Just haven't really felt like updating in a while. I'll probably post something soon, eventually.

My job of three and nearly one half years has all but evaporated from underneath me--I'll spare my limited audience with the details, suffice it to say, I'll need to be finding a new profession.

So begins my first job search since senior year of high school. There's all sorts of choices ahead of me, I could return to the theater business, but to be honest I'd rather try something new. Art supply stores, EB Games, electronic stores, clothing retail, all viable choices, none all that appealing.

I'm also considering setting up a commission system, though I don't expect that will substitute for a regular paycheck any time soon.

I've switched my major from "Entertainment Arts" to "Illustration". I'd be happy if I never had to see Maya again(well, that's not entire true, but it's just a taxing program). I'm just more interested in developing my ability to be able to produce a 2D image than to be able to make something move around, or to texture map a wireframe, so I think I'll be happier in the new position.

In order to get ahead, I'm going to challenge myself to go beyond where they expect I should be in the illustration of the figure. I'm spending Saturdays from 12-4 at CCS working on figure illustration from now on...I've got about a month and a half or two months. I'm also going to see what my current illustration teacher has to say.

I'll be posting some of my Maya stuff, it's all crappy, as well as whatever figure stuff I whip up in my class.

Also, new fun project, Nintendo Land! I posted my "thumbnail" of it, so far it's the only piece in my gallery and it'll be gone very shortly.

I feel like I'm approaching a point in my life where every value I believe I once held, and everything I want to do is being placed into question. I imagine it's pretty common, I hear these kinds of stories all the time, but it's pretty jarring when it's reached.

I have a lot of choices, I think I want to change my major at school. It might not be the best course to quick graduation, and some parties might be displeased with that choice, but I don't really think animation is for me.

I prefer drawing, but it seems as if traditional animation is falling to the wind and the classes that are offered at CCS pander more towards "film making" and CG. CG, to me, is more or less an office job with a lot of artistic merit, but it's so pipelined.

I'm leaning toward switching to illustration, Fine Art is pretty much reserved for the avant-garde and I can't see myself in that capacity. Illustration seems a sound choice, so long as I can draw well, I could do a lot of things that seemed to be outsourced more and more these days, I feel it's a skill that I just want to improve and master. I'm going to discuss it with an advisory, ideally they can point me in the right direction, until then, I'll muddle along.

Nothing new to post, just haven't had the will nor do I have anything I'd like to show.

...and all shall be ended! Ash, ash and smoke blown away on the wind.

I've moved all my submissions to the scraps sections for that is where they belong. I'll be adding some new artwork shortly-ish.