I love weekends like this...
Mar. 3rd, 2013 04:08 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
annayork ...and weekends like this are precisely why I stopped making dolls and art for clients. Other than homework, I've had nothing but free time. Free time to lay in bed and read. To order pizza and watch a movie (and not have a craft project for someone in my hands!). Time to do a lot of nothing. Time to play around with reorganizing things. Time to nap when I feel like it. Basically, it's time I am not spending doing stuff for others. Selfish? Sure.
Do I need it? Definitely!
I thought about possibly making dolls again some time ago, but realized I enjoy my days off being just that -OFF. Even with school demands, I don't feel as harried or pressured to do stuff. More I'm away from it, less I am likely to ever go back to it. It's run its course. It was fun. Maybe one day I'll make some because I want to, but at this point? It doesn't seem likely. I mean I don't even know how I managed to find time to do all that extra work for others!
What I find hilarious is how people can't believe I'd do that! People who never paid for my work expect me to keep cranking it out, apparently they're entitled to see what I create but not contribute toward funding that creativity. I'm supposed to offer them custom, pre-made artwork and charge Wal Mart mass-produced prices for it. Yea, that doesn't happen. I love creating, but people like that really make me NOT like doing it.
So from now on, I create for me. I will make gifts for people close to me, but I don't plan to ever again create art for sale or for anyone to commission from me. That part of my art life is behind me for good.
Do I need it? Definitely!
I thought about possibly making dolls again some time ago, but realized I enjoy my days off being just that -OFF. Even with school demands, I don't feel as harried or pressured to do stuff. More I'm away from it, less I am likely to ever go back to it. It's run its course. It was fun. Maybe one day I'll make some because I want to, but at this point? It doesn't seem likely. I mean I don't even know how I managed to find time to do all that extra work for others!
What I find hilarious is how people can't believe I'd do that! People who never paid for my work expect me to keep cranking it out, apparently they're entitled to see what I create but not contribute toward funding that creativity. I'm supposed to offer them custom, pre-made artwork and charge Wal Mart mass-produced prices for it. Yea, that doesn't happen. I love creating, but people like that really make me NOT like doing it.
So from now on, I create for me. I will make gifts for people close to me, but I don't plan to ever again create art for sale or for anyone to commission from me. That part of my art life is behind me for good.