Sorry it took so long (Patreon)

Hey all,

Firstly, I just want to apologize for the last 10 months or so. I have barely been creating and in a large part it was due to lack a motivation, but also due to an improper mindset. I was convinced that if my work didn't live up to a certain standard of quality then it meant it wasn't good, or worth the effort. "I've done better than this before!" I would tell myself when I would find errors in my work and thus that work would immediately lose all value to me in my own head.

This was unfair to all of you first and foremost. You are paying to see me create, and I was not creating because I feared it wasn't good enough. It was also hurtful to me, as not drawing regularly for such a time has caused my skills to diminish somewhat. 

I am going to make an effort to draw when I am able and not put so much concern on the end quality and strive for what I always had in the past, "The best I can do at the time" and proceed with getting back into the swing of it.

I also recently had a bit of an epiphany that rocked me emotionally. My struggles with my art came from a desire to live up to the heights of the past, and not staying true and genuine to myself or what I wanted to make. This was causing a lot of hardship to my creative process as well. As such, I have resolved to keep my creations as genuine to myself as possible. This may deviate from what most people would expect in terms of content, but it is the only way I can return to what art was meant to be, a way to communicate ideas and emotions that may or may not resonate with all people. 

My only hope is that it's message resonates with all of you here.

Anyway, rant is over, my self-righteous ramblings aside, look, I have been drawing, I am back! I will do everything I can to keep it going.

~Kari <3