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Day 7 (of 30) – Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Reanimate
Hey everyone! I have already sent out two big ol’ emails today — a lot of you are paying subscribers, and I sent you something special earlier today — and I also put out my first customer newsletter in a while. To save my sanity and some semblance of an early bedtime, you 30 Day Challengers are getting the email I sent out to my customers. I think it’s relevant, as there’s a fair bit of art and stuff you may not have seen yet.
And apparently rest days are important when you’re doing an absurd endeavour like this newsletter+video posting marathon. That’s probably true, I wouldn’t know, but today is the seventh day so maybe some kind of kip is called for. I believe it’s traditional.
Oh also I finished the painting part of my secret project today. Y A Y
Gidday, Two Ruru art enthusiast,
It’s been a while, but I wanted to show some of what I’ve been working on. This is just some, by the way; I’ve never done more art (or writing in my life.) There’s a good reason for that:
I’m now a full-time artist/writer/marketing contractor/consultant/dilettante
So there really has never been a better time (for me) to purchase my work. And I’ve just made the best possible way (for you) to do just that:
Introducing the Two Ruru Print Club: where you can subscribe to my work (digitally or in-real-lifey, your call!) for a very attractive price ($2 less than the cost of one PDF download from my shop)
AND the prints come with a postcard printed on the back, so you can send a message to your friends in the snail mail like in the olden days!
AND there’s an option to get a stamp with your print and the stamp has art on it that I made myself, as seen in the following educational film:
I like all this very much, and I hope you do too. I especially like the idea of getting folks sending actual letters (well, postcards) to each other — it’s something I miss from the pre-internet days and I think it’d be good to get going again.
Oh and subscribing to any of the tiers will also get you a letter from me each month. If that’s something you’d like.
Check out the Two Ruru Print Club
And I’m still making prints, shirts and other things. The aim is to get a print, a sticker, and a shirt made for each piece of art I make each month, so if you want to buy something as a one-off, you definitely have that option too.
That duck picture you’ve seen a lot of is part of the new project I hinted at last time: I am attempting to paint along with every single episode of Bob Ross’ show The Joy of Painting and make… creative adjustments to the art that comes out. I’ve done a few of these now and will be putting out prints and stickers for each, as well as making them available for digital downloads.
And on a completely unrelated note, people seemed to like this:
There’s now a shirt that says “Yeah, Nah” to complement The Shirt That Says “No.”
And custom commissions are extremely open:
If you’re more in the scrolling mood, I’m making an antidote to doom at all of the usual social media hellsites. I challenged myself to post something new every day and I very nearly have — I’m now up to day 22. Feel free to check it via the digital addiction platform of your choice:
Social Medias
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tworuru/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/tworuru
The Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@tworuru
New bird coming sooooon
“Kakabro” (a kakapo wearing a trucker cap) was the standout winner in the poll I sent asking you what bird I should paint next, and work is now underway! The reveal should be my October Surprise (a good one, I hope.) I’m looking forward to showing you.
Thank You
Now, more than ever, I appreciate you supporting my work. Go have a hoon on https://www.tworuru.com/shop/ and I’ll have more for you soon.
Feel free to reply to this email with any suggestions or requests, and I’ll make sure to reply right back – I read every email you send, and I appreciate ‘em, too.
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