As the dramatic title may suggest, I am not on good terms with web design 😂. Trying to figure all the codes, phrases, and vocabulary for making a website is stressful to put it mildly. And, I'm sure it doesn't help being a bit of a nit-picky-perfectionist type either 😂. Such is the pain of being a creative individual, I suppose. But I want my website/portfolio to look good! Or, at the very least, not bad.
It also doesn't help that, around September of '24, I had to send in my 4tb hard-drive in for data recovery annnnnnnnnnd it's not a cheap data recovery either 😓😭😭. So it is definitely making the process of redesigning my website, uploading images and videos of my art, and everything else more difficult! While I did already plan on retaking photos of most of my art for better displays, I definitely didn't want to lose the originals (as well as SO MUCH MORE!). It has really bummed my creative spirits, that's for sure.
But, I guess I just have to keep things in perspective. No one can do everything or do anything perfectly, right? So, I'll just do my best and make things look as good as I can and MAYBE, one day in that day dreamlike future, I'll have the money to hire a professional to make a nice website for MMP! 😂 But I'm not holding my breath for that daydream to come true. And, it's brought to mind something that a successful art-youtuber I used to watch (this bothered me to the point I stopped following them honestly) recently said: It's impossible to be a successful artist without alot of help.
While I agree with that statement I also don't agree with it. There are thousands upon thousands of people who don't have a bunch of random people to do free labor - be they friends, relatives or even significant others. Especially nowadays. So, being one of those said people, hearing someone who is clearly successful selling their art and making a business off of their art, actually say that someone like me will NEVER make it simply because I don't have a bunch of people around me doing things for me, that just sends up a big red flag to me. Maybe I'm wrong, I don't know. But that's how my situation is at this time.
I don't have a bunch of friends/family that will make a website for me, take photos of my art that will look professional, record/edit my art videos (course, the majority of those are on the "dead" hard drive 😭😂), or make/monitor/market my art on social media. That's, sadly, all on me. And that's not really a bad thing either, I like doing each aspect of those things really 😂. But that does mean that things aren't going to look "professional" simply because I am not a professional at each of those things. And everything is going to take a long time to accomplish simply because it is just me doing each thing.
So, if I don't make it only because I don't have a team of people doing things for me and getting things accomplished at the same time sooner, oh well. Guess it wasn't meant to be 😂. But, that's enough ranting and raving for now!
Till next time MMP Fans!