Hey all! Long time no type!
I'm coming back after a long (functionally about a year now, though there's been some bits of popping back in and out in between) haitus due to jobs/mental health/hospital trips/you name it, life threw it at me this year. I had gotten a YouTube channel launched and gotten a really strong start to getting a social media following going right before I left.
I had done all of this under "Handdrawnviolist," which is a handle I had been using since, gee... high school maybe? But coming back to it, the name seems like a bit of a mouthful (It's also one character too long for Twitter) and that maybe I should completely rebrand. Some ideas I've tossed around are "Kori Lynne Art" "Kori's Illustration" "Kori Lynne Ilo" or something similar (using my middle instead of my last name because wow I really, really hate my last name).
I wouldn't really be changing too much content-wise, I feel like my style and projects started a year ago still very much line up with what I'm currently working on/looking to work towards.
I guess the real question is if the name is worth the hassle of changing it - I know y'all can't answer if it's still reflective of my work, that's a me thing, but is it worth confusing anyone who's still around and following me after a year? Is it worth 'dumping' what was a super unique name at the time and something I've built the foundation of my business around? I realize you guys might not be able to answer any of it! But has anyone else done this kind of thing? What were the challenges. what was easier than you thought it was going to be? What was much harder?