Hello!
I love nature, science, Pokémon, gay stuff (both SFW and NSFW) and making comics - not necessarily in that order. My NG journey is about sharing all kinds of works and accepting that they're all equally valid ways of expressing myself through art.
Joined on 8/22/23
I had a similar experience, of art being a hobby I did infrequently, and did not really want to keep spending the money for materials, nor could I justify spending too much on an expensive art tablet.
I ended up settling on buying a cheap, secondhand, stylus-compatible Android tablet off eBay, and it has served me well for my purposes.
You don't have to abandon traditional media if you don't want to! Art supplies are available online just like everything else. You don't have to go to a brick-&-mortar store if it's not around. cheapjoes.com & jerrysartarama.com are both proven suppliers. Get on their mailing lists & look for sales featuring the products you want. Or coupon codes for 'em. When the time is right, get to the website & load up the shopping cart.
As both of these suppliers are based in the US, I'm afraid that the shipping costs along with the fees my country's customs will inevitably charge make this option prohibitively expensive. But thanks for sharing the links, I appreciate the intent. :) And I hear you - there are so many ways to do art traditionally, I'm sure I'll be able to find a work-around for my problem.
@vlsrb Are you somewhere in Europe, then? Presumably at least a few countries there have their own equivalents of the suppliers I linked to...at the very least, you should be able to find sources in England, France & Germany.
I am indeed in Europe, but let's just say that my country makes it very annoying to order anything from abroad. A lot of services don't ship here since we're not a big market, and when you do find and order something it can get held up at customs for weeks/months and gets slapped with a customs fee (which sometimes puts the thing you ordered in a different price bracket). That's why you learn to mostly stick to buying stuff that's available in local stores, or doing it when you're travelling to another country. In any event, I appreciate your help. :) The project I'm currently working on means a lot to me, so I'm definitely not giving it up just because I can't buy the specific markers that I use - I'll switch to monochromatic colored pencils or find a different workaround.
I see...one of the central or eastern European countries, then. No need to tell me anything else.
Seems like some things haven't changed since before the USSR broke apart in '89.
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That's sucks buddy