I am being so serious when I say: if you have the financial and time privilege to get a group of friends together and make an indie project, PLEASE do. Indie games, indie animations, indie comics etc etc
the art industries are kind of in the shitter. It’s not so much because of AI (though that doesn’t help) but because studios just aren’t hiring people and funding projects anymore. People who’ve been in the industry for decades are finding themselves struggling, and once you have a mortgage or kids it’s harder to do something as risky as making something on your own.
completing projects is hard. it takes a lot of time and effort, and most people can’t afford it. so if you CAN afford to make art, even at the risk of no financial gain, I strongly encourage you to be as resilient as you can. We’re at a point where these industries are not going to turn around by themselves, and waiting for jobs to open up again in order to get experience and portfolio work might not be realistic.
people have been making art and telling stories longgggg before we were getting paid for it, and people aren’t going to stop just because no one has hired them to do so.
for everyone else: support indie artists when you can!!!! That person who made that cool indie game or youtube animation or webcomic might be doing this full time! your support might be the only reason they’re able to keep doing it.
and if you have already started an indie project: you’re so brave and I’m very proud of you!!! in fact, drop a link to it in the reblogs if you want! 👇
I'm being brave and shouting out my original series Lightning Dust here 'cause it is my baby ;w;
If you like superheroes, demons, some light sci-fi and fantasy elements that may well be coming into play shhh - than the series may well be for you!
It has a book now!! Which is super exciting and I'm still in awe that I can hold it!! You can check it out here!!
Alternatively,the series as a whole is available to read online (for free!!!) if you want a taste of it before throwing any money at it. I totally get that times are tough, no pressure ^w^
If you wanna give it a shot, I have an episode hub for all of season one (thus far; there's three more episodes coming hopefully very soon)!! Including a link to the starting story, which is what's in the physical edition, alongside some exclusive illustrations for the physical that you won't find elsewhere~
Thank you for reading my mini-ramble about my silly little superhero series, I hope y'all enjoy if you do decide to give it a chance <3
And whether you do peek at my stuff or not: I also just wanna reiterate the main post!! Go create, have fun with it, support folks when and if you're able. There's so many fantastic projects out there to see, and I certainly love to see even more pop up <3 <3
