I'm Looking For One (Special) Person to Sponsor Me for the Rest of 2025

Inktober Day 6 + Projekt Rattloch — Week 15 🐀🕳️

This October I’m setting myself a double challenge. I’ll be sending one of my own artworks every day along with that day’s Inktober 2025 drawing. Thirty-one days of art, one short email per day around this time in the afternoon. Please unsubscribe if it’s too much for you. However… If you’re new here and you want my fantastic outsider art in your inbox, please:

I’ve had a lot of mental growing pains this week.

My art shop is live, but I have realised that it’s just the start of the journey. And that’s ok. I’m now ‘in the game', and I can improve the site a little bit at a time, as opposed to procrastinating for two years feeling like it was a monumental, mammoth task, like I’ve done before.

Even as a so-called techie, I was not prepared for the absolute beast that is connecting all the apps and sales channels. This week has been a hilarious battle against the meta-tech-giant-machine. We’re talking wrestling with glitchy Facebook menus, getting locked out by security bots for 72 minutes at a time, and getting stuck in maddening loops like, “Your ad account is disabled,” followed by, “You need to add payment info,” followed by, “You can’t add payment info because your account is disabled!”

Aghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!

ZUCKERFUCKKKKKKKK!

With roadblocks such as these, it really goes to show that it’s 90% a mental game and 20% implementation game (I was never really good at maths, to be honest.)

I set up a little challenge of selling 100 art prints during October. Six days in, there have been 203 visitors to my website and zero sales, so far. The child in me would usually be upset, but this is all part of the growth process. It’s about learning, improving, and finding the right people who love my art.

But it’s not all been wrestling with tech giants. In the middle of all this chaos, a genuinely cool thing happened. I joined this new AI business community, and just from being on the leaderboard for helping other people out, I earned $20 for coming third this week. It’s not a fortune, but it’s a boost, and it came from a place of connection, not frustration. I highly recommend you check the community out, Julian really knows his stuff! It was a brilliant reminder that progress often comes from the places you least expect.

And while I wait for Meta to reply, I’ll keep improving the my art shop.

Next up…

Here’s my Inktober 2025, Day 6 drawing: Pierce:

…and, today’s NEW artwork on the shop…

About the artwork “MEMENTO VIVERE” (2023) by SLART

“Memento Vivere” translates to “Remember to Live.” This piece is a powerful meditation on that simple, urgent command.

It began as a portrait, but a leaky spray can created what looks like a stream of tears, a happy accident that revealed the painting’s true soul. Those accidental marks represent the moments in life that feel like suffering, the times when things break, leak, or fall apart against our will.

But they are not just scars of pain; they are proof of a life fully lived.

This piece is not about dwelling in sadness. It is about acknowledging our suffering, our imperfections, and our happy accidents, and choosing to live all the more vibrantly because of them. It’s a reminder that even through our tears, we must remember to live.

Reasons to buy this stunning canvas art from SLART

✅ Costs 93% Less than the original painting

✅ Global Shipping

✅ Support a living artist

✅ 30-Day Money-Back Guarantee

✅ Fast Delivery (5-7 business days)

✅ Ready to Hang (no extra work needed!)

✅ Built to Last (scratch, crack, and warp resistant)

✅ Lifetime Colour Guarantee (no fading or yellowing)

You don’t need another “nice” picture for your wall. You need a statement.

“MEMENTO VIVERE” is the one piece in your home that will actually make you feel something. It’s the story of a happy accident, a daily reminder that our struggles are what give life its flavour.

This isn’t a flimsy poster. It’s a museum-quality canvas that captures every raw detail of the original. Ready to hang, ready to make you think.

Stop buying decorations. Invest in a conversation.

This week has been a journey, and I’m on the hunt for a very special person: my first ever art shop customer.

To the person who takes that spot, you will be a true founding supporter of this whole adventure, and I want to do something to say thank you.

I will feature your project, business, or whatever you’re passionate about (with a link) at the bottom of every Substack I write for the rest of 2025. You’ll be a sponsor of sorts. That’s a shout-out to the 5000+ people who will read this by the end of the year. 🎉

If you’d like to be that person, the shop is now open. After you purchase, just reply to your order confirmation email with the link you’d like me to share. You’ll never be forgotten, ever! 🙏

Best wishes,

SLART