Hello Slothicornians (is that a thing?)

Here is my introduction post for Slothicorn. I am going to treat this post as a bit of a job interview with a 'why me?' and a 'why you-Slothicorn' layout.

Why Me?

I don't typically call myself an artist, because I usually work with photographs...but I am not your typical photographer either. I consider myself somewhere in between. I have always been a creative driven person. I would say photography is my go-to medium for expression but I frequently explore other areas of art. And by that I mean, mediums, genres, histories...basically anything. For the past 6 months I have been channeling that energy into fan art. Which has been fun to create, but really doesn't have much purpose overall. As a result I have had a few people request commissions, but I feel strongly adverse to the idea of that for some reason. Here's an example of some of the artsy things I have done recently:

pencil drawing scanned and colored in photoshop

digital fan art for the magicians in a folk art style

digital painting fan art for the magicians

Why Slothicorn

When I found out about Slothicorn here on Steemit, firstly I did not understand...as my curiosity grew I found myself searching for more information for what it was all about. I am new to the whole crypto currencies world, I have only been on steemit for maybe 3 weeks. However, I was drawn to the idea of creating art with the creative commons attribution because unlike fan art, it would give my artistic explorations a whole new life. Also there is the possibility of making a little bit of money to help sustain my creative pursuits.

Or you know, maybe finally afford that root canal I need so badly...but I digress.

I found this extremely helpful:
@stellabelle/rules-for-submitting-a-post-to-slothicorn
https://creativecommons.org/licenses

Taking the First Step

I have to say I was intimidated, because I wasn't really sure what crypto theme elements I would need in my artwork to make it qualify. I tried my best to research and look at previous submissions. I saw a lot of actual slothicorns...and a lot of junk. So heading into it was mentally fuzzy for me. I decided why not find my way through it, and share that process with everyone as I go? Create my own content that I feel fits the theme, grow and expand as I learn.

I have already made one contribution to Slothicorn, you can check it out here:
@wildempress/my-first-artwork-for-slothicorn

I have plans in place for a crypto-theme inspiration post. Where I will be brainstorming symbols and themes that I feel can be fit into the cryptoart world. I will be making some content to share and contribute within those posts, and hopefully start a discussion about what is considered crypto.

I realized that as artists we might not be the most adept in the areas of currencies and technologies, and we are drawn more to whimsical and organic elements...this is why I think the literal slothicorn was so widely embraced. So I really want to explore that more...how can whimsy and nature, two things that are very strong inspirations in the art world be combined with things like money and computers to provide value to the crypto community while being palatable to the artist.
digital fan art in a art nouveau style for...you guessed it the magicians...they have a royal sloth

I would love more discussion on this feel free to leave questions and comments! ![wildmotif.png]