The last three months have been a mishmosh of things. Academically, I've been productive in accomplishing many a decent grade, and I'm putting plans into motion for the summer months. I've finished another year of writing for my schools newspaper, and still to my surprise, some of the professors read my articles and like what I've written. I'm slowly getting myself back into the swing of doing figure drawings, and studies of paintings, after an abrupt hiatus from it all. My guitar has been sorrily neglected though in all of this, but at least I'm photographing stuff at random and soon I will be free enough to resume taking classes at the Art Students League again for a short period.
The winter recess/break I'm experiencing right now is one that has been sorrily needed since I spent this past summer in school getting some classes dealt with. The slow growing mess that was in my living room has been soundly defeated, all that remains is the broken sofa from Seaman's I got a few years ago. And yes, I learned from that and buy my furniture made by carpenters with solid wood, or metal framing.
Like a lot of folks out there on this big blue marble of ours, I'm still trying to find that thing that I'm passionate enough to commit my professional life to, but I've had enough experiences to know what I don't want to spend my life doing. If you're just a little bit curious to see what I've been churning out over the past few months, by all means check out the gallery here as it's where I've been putting my work. I haven't been scanning a great deal of drawings simply because I still find the scanning process tedious, but I think some of you might be very interested in what work that you see there regardless.
That all said, I'm going to cut this short and say, see ya in April.
[:- Words... -:]
"Anatomy is an integral part of an artist's drawing capabilities, & should truly be studied in all forms before one ventures into figurative creations."
- Scott "Alchemism" Everingham
"After a certain high level of technical skill is achieved, science and art tend to coalesce in esthetics, plasticity, and form. The greatest scientists are always artists as well."
-Albert Einstein
"He Who struggles, but endures, will be a ninja."
-Unknown
"Doing anything worthwhile takes forever. 90% of what separates successful people and failed people is time, effort, & stamina."
-Hugh Macleod
"Stop trying so hard. Learn to draw first. YOUR style, will come to you."
-Jason "Crybringer" Robinson
[:- What I've been reading... -:]
Books
Story by Robert McKee
Halo: The Fall of Reach by Eric Nylund
Adobe Illustrator CS2 Revealed by Chris Botello
A History of Western Art by Laurie Schneider Adams
Modern Art by Sam Hunter, John Jacobus, & Daniel Wheeler
Nervous Breakdowns: The Art of Lesean Thomas, Vol.1 by Lesean Thomas
Comics
The Walking Dead by Robert Kirkman & Tony Moore
New X-Men By Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, & Mark Brooks
New Excalibur By Chris Claremont & Steven Cummings
Halo: Graphic Novel By Various
300 By Frank Miller & Lynn Varley
She-Hulk By Dan Slott & Juan Bobillo
Maus By Art Spiegelman
Gold Digger By Fred Perry
Saikano By Shin Takahashi
Strangers in Paradise by Terry Moore
The Shaolin Cowboy By Geofrey Darrow
Fear Agent By Rick Remender & Tony Moore
Planetary By Warren Ellis & John Cassaday
Invincible by Robert Kirkman & Ryan Ottley
Ms. Marvel By Roberto De La Torre & Brian Reed
100 Bullets by Brian Azzarello & Eduardo Risso
The Trials of Shazam By Judd Winick & Howard Porter
The Pirates of Coney Island By Rick Spears & Vasilis Lolos
The Exterminators By Simon Oliver, Tony Moore, & Ande Parks
The Dark Knight Strikes Again By Frank Miller & Lynn Varley
Y: The Last Man By Brian Vaughn, Pia Guerra, & Jose Marzan
Blue Beetle By Keith Giffens, John Rogers & Cully Hamner
Ion: Guardian of the Universe By Ron Marz & Greg Tocchini
Superman/Shazam: First Thunder By Judd Winick & Joshua Middleton
The Dark Knight Returns By Frank Miller, Klaus Janson, & Lynn Varley
[:- New Years Resolutions/Goals -:]
1. Ignore anyone who asks me a legitimately stupid/ignorant question
Exception: Little kids, they can't help being ignorant or stupid
2. Get a new job
3. Start an Art & Music Club at my school
4. Bring the GPA back up to 3.8
5. Continue to develop my writing skills
6. Develop my drawing, digital imaging, painting and photography skills
7. Stay away from all the things I need to stay away from
8. Practicing on my guitars for 10-12 hours a week
9. Purchase a new scanner
10. Keep giving hopefully useful input on the artwork of any artist whose work I find interesting
11. Upload more of my own artwork during breaks and recesses only
12. Write 300 words of fiction a week
13. Check out Wacom tabletsfrom accomplishing any of the above...
14. Read J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-Earth novel series
15. Get an Xbox 360 "Premium" Counsole
16. Wait for no one...
17. Don't do anything that I don't want to do
[:- Guilds & Affiliations -:]
[:- Sponsorship -:]
[:: Quarterly: -4 | 2006 ::]
*This is a copy/paste of a journal entry I made on Jan 1st, 2007
