Zaellrin

Hello Everyone!
It's been a while since I actually wrote a journal entry!

I've finally got to a point where I am wanting to set up my work for prints. So please, tell me what work in my gallery you want me to set up as a print and I will do it. Old digital, traditional, and photography.
I'm setting it up on Deviantart and re-opening my Zazzle account.

For now, I am NOT ready for Patreon BUT on the other hand I would like to introduce my two new Ko-Fi accounts for other's who want to support me but not directly buy prints:


On my Zaellrin Ko-Fi I will be posting ALL my photography. (Including photos from my Pixel that are not on DA) PLUS it is also a blog to how I lost 80 pounds for those interested in my weight loss journey. You can support me here: 


On my Etchwyrm Ko-FI I will be posting my practice sketches along with old and new artwork from this gallery and from my other at Etchwyrm Feel free to let me know if you see something you would like me to post. You can support me here: 
 

What is Ko-Fi? Similar to patreon but without all the tier's and complications. It is a free platform that allows supporters to support the artist they love. Consider it a tip jar that you do not have to sign up on to support someone. Plus it is purely through paypal. If it remotely takes off I will add hi-res downloads on it too.

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The reason I held off for so long is that an artist barely make anything off of selling their artwork on sites like Zazzle and Deviantart. And if that artist is not popular, they may never make the threshold required to pull their earnings. (I've had this problem with zazzle for a few years now since you require $50 in earning's to pull it - and I just can't seem to get there making only a few dollars from a sale) Prior I had attempted Patreon, zazzle, and several other platform sites - but I was at the worst/darkest time of my life... and as I was fading, so was my passion for art and life. All of it failed during that time.

I do still have a Tumblr and I am trying to decide rather to close my facebook pages or not since what I have is not really a business. (Facebook keeps driving me crazy about them being business's.) I plan on using my youtube channel eventually but I'm still learning how to use OBS to record my drawings.

Anyhow, If you have any suggestions - please share!!!

Speed forward to 2019! Recently life has been great. And hopefully soon to be better once we sell this old house and move to the inspirational place we dream of living. I am doing studies with my drawings to become a better artist, and I'm on a roll with my photography. I hope this year will be fantastic for everyone!

 

 



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Hello all my friends!

NO, I was not abducted by aliens, sorry to disappoint! I know it has been years since you have heard anything from me...
(Oh gosh, I have forgotten how to use Deviantart and will have to relearn EVERYTHING LoL! )

SO MUCH HAS HAPPENED IN MY LIFE!!!
I am an entirely different person now. Let me explain:

Those that were following me WAY back may remember me being a bit of a "Negative Nancy". And Life just flat out sucked... 
My health was terrible, I weighed in the neighborhood of 220 pounds which had me in a super depression and nigh suicidal. I was trying to please EVERYONE by following their opinions on how to do my art - to the point in which I hated doing art. 

And then we bought a second house to for one, get out of the old little house we had - and for two, help out my husbands brother and family "in need", through rent of said old little house (HUGE mistake btw).

Me and my husband were desperate for change and had to find ourselves. This is also when I vanished from deviant art and stopped drawing for two years.

NOW FAST FORWARD TO TODAY!

In the new house, I found myself (I thank God because I wasn't going to last much longer)

I lost 66 pounds and now weigh 154 pounds (LIFE CHANGE in health and mentality - it was the hardest thing I ever did!!!)

Here's a picture of me at my "one year weight loss anniversary" back in June 2017, I weighed in at 164 here. I didn't bother re-taken my picture today since the change was so little, I'll update again when I hit my goal of 140.. however long that takes that is...




I miss my kitten... he had to go though so we could fix and sell the new house...
Which we completed and sold in November!!!

We are actually now back in the first little old house so we can fix, sell, and move into the mountains which I've missed so much!
(Don't worry, my husbands brother moved into his mother-in-law's house where he doesn't have to pay rent now... we won't talk about that though. )
Anyhow, we now have a new encouragement and understanding on how to fix the old little house up and sell it. And that should be in the next year or two if all goes to plan. I'm very excited!

BACK TO DEVIANTART NEWS NOW! WHAT IS TO COME NOW THAT I AM BACK???

