1) We were on a scavenger hunt in the steep sloping mountains surrounding our remote inn where we were holding the Cultural Exchange Camp. I was the leader of my scavenger hunt group (Group 3!), I'd concluded this made me the Red Ranger, and that I was awesome. Just when I'd decided I also must be a closet mountain hiking prodigy, I slipped in a ( Read more... )

Lately I've been feeling this way. There are a couple things* I'm waiting on to happen and until they do I feel like I can't move forward. In the meantime...other, more unexpected things happen that change my plans.

Things like Society of Illustrators, who decided they liked this piece I did last semester. Which meant I had to frame and ship a ( Read more... )

I've posted something nice over at my art blog. check it!

Also, today in art class, during a very good lecture on mark making, I scribbled the following script and thumb-nailed a 2-page dirty comic. It's no-holds-barred PWP and is a blatant rip-off of every boy's love comic I've ever read. As corny as it is, it makes me laugh, so I'm going with it. ( Read more... )

All I have to show for artwork so far are some crappy cell phone pictures of my still life's from my intermediate drawing class. I think they came out alright, but I can't use them in my portfolio. It was kind of like stretching after a long rest. I haven't drawn a still life in years! After the weekend, I'll upload some illustrations I've been ( Read more... )

The reason I've had a hard time waking up lately is probably that I've been drinking more caffeinated  beverages. But I can't help it! Vending machines are *everywhere* here. Also, Japan is a cash-based society, meaning no credit cards to pay for things--Which means having a lot of change. And what can you do when your wallet weighs five pounds? ( Read more... )

I'm writing this in the computer lab at school, because my computer, while in working order enough to connect to the internet, is still b-broke so I can't watch videos or listen to music with it, which is boring boring boring. So I'm watching Community and updating blogs here ( Read more... )

I have not updated my journal quite as much as I wanted to, and that is because my laptop essentially FRIED in the middle of the week. ( After a couple days in internet-less hell, I can breathe easy. )

Today might be the first day I could have slept in until the sun rose. I am really tired from yesterday. But I can't sleept in, because I need to get myself used to waking up at around 5:30 for my first class. It starts at 8:40, but that's at peak rush hour in the subway, so I'll need to leave really early to avoid the worst part. At least for ( Read more... )

I kept telling myself I would get to sleep when I got to my room. With that in mind, I was able to stay sane while not being able to sleep on the plane. I can not sleep on planes. I even got a prescription for xanex (which works great for my anxiety, go figure) so I could sleep, took two...didn't work. So I was woring on about 4 hours of sleep from ( Read more... )