Welcome I Am The Artist in Wonderland
This is a personal (but not private) blog of a troubled, eccentric artist just trying to get through life as best I can. To find out more of what this blog is about, please see the new 2021 Mission Statement by clicking that link or continuing to scroll down. The newest twenty posts are queried on this page with the newest of those closest to the top. To see every post, and in a more themed setting, check out the pages via the menu at the top of this site. Some of the top pages are the Journal, Pops Collection, Status Updates, and Galleries with more coming up very soon as I continue to reinvent this blog. If you’re still not sure where to go, just keep on scrolling down!
To see my official digital art gallery website, please visit: Dream 9 Studios
If you are a fan of the PC game The Sims 4, please visit my mods & more resource site: Simularity
TV & Toon Pops
This gallery post features all of my television related and cartoon related Funko Pops that I have collected and will collect.
Movie & More Pops
This gallery post features all of my movie themed Funko Pops and all of my other Funko Pops that do not fit into any other categories.
Video Game Pops
This gallery post features all of the Pops from my collection which come from various video games past, present, and future.
Star Wars Pops – Pt 2
In this gallery post I am displaying the other half of my Star Wars Funko Pop collection which mostly consists of Pops from the Sequel Trilogy Era.
Star Wars Pops – Pt 1
On this gallery post you will find the first half of my Star Wars Funk Pops collection including the prequels, original trilogy, and the Mandalorian Saga.
Marvel Pops – Avengers
All of my Marvel Funko Pops from the Avengers team-up movies including Age of Ultron, Infinity War, End Game, and also Civil War.
Marvel Pops – MCU TV
In this post I am displaying all of my Marvel Funko Pops from the various MCU TV shows both past and present and eventually future.
Marvel Pops – MCU Movies
A gallery post of all of my Marvel Funko Pops from all of the MCU movies that I have collected so far and will collect in the future.
Project Pop Rebuild Pt 1
As I continue to try and distract myself from the heartbreak of real life, I have started to overhaul and reorganize my large Funko Pop Collection. Read on to find out how!
My Distractive Pop Plans
I need even more to do to distract myself from what’s going on in my life and what is inevitably going to happen. So, I’m overhauling my Funko Pop Collection in a new way.
Status Update 014
Dad is continuing to decline more by the day. Mom and I are starting to burn out as we try our best to care for him. We’re trying to figure out what to do next but we haven’t yet. We need to figure out something before we both completely breakdown.
Status Update 013
I’m sorry for the lack of updates. I’ve been focusing as much as possible on my art projects as my dad’s health continues to decline. I’ll try to keep this blog updated a little more often now when I can.
I’m Losing You
A post about why I have thrown myself so fully into my art projects which is due to my dad’s rapidly declining health.
Status Update 012
Dad is back in the hospital and even worse than he was last time. I’m scared and worried sick. All I can do is focus on my art projects to try and keep myself occupied so that I don’t completely stress out and have that inevitable nervous breakdown too soon.
I’m an Artist Again!
As of July 11, 2021 I am once again a digital artist as I have resumed creating my artworks! YAY! I’ve also redesigned my Dream 9 Studios website and more!
Status Update 011
I’m finally working on a new artwork; my first of 2021!! I’ll post it to the usual places as soon as it’s finished. I also completely overhauled the Dream 9 Studios website with an all new design and more. Check it out?
Status Update 010
My Dad, whom I’ve always been very close to, is currently in the hospital and has been for the past three days. I’m worried sick and therefore trying to divert my attention with happy things like Sims and Funko Pops.
Stressed Out
An update on all that’s going on right now and it’s not exactly good… mostly just a lot of stressful stuff and I am completely stressed out.
Status Update 009
I got a new domain for this blog, aiw.wtf, and designed a new and vastly improved theme as the old one was garish and hard to read. As for what’s going on in my life… I’ll have to write that in a post…
How To: DIY Pop Risers
A step by step guide with lots of photos on how to build the risers I create for my Funko Pops collection out of foam and fabric.
Mission Statement WTF is AIW All About?
The point of every personal blog I’ve every had on the internet has always been to document my progress as I attempt once again to get my life on track with some fun diversions along the way. I talk about my health and my work along with all of my hobbies in a way that’s (hopefully) entertaining for both you and me. Regardless of whether it is entertaining for me, or you, I have always found writing these blog entries to be very therapeutic. Even if few ever read these words, it still benefits me to write and continue to create this blog. So, I shall continue to publish this blod for as long as I feel like it, whenever I feel like it and sometimes even when I don’t feel like it.
So, who am I? I am a 36 year old digital artist from a little town in Southern Illinois who has a penchant for blogging. In addition to being an artist who works in the niche 3D digital art industry I am also bipolar, a hobbyist photographer with two cute chihuahuas, a collector of Funko Pops, and an obsessive gamer who also mods the crap out of said games. I blog about all that and a little more here @ aiw.wtf (don’t you just love the new url?) I have literally been blogging since 1998 when I got my first at-home internet connection. I quickly taught myself to code html websites and later on learned WordPress. And now here we are. Below are some of the topics, features, and more that you can find or will find on this blog: