aprilmdesigns

Hi everyone! 

My dream is to have my designs made into enamel pins, so I have decided to launch a kickstarter to hopefully make this dream a reality!

Please check it out! 

www.kickstarter.com/projects/7…  

Hi everyone! If you'd like to see more from me besides finished work, check out my Patreon! www.patreon.com/aprilmdesigns I have pledges from $1-$25/month. Everyone will get to see sketch work and finished work, Others will get to see videos, work in progress for my upcoming comic projects, and some will even get prints every month! So please help support my work if you have a few extra dollars to spare each month! Thank you!

So some exciting news happening. I finally gave in and am now going to take a web design course. It's about time I expand my design services, and what better way to go back to school, sort of.  So I may become a little quiet on here for a few months.

With that said, Hal-Con is getting into full gear and being on the design committee, I have a few projects that I will be working on. I have one in the works, and for those of you who do go to Hal-Con, I'm sure you'll be very excited about!

And with Hal-Con comes some personal projects as well to get ready to sell! I am really hoping I will be able to find the time to drawing all 5 of the new Dr. Who companions, but if not, I will do two of the ladies. Clara and Rose. Maybe Amy too, she's my other favorite. I am hoping I will also be able to order in some shirts of popular designs as well as tote bags and zipper poaches.

I am also clearing out old prints, so there will be some you won't see anymore, because they are retired! Old work takes up space for new, exciting things! Anything from 2012 and beyond won't be making it back to my table. Unless they are numbered prints, I will sell them until they are gone.

I am also hoping to have a mini art book out too that will compile work from 2010 to now. It will featuring sketches, WIP shots and finished work.

One more thing before I finish here, my Patreon will be launching the first of September. I have finished everything I think that will work out for me and all of you who support me. Pledges range from $5-$25. You will get to see everything that I work on. I am trying to get a video thing set up so I can record me drawing/painting on the computer and maybe somehow set something up with my camera to show traditional drawings. There are other benefits too, but you'll have to wait and see on my Patreon page!

So that's it! Fun times ahead!

Well everyone, yesterday I had my birthday and I am officially in my 30s! Lots of good things have happened over the years and I am pretty proud on how far I have come. Some days I feel like I am way behind on things in life, but when I look back to all of the things I have done, I'm really happy how it has been turning out. 

Things I have done in the past decade:

Graduated from two different colleges
Made some great friends during those times
Found the love of my life
Adopted 2 cats
Traveled
Sold at numerous conventions and craft fairs
Published a comic with two friends
Bought a house
My work was in a few local galleries
Hosted two art exhibits
Organized craft fairs
Have my work being sold in a couple of different stores
Met some amazing people
Plus a bunch more little things that just get you through life. 

Here's to a great decade ahead of me! I feel like my 30s are going to rock. 

Thank you to everyone who has been supporting me and my art work for this past decade! 

I got a lot on my plate again (surprise, surprise?) and want to try to get most of it done for the big event of the year!, Hal-Con. I'm hoping I can get most of it, if not all of it, done. Mainly the comic I am working on with friends. Which should be done by the end of August and published for October!

Second, this summer I want to get some dresses and leggings done up with some new patterns I'm currently working on. One is going to be based on some things that Halifax people will enjoy (I hope). And of course, it'll all be super cute! Cause what else would I do? Once I'm done with the patterns, I will be open for pre-orders of the dresses and leggings. I can't afford to buy in bulk, which is why it's pre-orders only (for now).

Another thing I would like to get done is a series I've been thinking about for the past year. It's fanart based, and won't be announcing what it is until Hal-Con. Cause sometimes people like taking other peoples ideas (though I'm sure others have done similar things like this, but whatever. I just want to be the only one there with something like it, it's a small city, okay!?). I'm hoping to have about 6 different illustrations done for it, max 10! ahah, I don't want to go too crazy over it, because I have more things I would like to do!

And one more thing. ANOTHER series! I want to do some of my own original monster girls, so I think that will be pretty fun and chill to do. Prob like 5 girls or so. I'm not in a crazy rush to get them done. But if I can get a few drawings done by the time Hal-Con comes, I'll be pretty happy.

I'm not sure how I'm going to get it all done this summer. I have a ton of things I'm doing outside of work and freelance work, and my own personal work. Like hanging out with family and friends (lucky me no weddings this year!), going on mini day/weekend trips with the bf (going to try to hit up all of the new breweries in the province!) and my big vacation! My bf and I will be heading across the pond to London and Paris for a week and a bit! Ahhhhh!! I'm so excited! I have no idea what I want to do or see, there's just so much, and so little time! But I'm sure we'll figure it all out soon! We're leaving August 30th, so tons of time to still plan ahead. ahahaha...... I'm sure we'll be fine. It's going to be my first ever big trip! Super excited! *and a tiny bit nervous*.