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Tag: print club
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Day 21: aaaaarghhhhh
I nearly made the whole body of the email just “aaaargh” but I opted for not. But man, it was tempting. I just spent the best part of the evening taking turns with My Wife trying to get the daughter to sleep when she would much rather be up making cute and not-so-cute noises and yeah. Aaaargh.
I also started doing my morning todo list with my morning coffee — apparently when you’re trying to make a new habit, it’s best to tie the new one to something you do without fail, and I simply never don’t drink coffee. Tonight, after getting through about half of the todo list as is traditional, I am starting to think that the list is simply too long. I’ve read before that it’s better to keep a shorter todo list and get everything checked off than have a long one you can’t complete. But then where will I put the things I need to remember to do but can’t do today? And having all those undone ones looks so untidy; and writing out the same task again the following day is just a pain.
I have never once found a todo system that works for me. Bullet journaling is the closest thing to it but I find myself getting annoyed with that too. Every app has been a mixture of too much and too little, not to mention extortionate pricing. Hey, maybe this nifty little thing that got profiled in the New York Times might help…
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/ugmonk-analog-to-do-system-review
Wait, what? It’s $100? For a piece of wood with a slot in it? No. God no. This self-improvement space is so endlessly rife with these things; if it’s not an outright grift it’s just absurdly expensive. Maybe I’ll just make one myself; I’ll need some cardstock for the printer and some plywood. If you have access to tools want one I suggest going the same route; by the time you’re done you’ll have an organiser, saved yourself around $90, and you’ll have learned some woodworking!
Or you could just keep the cards on your desk. In a rubber band. They’re like ten cents. Also, I reread the article to check something just now and realised it contains the phrase “The Analog system speaks to my Gemini spirit,” which made me want to bite down on broken glass. Even more aaaargh.
The things that got done today include getting the first batch of Print Club prints sent off (there is still space to join Print Club this October if anyone wants to get amongst it!) as well as the commission I finished yesterday. For reasons I don’t entirely understand, doing this took up nearly the entire morning. Seemingly simple things that develop unwieldy complications as you go are my least favourite kind of tasks. Anyway, here’s the Print Club, in case you missed it the first time around.
Do check it out; I am often very wrong about what I want to be popular but I can’t help loving the idea of getting snail mail happening again.
miscellaneous
A reader sent me this video which I’ve seen before but will watch again, which resonates with the magical combination of “inspirational” and “uncomfortably seen.”
So. How was your week? Feel free to ping me a reply. I appreciate you sticking around for this series, especially on a night like tonight when I imagine these even more frustrating to read than they are to write.
Still, I’m here, and it’s Day 21, and I haven’t missed a day yet. Even if all I manage to send is a mass of guff, I’m finally putting together the daily writing habit I’ve always wanted to have, and once this challenge is over I think it’ll serve me well.
Thanks, as always, for reading.
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Day 7: 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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Moby Duck: How to Buy
This painting of Moby Duck – name suggested by a few excellent TikTok commenters – is the first artwork I’ve made that has done Numbers on social media since I was posting videogame artwork on Reddit. People have been asking for prints, so I’ve prepared the following options, to gather everything in one place.
Physical prints
People love prints, and who am I to deny them? These can be printed and shipped worldwide (yes, even the United States!) Buy using the link below.
Digital prints
I like to keep my artwork as accessible as possible, so I make digital PDF prints available for every artwork I do. Buy this, and print it however you like.
Print Club
I’ve been wanting to set up a print club for ages, and here we are! You can subscribe digitally (for less than the cost of one digital download) and get access to all the art I’ve ever made. And you can also subscribe to monthly prints, in postcard form! Check it below for all the details.
T-shirts
People always ask for t-shirts. Who am I to deny the will of the people? This ships worldwide.
Stickers
I do as I am told. These will make your laptop look both stylish and confusing (in a good way.)
Flippin’ magnets
How do they work? Don’t talk to a scientist, just grab one and stick it to your fridge and call it a miracle.