Azuki

Back at Wilfrid Laurier U with The Rec Market!

#artmarket #waterloo

🙏 I say this sweating after seeing another booth get $1000 when I got $100

WE CANNOT DO THIS TO OURSELVES OK

#conventionartist

Sweet reminder to all you convention artists
(especially the newbies AKA me)

DON’T COMPARE YOUR INCOME RESULTS!

Could be their
✅demographic
✅booth location
✅experience
✅multiple helpers
✅product variety
✅online popularity
✅some insane luck

Truth is all artists struggled AND it wasn’t my demographic 🤷🏻‍♀️✨

YA LIVE AND YA LEARN!

#artistalley #animeconvention

Fellow artists were all telling me “I think you’d do really well at cons!”

So I went to my first con and …
It was so bad, I couldn’t make my table after 2 days.

My first thought was “I just can’t compete against these veteran vendor artists!”

At Anime Fiesta!! ✨
If you’re from the GTA, consider stopping by! 💕💖💕

#animeconvention #Toronto

This is definitely my fave piece from this year so far!

If you like it too, that’d mean so much!! 🥹💖💕

IT’S HALLOWEEN SEASON! 🎃✨

Here are my witchy OCs that I haven’t drawn in over a year 👀💦

This was done on stream! If you missed it, I’ll share a bit of the process below!✨

#OC #HalloweenArt #Art

Short stream today!✨✨

I can’t do ALL of my con prep on stream!

I’m still gonna make time to draw with you all though! 💕💕

m.twitch.tv/azukiarts

#artstream #halloween #OC

Since it's October...
I'm working on a Halloween artwork on stream today!~
(It's my persona dressed ... as a bat demon... thing?)

LET'S GET EXCITED FOR SPOOKY SEASON TOGETHER!
#Artstream #halloween

www.twitch.tv/azukiarts

AzukiArts - Twitch A digital artist who games and draws! I love pretty characters and all things sweet, like you! ♥

I always announce my streams like a "Join me for a work day!"
Kinda like bring your kid to work, but it's you LOL

but TODAY is a REAL REAL work day. I'm working on a commission and doing con prep in the background~

'Cause my real life is ✨chaotic✨

www.twitch.tv/azukiarts

#artstream #conprep

If we have a cute artist interaction in person and you don’t follow me after, I’ll survive! 👍

…but if we find each other online and you don’t like my comments? 💔

I JUST WANT TO KNOW MY GOOD VIBES ARE REACHING YOU SAFELY 😭

They aren’t safe! It’s scary territory out there, please let them in!! 🥺

AzukiArts - Twitch A digital artist who games and draws! I love pretty characters and all things sweet, like you! ♥

ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER COMMISSION!~~
I came back from a bunch of events but in like a week I'll have more... so I gotta grind to get some done now!
Come cheer me on or let's work together!

#artstream #commissionsopen #artist

www.twitch.tv/azukiarts

Anyway here's some of my process:

(2/2)

#artist #fanart

I used to question why artists don’t just show their process when someone gives them a hard time…

Now I get it ‘cause who cares about their opinion (Unless they’re paying!)

I’ve also realized I’m just REALLY open about everything when it comes to my art!

Not everyone is and that’s ok!👍✨

(1/2)

TODAY WILL BE MY LAST GAME STREAM!!

It'll be the last episode of Life is Strange 2!~
Come join in to see which ending I get!

(I'm pouting in the thumbnail bc I have seen the future and I'm gonna be sad)

#lifeisstrange2 #gamestream

(Also I am your deleted comment, bc I worded this backwards and I couldn’t let it stand LOL)

Okay but I’ve put AI images that have been traced by humans through and it says 100% human made. So these aren’t all that smart 🤷🏻‍♀️

Use your human brains, y’all

Maybe they can’t reach any viewers or customers at all!

So why do you think popularity actually matters aside from that??

(2/2)

Some people assume that once an artist gets “popular” they don’t need support any more

Maybe that popular artist doubts that any of their followers are even real because of the lack of engagement

(1/2)

AzukiArts - Twitch A digital artist who games and draws! I love pretty characters and all things sweet, like you! ♥

I couldn't stream yesterday... so today I'm starting a new commission!

It's time to work hard to make up for the time I've lost! Let's go!!

www.twitch.tv/azukiarts

#commissionopen #digitalart #artstream

I lied it wasn’t my first time manufacturing… It was my first time as Azuki Arts though! ✨

Here’s a comparison on my first pins versus my latest pin!✨✨

(I can’t even remember when I made these. I never attempted to sell ‘em! 🤷🏻‍♀️)

#artshop #artist

This is amazing!! Also I keep seeing your portraits everywhere, congrats!✨✨

Sometimes I have a hard time learning things so I appreciate when it's explained in multiple ways too! Just because you've easily understood something, doesn't mean everyone has yet!

It's nice to be patient for your fellow art enjoyers~~

In my art streams, sometimes I'll explain what I'm thinking so a kid could understand. I'll repeat myself, use props or draw things out!

You gotta remember, sometimes my viewers actually ARE kids or they're beginner artists. Learning art is for everyone!!

#artstreamer

No wonder my most common customer are the people in alt fashion though!✨✨

My art probably speaks to other people who also feel like they don’t fit in! 💖💕

I watched this video essay on the Wasian American experience (I’m latinasian but same thing, we mixed)

Someone shared that the feeling of never really fitting in to either culture made them drift toward alt fashion

… Just look at my brand persona, it seems like again I’m not unique 👀

#art

IT'S BEEN A WEEK SINCE MY LAST STREAM!

I'M BAAAACK~~
Today I'm going to be catching up on commissions (obviously)
While I work we can talk all about my experience being at 3 markets in 1 week!

www.twitch.tv/azukiarts

#artstream #digitalart #commissionsopen

Round 2 with the Rec Market at Wilfrid Laurier University! ✨

#artmarket #waterloo

I’ve finished 2/3 of my art market events this week! ✨✨

I could never have expected such a positive reaction to my work!💕

Everyone has been SO sweet, but because these events all have a day in between I’ve realized…

“IMPOSTOR SYNDROME! SHE’S BACK!”
(Well, she never left tbh)

#artmarket