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HMdesignStudios
- Feb 27, 2019
- 4 min
Notes from the Road...Fountain Hills, AZ
February 21st, we left for our first show on the road, in Fountain Hills Arizona close to Phoenix. We pull in to Fountain Hills Thursday night for early set up and knowing that it was supposed to rain all day Thursday we decided not to set up that night... It rained for about 4 hours of our 6 hour drive over to Fountain Hills from California. Getting colder and colder as we traveled east. To our surprise, we pulled into Fountain Hills around 11 pm and we were greeted with H
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HMdesignStudios
- Feb 20, 2019
- 2 min
I'm just gonna leave this here...
Thursday we leave for three weeks on the road.
Unfortunately, in the past month, we have gotten rained out of basically every show in CA we planned on doing. I've been dodging calls and letters from bill collectors, we keep getting emails about all the booth fees that are due, and we are trying to figure out if we have enough gas money just to get to Arizona. It's been a rough February so far. But I know I chose this life...and it's a life of uncertainty. But also a life
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HMdesignStudios
- Jan 16, 2019
- 3 min
The Process...
I get asked constantly how I do my pieces and where I get my #inspiration from.
I wish I had some amazing story of how I come up with my ideas and #concepts, but I don't.
I honestly just paint what I feel like at the time, and what I think would look cool. My whole life is kind of run on impulses... haha. One morning I will wake up and want to cut the remaining chunk of my hair off, and without even giving it a second thought, I do it. (sometimes I regret it, and sometim
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HMdesignStudios
- Jan 9, 2019
- 3 min
Being your own boss!
It's a tough thing, owning your own business...
You don't have anyone to answer to...
No one is telling you what do to...
Some people think it's the #dreamjob, but it DOES take a LOT of #motivation and #selfdiscipline.
I'm constantly trying to be better about this...
YOU have to be the one to #motivate yourself to create new work.
YOU have to be the one to stick to a schedule throughout the day (I need to be better about this one).
YOU have to keep good records for
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