毎日暑いです。もうバテバテ。
この時期は毎年絵の調子が悪く、描いてもモヤモヤして終わる事が多いので今年は別のスキルを磨こうと思い、ここ最近Affinityを触っているせいかろくに絵を描いておりません。絵を描かなすぎるのもあまりよくないと思うのでどうにかして両立したいもんです。
また、7/24に牛馬本の通販を再開しましたが在庫無しとなっております。7/31に在庫が復活しますのでもしお待ちの方いらっしゃいましたらもう少々お待ちください。通販につけているペーパーが無くなりました。今後は名刺がつきます、多分。最初に刷る在庫数をもっと考えなくてはいけない…と思いつつ予算の都合等諸々ありなかなか一度にたくさん刷ろう！となれません。来年はイベントに出たいのでそれも踏まえないといけませんね。
もとからその時代が好きだったという事もありますが、CUREにハマって以降９０年代熱が益々加速しており当時物の雑誌など気になるやつを買いあさっています。ただ、私はギャル文化等のポップな９０年代やY2K的なものには余り興味がわかず、当時の電波系だったりの方が好きで、そこらへんをよく集めています。あとはコマーシャル系。
It’s been unbearably hot every day. I’m completely drained.
Every summer, I tend to struggle with drawing, and no matter how much I work on an illustration, I often end up feeling dissatisfied with it. So this year, I decided to focus on improving a different skill instead. Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time learning Affinity, which means I haven’t been drawing very much at all. That said, I don’t think it’s good to stop drawing completely, so I’m hoping to find a better balance between the two.
I also reopened orders for my Cow & Horse art book on July 24, and it’s currently sold out again. Stock will be available again on July 31, so if you’ve been waiting, thank you for your patience a little longer.
I’ve also run out of the bonus paper I was including with orders. From now on, I’ll probably be including one of my business cards instead. I really need to think more carefully about my initial print quantities. At the same time, printing a large number of copies at once isn’t always realistic because of my budget and other practical concerns. I’d love to table at an event next year, so I’ll need to keep that in mind as well.
I’ve always loved the 1990s, but ever since I became obsessed with CURE, my fascination with that era has only grown stronger. I’ve been collecting old magazines from the time whenever I come across ones that catch my eye. That said, I’m not particularly interested in the flashy side of the ’90s—things like gyaru culture or the Y2K aesthetic. I’m much more drawn to the darker, stranger side of the decade, such as the denpa-kei subculture. I also love collecting old commercials and advertising-related material.