JadasArtVision

Hello everyone! Sorry I have been away for awhile. I will be posting a lot of new work soon, but first I will be cleaning out my dA account and deleting a good majority of my old deviants. Many of my deviatations are drawings from when I was in high school and my earliest, bad paintings. 

I have been in a bit of a creative funk for several months and at a crossroads in my life. I am almost 24 now and have been going to school for English literature even though my heart is in art.  After a lot of failures at selling my art, I decided to try teaching.  I didn't want to teach art however due to the fact that I had met so many people who went that route and could not find jobs.  So settled on English literature.

But now for the past two months or so, as I'm getting closer and closer to finishing my Bachelor's (one year from now), I have this big sense of dread.  Initially, my plan was to get a teaching job and do art on side for 10 years or so.  I thought that I would have plenty of time to pursue art during weekends, holidays, and of course summer break.  But now after talking to teachers and my own professors I'm realizing that teachers work way more than their 40 hours they spend AT the actual school.  Planning, grading, parent-to-teacher conferences, teacher workshops, after school activities, meetings, etc. all takes place after school or during the hour "planning" period.  Teachers don't get breaks and the work usually comes home with them.

So how would I ever have time for art in this career field? So while I am still in college I am making it my JOB to try and find a way to make money with my work NOW before I graduate from college. I'll post more about this at a later date with details about what I have planned.

But in the meantime I will be painting much more frequently

Hello!
It's been quite awhile since I work a journal entry or event submitted a new deviation.  That's all about to change.  I'm putting forth much of my time and effort into creating new art. 

Right now I'm focusing on creating adult coloring pages to sell on Etsy. I have a few designs ready, however I still need to get them scanned and put on Etsy; I'm waiting till have several designs put up.  I plan on selling the coloring pages as printable downloads in sets of 4 for a dollar.  Or would you guys prefer I sell them individually? Or perhaps both?  Any feedback would be awesome

Most of the designs will be recreations of earlier drawings I did a few years ago including: mermaids, fairies, and other fantasy creatures.

I hope to have some coloring pages for sell on Etsy in about a week or two.  I'll let yall know as soon as I do.

Hey any ideas for a tshirt name would be awesome! I've been working on black ink drawings that I'm gonna get printed on shirts.  The first design will be of a Lionfish.  Then probably an octopus.  All my designs will be beach and coastal themed.

Please leave ideas in the comments!1..

Hello, watchers!

It's been awhile since I made a journal entry or even submitted a daily deviation.  That's going to change soon.  I am currently working on a detailed color pencil drawing.  I wanted to inform you all that I'm going to do more work with pencils and much less painting.  Also I'm going back to doing fantasy art because that is my true passion.  I was painting animals and coastal related things because I thought they would sell and I could try and make some sort of income painting.  Well that did not work and I have way too many paintings then I know what to do with now.  I have a few on Etsy but that has not helped either.  If you are interested in any of the paintings in my gallery please send me a note.  I'll make you a good deal.

So I should be posting a WIP of my latest drawing within the next few days.  I hope yall will like it!

Hey guys!

From now until December 1st you can get 30% off any item that is at least $10 or more in my Etsy shop.  www.etsy.com/shop/JadasArtisti…

I have lots of shell jewelry and decor, paintings, ornaments and more!  If there is something in my gallery that you don't see in my Etsy that you are interested in just message me and I will add it to the shop.  Here are just a few deviations that I have in the shop.