Abigayle Rhodes

Before I went back to school (2021-2023) I had slowly started taking opportunities to be a vendor at various events, selling prints and stickers of my work as well as attempting to sell those same things online.

While I was in school I stopped working towards this and stopped developing commercial work for lack of time, but it’s something I’m very interested in doing again AFTER I’ve thought thoroughly about what I want that facet of my work to look like.

In the meantime, I have a TON of old stock taking up space in my office that I want to be rid of so I can start fresh. I have no idea what the best avenue is for me to sell off some of these old prints, and I would love to hear about your experiences with selling your work, however you find works best for you.

I know this may be a big ask, because some folks don’t like to give away their ✨ secrets ✨ but if you’d like to share, comment on this post or DM me! I would also appreciate you sharing with your other artists friends selling merch! I’d love to hear a lot of perspectives!

I only got to check off 2 things from my 2025 bingo card (read 1 more book than last year and do well in school).
I’ve always had a love/hate relationships with New Years Resolutions. I so rarely fulfill them due to my own over ambitiousness setting unattainable goals for myself. At the end of every year I look at my New Years Resolution page in my sketchbook, a page I probably spent hours on, making it look unnecessarily pretty. I would curse myself for the things I didn’t accomplish, not being able to remember what happened past last week on a good day let alone remember anything I actually did accomplish that year especially with my lack of record keeping. Despite that I keep making these pages for myself and I always try to make my resolutions “easier” for the next year.
This year I’m less precious with the page. All I care about is getting it down. There are four blank spots because I can’t think of anything else (I’m taking suggestions)… but I also don’t really care if they stay blank or not. Regardless on if I’m able to mark any of these off come December, I can confidently say that I accomplished a big goal last year and I’m set up to accomplish more this year.
Thank you for giving me that.
Happy New Year.

I’ve finally succumbed to my end of the year, post burnout cold, but you know what could make me feel better?? Getting the last $350 I need in the last 4 days of my Kickstarter! I’m so close to my goal, every little bit helps! To entice you, here is a sneak peak at another of my pieces in this collection. This sketch really doesn’t capture the full magic of this piece - but I can’t make it come to life without reaching my full funding goal!