Disappointment with Schoolism
1 year of Newslettering
Hello! First Advent has arrived 🕯️
I have officially been writing a newsletter for a year.
It started on Revue, then they shut down and I open shop on Substack.
So what have I learned during this year?
Well… that its EXTREME HARD TO GROW A EMAIL LIST!
I have seriously tried everything! And people still don’t sign up…
The people that have signed up is via Substack, and thank you 💙
But out side of Substack? No… People don’t like clicking links. They don’t even read it…. It’s so frustrating. 😩
And no I will not offer free stuff to gain subs. I hate that! It’s so low thing to do.
Some people make it look so easy to grow a newsletter, social media etc. But little me, I have struggle with them all!
And same thing happen in School, I was not popular. They rather make up false shit about me than hanging out with me.
I guess I’m not meant to have a nice following 😢
But will I give up? No! I WILL NOT!
I will try and try and try again. I will keep writing about my experience and more. Someday someone will click. And maybe that person will share it to the world! 😘
Living alone for 1 year
I have been living alone with my dog for over 1 year now.😁
Its just feel weird still.
I’m living in a so called LSS Service Bostad. I have personal in a different building 24/7 that helps me with daily routines like cleaning etc.
But they don’t help me super much either, I find it very energy draining when they get here. So we are working on it.
Anyway I signed up for this kind of apartment in 2017. So I have waited a very long time!
Did get an offer in 2021, but that apartment was smaller and more expensive to have. Also they did not offer night shifts.
So I ended up back in the queue again.
When I got this one I said yes, because its bigger and was cheaper. I was able to create my little studio 😊
This is my very first apartment. My very first time moving away from my parents. To take care not only about myself or my dog, but also the apartment.
In the beginning everything sucked!
It felt like I was in a hotel, temporary, I wanted home again.
Also I got denied my right to money, and the psychiatry was just plain awful. So a lot of crap happen.
I lost 10kg in just 3 months…. Was unable to eat anything…. So you can guess how I was feeling.
Everything did cool down after a while. Still no money from the right source. But I got some. So I could pay rent etc.
And I’m still waiting on a court to say yes to my money today.
Anyway, after like 6months of living here I started to feel like home. My dog felt like home after 1-2months.
Now it just feels good to be living alone. No fight with parents. If we do I can go home, vise versa.
Also no one that will interrupt me when I’m doing youtube stuff or streaming.
It just feels good. Even if its also feels little lonely. Good thing I have my dog, if I did not. Gosh my life would be so boring!
My Art Journey
The past week I have done the Drapery Course over at Artwod. I’m learning a lot! 😁 Not done any course that focus much on clothing and I do wanna get better at it.
So far on my Original Characters I only draw what I feel comfy at drawing. After this course that hopefully has changed!
Will write more about this art site next week! 😁
Other than that I have been working once again on my Frame Study Toji from JJK. Been able to do all the line art and flats colors. Now on to rendering, the fun part! Will be using both vector and pixel persona for this. And of course using me of Affinity Designer.
Disappointment with Schoolism
I’m a little disappointed with my subscription over at Schoolism.
Don’t get me wrong, they offer a lot of variety of courses by top artist around the world. But their structure for the course is just not for me.
Some artist is better than others for teaching. Some talk too much about themselves than showing what we are there for. And others just shows too bad.
They also offer 1 webinar every week. And them or either hit or miss too. Some are very interesting, others super boring.
Mostly they are boring. Because they only SHOWS what they have done, they don’t work on it right there for you to see how they doing it.
I have had Schoolism for 2 years. Will not pay for another because the only courses I can really do is the workouts. They get to the point right away. The others takes too long.
I recently did the ”introduction to Comic”, and it started out great, interesting and all. But then, it took to long to get somewhere.
🟠Pros: Offers a lot of variation of courses. Even gives out a live webinar each week. Has Workout that can help you with your creative bottom. Releases new courses throughout the year. Offer feedback by the course teacher.
🟠Cons: Not for people with low attention span. Some artist is better teachers than others. Some courses takes to long to get to the point. Same with webinars. Workout might be the only one that works best.
Cost extra to get feedback by the artist of the course, and it’s super expensive!
I’m trying out Artwod now instead.
Spectrum 25
Spectrum 25 is a book full of inspirations. You will find art from artist around the world in concept art, comics, illustration, even sculpting.
Artist can sign up for a competition and a jury decide which artworks get inside.
A beautiful book to have at your side if you need inspiration during your breaks!
I'm also still searching the blueprint for growing a list! ;) It took me a while to realize that online stuff remains a social stuff. And many popular substackers with ADD/ASD are people already famous elsewhere (IG+..), they don't work alone (if not, I can't figure out how they could handle with thousands of subscribers and comments + sending some big new posts every other day!)
Anyway I came to the conclusion that as long as we enjoy creating and sharing here, we don't have to worry. I also noticed that my community is tiny but quite engaged. They like stillness, faitfhulness and sobriety.
Glad to read you feel home now, living with a dog is surely a great help. :)