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So, a lot of you might be wondering what happened to me during 2020. Lemme make a summary. Just before the end of 2019, I was fired from my retail job. It was a few weeks before Christmas. I spent January and February of 2020 just trying to wind down and enjoy the fact I wasn't working at a place I hated anymore.


Then March through July was me trying to stay afloat, which I did thanks to the help of some friends, and trying to find a new full-time job, since I was having trouble keeping myself motivated to draw.


Then about halfway through August, I got hired in directly at a Whirlpool plant near where I live. And I've been employed there since, on the night shift. That's kept me from doing any further drawing work, or even writing work that I've been trying to do over the past year.


But now it's the end of 2020, and looking back, I was lucky. I didn't have to deal with going out and being social while worrying about the Coronavirus lurking around the corner. Hell, I never caught the damn thing. I managed to stay afloat, not succumbing to debt collectors or my own depression, which reared its ugly head many times during the isolation. And now, I have a job that's paying me better than I've ever been paid, and I have benefits along with it. I was able to be home for the holidays for the first time in what felt like years, and I didn't have to worry about things like Black Friday's insanity. (Shout out to all you retail workers and fast food makers who did, you people are real champs and deserve double pay during those insane hours.)


And now? I can look forward to 2021 with a bit of a lighter step in my heart. Sure, I still need to work out a drawing and writing schedule, but I'm getting back into things. Feels good.


Yours,

SoraWolf7

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Hey all,

Looks like SoraWolf's in financial trouble again! So I need YOUR help, despite me not getting my Patreon off the ground yet. I need to raise about $300 in the next two weeks or less, so I'm slamming the Emergency Commissions Open button on my laptop.

Goal: [$300]

Single Images and Pin-Ups: $35 each

Sequence Deal: $25 per part of the Sequence, Minimum 3 Steps

Please and Thank you, I'll be contacting people who had ideas before to see if they still want to keep those ideas.
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Yeah, title says it all. I'm feeling burnt out again, and I'm on the downswing of my mental health. I'm not considering anything drastic, mind you. I just... I've got a lack of energy to actually DO anything creative aside from daydreaming anymore. Even drawing doesn't feel rewarding anymore, it feels more like a hassle that takes too much energy to start up. I suppose this is going to become a complaining journal, so feel free to ignore my ramblings if you've stuck around this far.

I've been without a job since before Christmas last year, and I've mostly gotten by due to Tax Returns and support from my parents. So yeah, almost 4 months coming up at this point. I've been wanting to get a Patreon started, and I'm almost there, but I'm just finding myself freezing at the last step. I don't know if I'm just scared of failure, which to be honest, I feel like a giant failure right now. I'm hesitating searching for a job because of the whole Coronavirus bullshit going on right now, and probably because I'm jaded with how the Ohio Unemployment system works. I can't get any Unemployment money because I was fired. Things I did for fun back when I started this account, Drawing pictures and Comics, and writing, they just don't feel rewarding for me anymore. I've done so many beginnings for stories and fics that I feel like I can't get past them, and when I do, I end up losing interest. I barely draw anymore because it feels like I just don't have the energy for it anymore. I'm not having fun drawing, even if I know people like to see my work. Things just feels like... I'm trapped in my own life. I don't know how to fix this. I don't know if this CAN be fixed. I feel like I need some time to myself, but I can't GET THAT ANYMORE!

Well, I suppose most of it's out of my system now. Thanks for listening.
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Hey guys, I've finally broken. I need to get money for a Switch and for Pokémon Sword. So I'm opening up some emergency Commissions.

Goal: $330

Single Images and Pin-Ups: $35 each
Examples: Alolan Girl Satoshi? by SoraWolf7 Serenade From Sanji by SoraWolf7 COM Bratty Caelia by SoraWolf7
Sequence Deal: $25 per part of the Sequence, Minimum 3 Steps

UPDATE! [10/30/19 @ 9:22 PM EST]
We're already past the halfway mark thanks to a few generous people! -goes back to working on their commissions.-

UPDATE! [11/6/19 @ 3:15 PM EST]
Progress: $[255/330]
Alright, we're getting closer! I've already pre-ordered Pokémon Sword, so I just need to get that refurbished Switch! And thanks to everyone who has asked me for a commission! I might just have enough commissions to get there once I get paid!

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Things to do:

1. Find a better-paying job that's no further away from my house than my current one.
2. Finish up current Commissions
3. Start drawing 4koma comedy comics.
4. Try not to cry.
5. Cry a lot if 4 fails.

Projects:
Ash-to-Ashley Autocosplay/Autodresser/Autocloset Comic
Kamen Rider Canvas
- Forms and Weapons
- Droids
- Other Riders
- Monsters and Villains
Maybe art for an Isekai Novel?
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