RavensScribbles

Hey~

It's been a little while; I apologize so much I know I haven't really done a whole lot of art recently; this month has been a touch chaotic. I had my youngest baby this December on the 15th unfortunately he wasn't breathing very well on his own he was born so he has been in the NICU for the last week. Between the labouring pains I had before he was born and then the depression that's hit me since not being able to have my boy at home, I've been struggling to do most things. We have some potentially good news though about the baby so hopefully he should be home very soon! My spirits have been slowly coming on the up and up lately so hopefully I'll feel better and more motivated to do some art soon. I do have plans to do basic practice things once I get more time and am not in and out of the hospital. Thanks for all your support guys and I hope your holidays have been kind to you this year!

Love your faces

~ Raven <3

It has been a while and I'm just wondering how everyone is doing. With Halloween behind us and Thanksgiving as well as Christmas coming up, I know that things can be rough for people. So why don't you guys say something you've been up to that you're proud of. What have you accomplished? Even if it's just being able to get up during the day honestly that's still a win!

I'm pretty proud and personally sort of amazed that I managed to finish an October drawing challenge! I've been working hard to make sure my kids are happy and healthy even though I'm pregnant again with another baby who's due this December (right around Christmas actually) It's been exhausting to maintain this go around so coming through it and almost there makes me really excited and happy.

So let me know, anything fun, quirky, interesting or even mundane that you're proud of I wanna hear it! If you want to boost your art, feel free to do so in the comments as well! Its worth being proud of <3

This whole like gallery scam thing getting annoying to anyone else? I get at least a message or two of litter the exact same message from like 6 or 7 different people. Ridiculous!

Hai everyone!

I felt some kind of need to like post a status update on my life for some reason so here it is! I promise, promise, promise that I am making some new art and what not! I've just been battling with depression and starting new medication/a higher dose of it now. I'm digitally painting things as we speak! (I mean not literally I'm typing stuff out, but the sketch work is laid and I'm ready to get some pen to... pad?) I've got all sorts of new things in my life, like a new partner, a new baby, a new hamster, wait hamster? Actually, I have lots of new animals.

Anyways I appreciate every single one of you lovely folk here and thanks for supporting me as I figure my life out again. I'm hoping that grounding myself from my phone will help me make the creative changes I need to get my stuff up and running again.

See you soon!

Does anyone else struggle with where they're at with their artwork. Like you see progression, but you don't feel like you've progressed enough, and you should be further than you feel you are. I honestly think I'm having a depression recovery crisis or something, I'm not sure, but I don't feel good enough. I still feel extremely amateurish, and I want to have a more professional mindset but I struggle with it. I don't know if I'm alone in this area, and I don't know how to progress, I feel trapped in my head sometimes regarding it. I feel like it slows down my working progress a lot more than it should. You know those pieces you get all excited for, but seem to be forever in progress? Anyway, I think I was just venting more than anything, but I am curious if anyone can relate to this experience.