Spring is about to spring for many of you, and here in Mumbai we have entered the dreaded summer season (we don't get any transition season over here) March is always a month I tend to dread and each year I mark it on my planner and calendar as "Take it easy month". Speaking of calendars, we are the 1st of the month and this means the March 2025 calendar page is now up for download in the Freebie zone.
The illustration on this page was the 3rd in my series of floral animal silhouettes which were released each month as Patreon rewards last year and are still available should you join Patreon today.
Drawing a floral bunny to illustrate the month last year was because Easter fell in March, this year it's going to be in April, but I think we can all agree that rabbits have that kind of "spring has sprung" kind of vibe about them so it makes them a perfect animal to illustrate the month. This illustration like all the others are available on Teepublic as I make a point of uploading Patreon illustrations in that shop the same month I release them to my Patreons (yes that means this year's rewards are already live on Teepublic).
Now back to the month that was and the month that will be shall we? February has felt like a kind of extension of January : slow, sluggish and a bit of boring. Sales were slow, but then they always are for the first quarter of each year because people are still hungover from the Holidays shopping frenzy and the fact that in a lot of countries the financial year ends around March, and tax returns are due in April in the US. Still February had a few surprises, like Society6 announcing they would restructure their whole approach to selling art and decided to delete a lot of accounts in the process of becoming a more curated platform. I wrote a blog post about it and made a YouTube video elaborating a bit more about it.
The plan in March is of course to take it easy and favour self-care, and with the heat being on, spending lots of time at the pool. I resumed my 3 times a week swimming routine 2 weeks ago (that's how insane the heat has been this year).
I'm also very excited to see what will happen with Society6 as I am one of the artist that made the cut.