Life updateyness
Phew!
So I've just come home from sampling the new fancyschmancy italian-themed place that just opened here. I am full of excellent food and one really yummy drink (Peach Bellini, mmm), and feeling too lazy to move.
I recently had a mini-crisis-but-not on the career front, in that my publisher announced a company-wide reorganization and laid off a number of employees, including my editor. There was a couple days of uncertainty and me getting used to the idea that I might suddenly have a lot more free time for school, but it seems I worried for nothing. The book is still moving forward, and I still get to call myself a professional illustrator (even if I don't actually FEEL like one yet. I wonder if I ever will.).
On the school front, I'm currently enrolled in a summer class, Intro to Watercolor, and I'm having a really excellent time. I've never used proper watercolors before (at least, not since Ms. Dull's 5th grade art class), so getting to experiment with actual techniques on high-quality paper that doesn't wrinkle when you paint it is proving to be a lot of fun. I find myself habitually going to class three hours early just so I can start working sooner while I have the room to myself. I'll probably scan in all the paintings I'm working on for the course, but some of them are quite large so it will take me a while. As soon as I finish this entry I'll post on pencil-smudged a photo of two of my largest WIP paintings that I snapped with my cellphone.
In other news, I've got a little vaycay planned for the end of July, when Callin and I will be jetting off to San Diego to sample the delights of Comic-Con, but also just to have a nice, relaxing few days. We've got ideas of doing some other traveling, too, but I'm a little fuzzy on the details just now (>w<)
Also, I am thinking of opening myself up for art commissions this summer, probably in a couple weeks time once I've finished my painting class. Haven't thought about the particulars yet, but expect to see a post here and/or on pencil-smudged about that relatively soon.
Also, I have discovered tegaki. I blame kasugai_gummie entirely.
So I've just come home from sampling the new fancyschmancy italian-themed place that just opened here. I am full of excellent food and one really yummy drink (Peach Bellini, mmm), and feeling too lazy to move.
I recently had a mini-crisis-but-not on the career front, in that my publisher announced a company-wide reorganization and laid off a number of employees, including my editor. There was a couple days of uncertainty and me getting used to the idea that I might suddenly have a lot more free time for school, but it seems I worried for nothing. The book is still moving forward, and I still get to call myself a professional illustrator (even if I don't actually FEEL like one yet. I wonder if I ever will.).
On the school front, I'm currently enrolled in a summer class, Intro to Watercolor, and I'm having a really excellent time. I've never used proper watercolors before (at least, not since Ms. Dull's 5th grade art class), so getting to experiment with actual techniques on high-quality paper that doesn't wrinkle when you paint it is proving to be a lot of fun. I find myself habitually going to class three hours early just so I can start working sooner while I have the room to myself. I'll probably scan in all the paintings I'm working on for the course, but some of them are quite large so it will take me a while. As soon as I finish this entry I'll post on pencil-smudged a photo of two of my largest WIP paintings that I snapped with my cellphone.
In other news, I've got a little vaycay planned for the end of July, when Callin and I will be jetting off to San Diego to sample the delights of Comic-Con, but also just to have a nice, relaxing few days. We've got ideas of doing some other traveling, too, but I'm a little fuzzy on the details just now (>w<)
Also, I am thinking of opening myself up for art commissions this summer, probably in a couple weeks time once I've finished my painting class. Haven't thought about the particulars yet, but expect to see a post here and/or on pencil-smudged about that relatively soon.
Also, I have discovered tegaki. I blame kasugai_gummie entirely.