Making Zombies

 Lately I've been trying hard to juggle all sorts of different tasks and projects. It has gotten so bad that I have so many things I want to do and should be doing that I don't know what I should do first so I end up doing nothing. It got to the point where I started to say that even though this idea is cool and some people might like it there will be some that think the worst of me so why even bother. I have begun to defeat myself half way through projects and stop just before they're done.
How did I get to this state? How will I get out of it?

Ive recently cut a big part of my life down to a very little part of it . . . but it still has it's pull. I think that if I keep trying to make work what isn't working,I will literally go insane. It's time to go back to my roots and start with the physical art side of things. Start just hanging out and sharing my art with people that want to see it and buy it just because they like it. I need to scrub my brain from thinking that I am responsible for anything other than making art and sharing it with the world. I need to refocus on the art, less on what anyone else thinks. 

Most importantly I need to unplug from the internet and not chase the dopamine of a like, share or comment. I need to chase the dopamine high from drawing a cool zombie at a cool angle that looks cool because I think it looks cool. And then share it where people actually care to see it.
That's it.
Last chance at the art crate is now. (or you missed it)

Mental Shifting

 Welcome back to another new episode of the almost Daily Zombie. Not quite there yet, but getting closer all the time. In todays post I'm going to talk briefly about changing attitudes and perception. Mostly mine but maybe others over time. 

For the last 5 years I have been making art and mostly posting it to the blockchain. I wasn't a crypto artist but I was an artist using crypto as a platform for selling. It was great and I learned a lot of different things. I fell in love with crypto because it connected me to a huge and hungry for art audience, it was easy to accept micro transactions that helped pay my bills, and most of all it allowed me to connect with and reward and engage with the people that liked my art.

As everyone knows the entire crypto scene went downhill pretty quickly but I hung on and continued to interact with my audience of collectors. Hopium is a helluva drug.

It took a recent interaction online within the crypto community for me to realize that this space has actually been slowly suffocating me in ways that are hard to express properly. Hopium and desperation and desolation. It was happening in slow motion and killing me little by little. 

In fact it caused me to stop valuing myself and stop valuing my work. 

But this isn't a pity party, because believe me if I started that there would be no end lol
Instead this is a message that I'm changing my life starting today and valuing the work I do and finding those that find the value too. Shifting gears from 100% crypto focused to less than 5%
The time to find my actual collectors of physical artwork has begun. 

It is time to unleash the power of the Horde to the world at large. I have a team that is boosting my confidence every day and my eyes are starting to realize what exactly I have built. We're starting with the Horde Loot Crates so they can learn all about global shipping and then we continue to expand.

I'm never going to stop drawing and painting and now I have a team that is dedicated to helping me achieve my goals, things are starting to get fun again and more importantly I'm starting to value myself again.

Inky Zombie Portraits

Hey everyone, hope your day is great. Today I started to draw some inky zombie portraits of people on Threads. So far 2 people submitted their faces to get drawn. So that was cool. I've started to look at patreon for another avenue to post my art at and try to earn a buck or two. 
I think I should have given up on my art career a long time ago. I am not making it. lol
damn

But at least it's fun still right?
If you want to get drawn, drop your face in the comments or find me on the socials.

The Merch on Display

 Praise the Horde the necrotic eagle has landed in Michigan and safely into the hands of the newly formed HORDE / BYRON merch division. Never in my life have I had complete strangers come into my life and fill the holes that have plagued me for years. What began as a commissioned artwork turned into a mutually beneficial adventure to bring my artwork of the Horde out to you, the Horde. 

​Art is starting to feel fun again as I begin to get much more social around the socials and will soon start my livestreaming sessions.

Mean while the Horde Merch division is creating the first every Horde Loot Crate and while we work on our website integration we have orders through Byron's Ko-fi page. Go here to place your order. 

We're going to try to make these loot crates fun and somewhat interactive to keep things interesting and different each and every month. We're also going to try to personalize things over time to give you art that you connect with as well as merch you might actually want.