Everything has changed.
Due to being more active and trying to avoid ever falling back into my hole again, I have moved into photography as my main focus of art now. 
My husband even gifted me with a new professional camera that we hope will actually later get me job. It is a Sony A7R ii.
I had a lot of pictures prior from my little canon which I may or may not upload. We'll see... 

As for my Digital and Traditional art, I am still doing it, but I'm actually going to put it on a separate deviantart account because I want to take my time and do things my way. While I was on here prior all I wanted was to "make it popular" and this time, I don't want that to rule me and ruin me again. I want to have FUN!

I'm actually about to begin the 365 day sketch challenge - using nothing but a pen. I feel I can make my traditional work "flow" better and I miss that from my childhood. I'd love to grow in my traditional style. Also, people can't steal traditional as easily as my digital art- because I have the physical pieces in my hand. It's an extra benefit. 

Well, I think this is long enough for a re-introduction to my life! I hope all of you here on DA have been doing well yourselves! I've missed talking to many of you!
Now to go through over 1,175 messages and notes and try to get re-acquainted with this mess lol!

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!


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I know some of you have wondered about my disappearance..

I haven't had the fire to draw in recent times...
For one, I work fifty plus hours a week now..
For two... our moving plan has been an extremely bumpy ride.

Our opportunity had come up to help family by helping them with a job opportunity in our location and to rent our first house out -  but with this we were rushed on buying a new house...

We thought the new house was what we wanted... but it is far from... mostly because we want to leave this area...

And we came up with a plan to flip it - no biggy, it's a nice house and will go well - and it won't break us to do this...

But our first house decided to fall apart now that we are no longer in it. And they've only been renting two months now...
I'm talking the Hvac that we were still making payments on falling apart (and it is just out of warranty) and a water line busting somewhere along the 250 feet to the main that it also in a neighbors yard... not to mention several other smaller problems that have come along to top it off.. Furthermore, the contract we set up with our family member was a break-even to the mortgage we are still paying on with that house... (we were trying to help them out since they were in a bad place... but we kinda screwed ourselves severely not knowing it... this is the first time we have ever done this after all...)

So yea... it's hard to want to draw when you're very depressed and exhausted from not only working long work house but also having a weekend full of projects...

I thought the prior was my darkest point in life.. but I'm afraid that was just the twilight to a very dark and stormy night that I was unknowingly walking into... BUT, I know dawn will end this night eventually... And with it I will find my artistic fire again... I just do not know how long it will take.

The reason for this update is because I noticed some people worrying they chased me off.
I am still around..
though barely...
alive..

I feel like this is a test though to..
Something to make us stronger...
I say this because this happened so smoothly..
It started with me finding a better job making more when I wasn't even looking for a job..
And then our family from another state pleading for help on facebook because they were financially unstable..
We were able to help one of them find a job.. and suddenly with them having to commute across state lines came the opportunity for us to move and let them rent from us because we were more financially forgiving then many rent places.
The new house we found ourselves in happened extremely quick and smooth, and again - it's a nice house though we do not feel like it is truly home. We were in this house within a month and a half! That is super fast for a new mortgage.
But a month into the whole plot came the dark twist in the story.
And I have yet to see if this story is a tragedy or a happily-ever-after...

Well.. I have blabbered far too much on this matter.
Just keep us in mind and prayer. Biblically I feel like the story of Job. Physically.. I feel cursed.
I hope next time will be better news.
Thanks.

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Sorry to be gone for so long. I have not uploaded or responded to anyone as of lately.

The reason for this is that we are finally moving.
Unfortunately it is not out of state.
Fortunately it is a fantastic place that we hope to enjoy for a long while.
We are hoping to 'work our way up' a little by renting our current home, and later down the road maybe looking into doing the same with the new place through a property manager - to help us afford a dream home.

I have lost my fire to draw as it has no benefit to better my life. I hope to get it back one day but I haven't had it in me since march. I have only had little bits of inspiration here and there with a little bit of a doodle to follow.

My internet is going to be down for a while to help build our money back up. I will be around to watch my account, but you won't hear from me for a little while longer. When I return I hope to have some works to show by then. Guess we will see what the future holds.

Best wishes to all my bud's out there. I have watched many of you grow over this period of time and with leaps and bounds! I haven't commented much, but I wanted to say "WOW! and KEEP IT UP!"

Stay well friends!

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