It’s all coming together! All at once! Despite my best efforts! So yes all the projects are due, and this is how I do it. Whilst I tell you of my plans, you can see the entire process of the color realism commissions from start to finish.
Forget multitasking. Multitasking is a myth, unless you’re doing dead-easy activities that use totally different brain & body parts such as treadmill walking & reading a book at the same time. [I can read a book at 3mph, by the way].
Monotasking all the way! My favorite way to monotask is going all-in on ONE task at a time, either in order of closest due date [85% of my approach if I were to make up a percentage] or in order of size [may 10% of the time]. Most of my self-imposed art projects have arbitrary timelines, but all of those get fitted around the deadlines that can’t be moved. And then at times when I’m sick or wholly unmotivated, I work on the smallest, easiest possible thing and build up momentum by clearing out the low-hanging fruit.
If my art projects are all about same size, effort, due date, and/or I have to wait on feedback on any of them, I will sometimes split them up throughout the day. That way I can switch every few hours if I feel like the monotony is getting to me.
Oh yeah and I also end up facing a LOT of possible distractions, so I’ve come up with ways to handle those. Except sometimes cleaning urges still sometimes win, but then my house is cleaner so that also is a win. In all of that I still have to keep in mind my personal health & relationships, so unless something is a true emergency or very short-term sacrifice I still need to keep the long-term important things on top.
Annnnd with that video done, and that commissions off to the printers, those are two major projects off my list!
