Life update =)
I’m not earning a hell of a lot of money as I am spending a lot of time on a personal commission that is time consuming but very important to my client, so I want to do a very good job on it as I know it means so much to him. I’m treating it as a fantastic opportunity to also practice my charcoal and graphite which I have not had a chance to use for a while. I’m hopefully going to finish this off by this week.
I am also going to be doing a couple of indie title box art pieces this week and I’ve also started to regularly teach a few people privately which is lovely fun. All great people of all different ages all wanting to learn art, it’s really enjoyable. I am looking forward to doing more personal art work in the coming weeks as well as having the time to solicit more personal and commercial jobs heh.
I’ve become really interested in delving into my cultural background as of late seeing as I have never done that before, so I have purchased some books on Chinese and Japanese art and I am tearing into it so that it informs my work a little bit more. Also, I have become a little more interested in Buddhist teachings and mediation.
Sketchgroup has been going really well, we’re having new people join all the time, seen new faces just about every week, been pretty awesome, recently had some new dudes turn up, they’re great artists and great people too, I have a feeling that they will become good mates.









2 Comments
Chris (Hive_minD)
August 17, 2010I was wondering, do you manage to survive solely off of your art since becoming freelance, or do you have a job on the side? I am still not there yet, though my mind is thinking about it a little already.
Big smiles, and best wishes from Norway!
Darren Yeow
August 22, 2010Yo Chris, since becoming freelance I have been able to survive, through numerous avenues, such as teaching, doing some freelance work in games, publishing, etc. For my first couple of years my main objective is just to improve my art, establish connections to art directors/buyers and not dig into savings too much! Heh.