ART PROJECT ✦ giant acrylic painting & talking 2025 | full time illustrator

[@CelestialPearl-m1s]

We all go through seasons. Seasons come and seasons go. May your 2025 be filled with new adventures. Thank you for your videos. They got me through the tough year. Love your talk and love your work.

[@ChantelleArts]

awww those are the cutest kitties!!! 🥰

[@MsRinda]

My goal in life is recommending the happiness (eudomonology) episode of the ologies podcast to everyone who says they're struggling with mental health/positivity. Cannot recommend it enough! Painting turned out lovely, you're really making me wanna pick up a paintbrush again! Your use of colour is so *chef's kiss*. My goal for this year was graduating my tattoo apprenticeship, which i unfortunately didn't make because I had to refocus on things that could earn me rent, haha. But I will do it in 2025 💪😤 Let's both keep making and *enjoy* making art!

[@ArtbyTuna]

I will definitely check it out. Thank you for the recommendation! Best of luck in 2025 for you 💗💗

[@jascherry]

I hope 2025 brings everyone better things! I hope flapjack can eat cheaper food without getting a stomachache ❤ I am just planning to see where to move my life next and hopefully it leads to a good direction 🙏

[@panda.with.a.pencil]

the final piece is adorable! I absolutely feel you with mental health issues and just...2024 markets being ROUGH. here's to hoping for a better 2025

[@Christina24life]

I finished my illustrated storybook. I’m proud of it and I just wanted to let someone know.

[@ArtbyTuna]

You should be so proud!! What a great accomplishment! 🫶

[@marcusice5400]

love those cats too

[@cutiesaurusart]

I hope 2025 is wonderful for you Tuna! 💖 Love this painting, I really like the squarish brushstrokes and it really makes me want to try it out too! I think I definitely have a lot of things I want to achieve next year, but I very much want to repair my relationship with art and get back to why I love doing it ☺️ So I really appreciate you talking about your similar feelings, it helps a lot!

[@YourPalNko]

I'm feeling sort of stuck right now approaching the end of the year, wondering what I will do for next year. I have an urge to hit the ground running but I also feel like the past few years have been so unpredictable that I am hesitant to get my hopes up. For now though, your words and advice from Atomic Habits (which I have read) and 4,000 weeks (which I need to read) have helped. You are most certainly not alone in feeling down. Weirdly the best advice I got from anyone for art struggles was from a musician named Will Wood, where we were all talking to him before a concert about the artist struggles in life and wondering how he gets through it. And he simply said "Yeah, that sucks." Weirdly that was the last thing I needed to hear to cure my burnout. The nothing to it but to do it, and literally every single on of us go through it, but just keep trying. I'll be trying that next year, and I'm sure you will too.

[@trude_ellerei5338]

Omg I love them so much! 🥰 Happy new year, Tuna! Can’t wait to follow you and your art another year ❤️

[@sakurasharks]

2025 is gonna be riding the vibes and hoping for the best 💪😂👌

[@WanderingCatz-xw9wk]

Looking forward to the new year, and hoping you get more of that excitement for it too! I love watching your videos while doing some drawing of my own since its so calming and inspiring

[@blueprntd]

Wow! Thank you for sharing your process. Because of your pet portrait video’s and plein air video’s, I wanted to try out acrylic gouache for myself. And so this year for Christmas I gifted myself a Holbein set. Hopefully I enjoy it as much as watching your video’s! 🎨

[@ArtbyTuna]

Congrats on the paint set!! I hope you enjoy it as much as I do 😊😊

[@StalxD]

Rachel your vids always make my day better 😊

[@Dragontrap]

Loving the new painting, and wishing you a very Happy New Year! And my 2025 is hopefully going to be more of my comic making journey being put into practice rather than burning myself out (hoping that I can improve in my quickness so that I can get more done in less time). Also really hoping I can move, but we'll see what the future holds in that regard

[@WeblightDreamsStudio]

Aw they are so adorable and thats a large canvas. I miss painting large and I think its great that you painted your own cuties on it.

[@ArtbyTuna]

let this be your sign to get at it again, hehe! thank you!!

[@amandagloverart]

I really enjoyed watching you paint. I struggled with depression in my late 20's/30's, and still experience dysthymia (diagnosis that is pretty much...the blues...all the time)-and found that mindfulness, while no "cure," helps keep life/priorities/perceptions in perspective (recommend thich nhat hahn if you are interested). This year I'm also reducing markets, trying out some group shows and possibly a solo show (i have a verbal from the gallery director but no contract yet) and applying to more serious fine art festivals. (and turning 50, howd that happen???) Anyway - i'm looking forward to your channel content in 2025- sounds exciting (and omg...the cats look great)

[@marcusice5400]

yay love watching a new video , hope you had a amazing holiday

[@ArtbyTuna]

You too marcus!! 😊

[@marcusice5400]

@ im so ready to hit the reset button for next year I am looking forward to more and exciting vlogs in 2025

[@annieyt4121]

Again, great painting, I love it :) We definitely recognize them, they are so adorable! I wish you a wonderful new year, all the best! As for your question, on my part, I plan on launching my website for 2025, with Print on demand at first, but later in the year I plan on printing myself too. A lot of stationary and some jewelery (mostly earrings) too! Happy New Year everyone! :)

[@ArtbyTuna]

print on demand is such a great option when first starting out. best of luck to you and happy new year!!