Maria Ochoa

Happy September, ya'll!

Added 2023-09-04 22:35:05 +0000 UTC

Another month down and only four more left till the year is over! I hope everyone has had a good year so far despite...everything. Once again I wanna thank everyone who has supported me here, through my dry spells, and weird art spells, and everything in between! I have no idea how to make this space more engaging, but if no one is complaining about the art I've been posting that's always a good sign!

I do want to share that I'm looking into making my own website! I've been having a bad time finding my stride on instagram, and tumblr is being difficult. I sound like a boomer with this whole "back in my day" thing but honestly I miss the days when there were websites everywhere about your favorite things. When I was into dragonball it was like every character had a web shrine, filled with fanfics and fanart. You could do a name search of a character and BOOM! a list of websites appeared.

I want to share my work but I am tired of being in constant fear of AI being fed our work, AI threatening to replace artists of all kinds. Patreon is my only source of income but I also understand that it's also hard to support each other because we're all going through struggles. I keep thinking that if my art was JUST a little bit better it might get more attention, but that only causes me to beat myself up.

Im hoping this website can be a nice safe space where I can share things the same way patreon has been. When it's finally done I'll be sure to link it too, of course!

Be safe, everyone, and here is a silly picture of one of my cats for your viewing pleasure!