singing.

Like look at people being kind, clever, and hopeful.

And now i'm back to looking at this made-up map and hope I come up with something.

I also annoyingly miss my siblings. I'm going to send them videos of the cats snoring at stupid hours.

Stay safe and take care everyone!! Ping me on discord if you wanna chat or have feels. We can commiserate. 

Update: God this was a melodramatic post. Funny how alone a person feels at 2AM, but the moment the sun rose and people showed up, you feel a lot better. We found a direction for me to jump with the help of a competitor. 

People are so punk rock, we're banding together and threw the made up rules out the window. 

This is it: I'm doing that thing where I try to remember what I have done since I got my last job. I honestly don't remember where I stored half the things I had? I have stuff floating around everywhere. It must be nice to be organized.

Most of these apps didn't have a lot of things to do for a set up. Just install and open the app. As usual, there's a short tutorial to see what is inside the app.

Mori Journal - KO-ed
Mori Journal is adorable looking but there's a language barrier and it needed me to log in. It's all in Chinese and I'm sure if I click around enough I can sort it. But that's not the point of this. I need something fast and simple. Also, I don't really like giving my personal info to a site I can't understand.

InkFlow - KO-ed
Inkflow looked cool but honestly, since I own an Iphone, I don't really have a writing utensil for it. Those squishy things on the nips of pens don't count.

Flow by Moleskin - KO-ed
Flow by Moleskin was the same as InkFlow but it had more options. Like if I had an ipad with the Apple Pencil (currently I steal mine from random family members), I would keep this. But I want everything on my phone, so it had to go. 

Aloe bud
Not an actual journaling app. It's more of a self-care reminder. It'll ping you to remind you to breath, stretch, etc. It's cute. Unfortunately, I didn't set it up with a timer, so I still forget to eat and drink but I'm going to keep this until I give it a proper go. 

Reflectly
They made me make an account. It's just "How are you feeling today". And I guess this is more like proper journal-ing than I prefer. But it's aesthetically appealing. So I'm holding on to this to maybe keep track of my thoughts, maybe do a brain dump (even thro I prefer to do that by hand because texture is a thing). 

Sunset - KO-ed
This setup is like a planner with different to-do lists and you can set up as many journals. Right now I have the default "Current" and "Future" journal set up. I'm not really using the "future" journal. Something seems to feel kind of off. Probably because I feel like I can probably just do the same with the Apple Remainder app already in the phone and I don't have to keep redundant apps. So off it goes.

Elisi
This is is a lot like Sunset, but it feels neater? It opens to a planner format, so you can see your tasks right as you open it. (That's like Effective Planning 101!!) You can add notes, lists, and habits. I haven't decided on a habit yet, but I'm probably going to start it for water drinking or running or something. This might be my fav one so far. Also, there's an option to make an account, I'm on the fence about it, but it'll make planning easy when I'm on the computer and doing brain dumps. 

LifeCycle - KO-ed
It's been nearly a week and I can't get it to set up right because I spent most of my day sitting at work. It's supposed to track my daily life movement. But I think I'm going to toss this because I don't think it's effective without an Apple Watch or some wearable tech. I really don't care to track what my body is/isn't doing. I just want to not miss appointments. 

Apps Moving on to Round Two

• Aloe bud
• Reflectly
• Elisi

NEW Contenders I Added: 

• Trello
• TheBrain
• Taskade

I'm the worse person at planning. How do I explain this...I'm literally about to do three trips in like four months. One of them is across the pond to frolic in Ireland. 

It's not like I had a mental breakdown and went "IMMA JUST BOOK ALL THE FLIGHTS!!" 

No, I planned this entire schedule. Two years ago. TWO FUCKING YEARS AGO. Started budgeting. And not once did past!me even go "hey, you know, in two years, it's still going to all happen in the same year, ya know?" 

Nope. 

New York in July
Ireland in September. 
New York Comic Con/Orlando adventure extravaganza

Not that it's a problem. Until I freaking put it in for work time off and they're like "....I mean I guess you don't need time off next year."  I'm not ready to break it to them I might need to leave in August for graduation. LOL. 

Thankfully all the New York parts are planned. IDK what I'm doing in Ireland. Hopefully, get kicked out of a pub. I have hopes and dreams, ok?

But the purpose of planning these trips was to prevent future!me from wallowing and waiting for life to happen. But Past!Me also forget that it literally takes me months to unpack. Or was I subconsciously trying to teach myself how to unpack in a month? IDK if I'm ever that enlightened. 

Thanks Past!me. I guess I should plan something for future!me to keep this habit going. Heard the symphony has auditions next spring. LOL.