Mori

Pragmata meet Eastward #pixelart

*long unstructured ramble incoming* FWIW, my sales have been in the green for AA and have a handful booked for the rest of the year BUT AA income is not enough to support me and my whole family. I work a full time art job, juggle 3-5 freelance gigs, try to manage an ecomm shop, and am trying to make a future for Space Maria all while being a father of 3 and husband of one. I have a tremendous amount of respect for AA who can fully support their craft from AA income alone. AA first and foremost is a business investment = spending money to make money. It's not free. It's not easy. It takes literal thousands of dollars and months of planning to make these events possible. It's full of stress, long nights, no sleep, and lots of scheduling. We do ALL of this to share our passion with others at niche events with people that hopefully share that same love of art as yourself. We get to nerd out about video games, anime, comics, and other artists we idolize. Being able to share your art with others is priceless. Artists are incredibly vulnerable people especially in-person at events. Our greatest fear isn't going financially in the red, it's having people come up to your table and tell you that your art is ass. The first thing we think about when sales are down is not the money, it's "Am I just bad? Do people not like my art? Why did I do this? What am I doing wrong?" There's no easy street as an artist and hasn't been since I started doing it 30+ years ago. There's no golden ticket to carry all of your financial burdens as an artist. It's a constant grind and hustle to ensure you and your family are covered. Art was only possible bc of the 10+ years I put into the restaurant industry bc it funded my passion. Full time restaurant while moonlighting the art grind. You have to make things work and evolve and adapt constantly. Especially in the incredibly fickle art/animation/gaming industries. So if something isn't working for you as an artist or sales arent hitting what you need, what are YOU doing to try and adapt to the situation? You have to evolve and adapt especially in a creative industry. Artist alleys are fun bc you meet and talk to so many amazing people face to face. You meet other artists and create a camaraderie with them bc we know all too well the emotional and mental toll it takes to put yourself out there like that. Art is hard. Art hustle is harder. And I wouldn't have it any other way.

Ranking of King is so criminally underrated 😮‍💨

I think @maximilian_ nailed generative AI right on the head

Should you pursue art? Something I wrote on Cara a while ago but maybe relevant for today:

Pay 2 Own Monster Hunter Wild emotes available on my Ko-Fi shop~ based on some of my fav in-game stickers~ <3 #MHWildsキャラメイク #MHWilds #MonsterHunterWilds ko-fi.com/s/818aec9904

@Eliseteria Too kind🙏 thank you!

@morimotes_ This is gorgeous 😭🤍 Your work is always so amazing

It's been a minute since I posted here, I wanted to share that I've made a Monster Hunter Wilds overlay that seamlessly matches the game's UI. Pay 2 own~ available on my Ko-fi page #MonsterHunter #MHWilds ko-fi.com/s/7155db01d1

@hobonichimother @VampyBitme 👀

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Hello! I am interested in hiring an artist to do some "illustrative" style Pokémon thumbnails for some of my upcoming YouTube videos. If you have any interest, please email me examples of your work and rate per thumb to trickygym@gmail.com. Thanks!! 😁

@VampyBitme @Candie_Bolton @mumbot This is so insanely cool 😭

Friends @Candie_Bolton & @mumbot also got to tag the wall with Akira fans all over the WORLD!🌎 So dope 😮‍💨

I’m so happy I got to go to the "Akira Remix / Otomo The Complete Works" Exhibit in Shibuya yesterday. Little me is freaking out inside. 😮‍💨♥️

@Mrhappy1227 Still rockin that stormblood banner I see

Noticed my alternative social account I haven't used much started jumping up in follows so in case you wanted to join the mix for when I do make it a regular thing👍

obligatory -I'm also here now- because this place is becoming a lil yikes. Will probably post rando art and bad game/anime takes.

Hi, Twitter. Meet our game! ⚗️💰

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I’ve wanted to shout “BS F-ZERO GRRRRRAND PRIX!” and “SATELLAVIEW!” to the world at the top of my lungs for ~1 year now? 🛰️ The most exciting patch I've worked on, I’m infinitely proud of the team for moving heaven and earth to bring a taste of Ace to the wider world ♠️

This is definitely my favorite patch I've worked on, bringing the Satellaview Tracks that were pretty much lost in time to F-ZERO 99 was a treat, and seeing fans reaction to it was so so great, If you play this game, Thank you <3

@NiderQueen I considered going to the office that day JUST for the Lomo Saltado, I told one of the chef's that if it's popular they should add it to their regular rotation 🙏🙏🙏

cafe Mario got me hooked on lomo saltado 😭 it’s so delicious but they serve it rarely so I’ll need to look for local spots

@wysperwind Thank you, turns out I don't hate coloring when the colors are set up for me and I only have to use 4 of them aha 😭

@morimotes_ I love the style you used for the linework and the colors you chose!! 😍😍

Peach re-draw sounded like a fun exercise, and was meaning to de-rust~ #ドット絵