Heh...

So the funny thing about life The Universe and everything is that The Universe is most often a snarky b***h!!  Every time I say something to someone or blog about getting something done- IT NEVER HAPPENS!!  Curse you Universe!!!

So needless to say I did not get to the scanner like I wanted yesterday[Tuesday rather...] because I went over to my mom's yesterday [Tuesday actually...] to do laundry only to discover that I had forgotten the keys to get in!  Therefore I had to drive farther out to my dad's house which took up all the time that I was going to use scanning stuff before I talked to Gay's class...I'll try to get to a scanner when I can!  [I think that's safe to say...I hope The Universe won't thwart these pseudo-not-really-plans!!]

In other news I am going to participate in NaNo WriMo this year!  I have signed up and everything!  Two possible outcomes will happen 1. I disappear for awhile because I am actually writing! Or 2.  I am here more often because I am stuck and or procrastinating!!  WE'LL SEE!!!

I am very excited about it though...I'll write Children of Destiny once and for all!!!

Ok, now I have to get my butt out of the cozy bed and go to the grocery store...blech...I hate doing domestic stuff...

Good News!

 I will have a chance to get to a scanner today to um...well scan stuff!!  Among the goodies I hope to post later today:

1. Strange Walker [my Creature of the Week idea from conceptart.org.  I missed the deadline for posting, but I'm still proud of the picture.  Still needs a few tweaks but I want to get it up here!]

2.  Batch of Halloween Bookmarks!  [They're soooo cute!]

3.  Other finished bookmarks!

4.  A few new sketch pages,  Yes, I've actually been sketching!!

More to this effect later today! WOOT...I need coffee....

It has been lovely to be creatively active here lately in spite of all the work stuffs.  I've discovered I just have to take an hour in the evening to put aside work and just do some creative things, and that I can work on small steps towards the bigger goal.  It's been quite invigorating, but I guess its all part of learning how to transition from 17 years of a school schedule to a work schedule.  I feel like I'm finally getting to be me!

Kalin said something the other day that made me feel good too.  We were talking abstractly about when we get married and have kids and whatnot and he was talking about his friends mom who had always been a stay at home mother and was a little over protective and a little crazy and I said I wanted to stay at home with my children, but I didn't want to become a crazy mom like that with nothing better to do than worry about my kids and he said "No, you wouldn't be like that, you'd be a stay at home artist.  You'll have plenty to do and I'll make sure you can do it."

That made me feel better about that transition-though don't think I'm wanting it any time soon.  It's just nice to know that it will be like that when it does....it's going to be another weird transition when Kalin has a teaching job...but we'll cross that hurdle when we get there....time to oust the kitty from my lap and take a shower!

Hehe...

So it has been a reeeeeeeeeallly long time and part of that is due to several things:

1.  I'm silly and forgot I had this blog, and then created a livejournal blog for my art stuffs and then rediscovered this one!  I have hence decided to make this my personal blog about personal stuffs [but not too graphic, there are children in the audience!]  

2.  I graduated school [as of May 2008] and have since then been thrust out into the cruel world to fend for myself in a cold pitiless world of corporate zombies and fanatical anarchists!!!  Umm...yeah that was a tad melodramatic, I apologize.  But it is true that I have been very busy trying to mold a career for myself with growing success [more about that in another entry!]

3.  Damn...I forgot what the third reason is...silly llamas distracted me...I'll get back to you on that!

But the important thing is I'm BACK!! And I will probably be updating this rather frequently seeing as how I now have internet at my house, no homework to contend with, and rather frequent bouts of insomnia-and rather than do something productively creative I'd rather putz around on the Internets!!! WOOT!!

I still may post random art stuffs, writing stuffs and random random stuffs, but I actually have separate blogs for all of that!

http://tofu-toast.livejournal.com  My Official ART Blog!

http://ophelia-crane.livejournal.com  My Official WRITING Blog! [and other assorted weirdness!]

http://steamgeartavern.livejournal.com My Writing Group Blog Turned Upcoming Epistolary Novelization of 'The True History of Henry Rayne and the Airship Pirates' per Smooty's request Blog!

http://wicked-lamppost.blogspot.com  My Random Writing Project That I Forgot the Password To, But Never Fear Will Resurrect Soon Blog!

There's also http://widgetambolia.deviantart.com  Which is my ART Site!

I am working on a schedule of updates so that I can update all these things with semi-frequency!  More to come later!!! Ciao!

Random Photoshopping-ness

Yay for new ID's!!! These are three random Photoshop doodles, that are now my ID pictures for Facebook, Deviant Art, and something else....oh well! Here they are!

Artist Trading Cards!

So this is my first Huuuuuuuuuuuuge batch of ATC's. These were made as part of opening night gifts for the cast and crew of Metamorphoses. They were a big hit and fun to make! I liked them so much that I have joined and ATC yahoogroup so that I may continue to make these and share them!

My favorites are Phaeton, Pandora, and Baucis.

New ART!!!!

Yay! I am excited, that somehow amidst the craziness of upcoming finals I have managed to create a small yet fun piece of art! It was for Illustration Friday's subject of 'polar' so of course I went to my favorite arctic animal. Yes I know, one day I will stop drawing penguins!

This was actually just a fun little play with texture. It is a layer of acrylic paint, pen, and colored pencil. I rather like how the pencil over the textured paint came out. It almost has a transparent look to it.

Hopefully as finals finish up and I get my scenic design for Emperor's New Clothes put together I will be able to do more with Illustration Friday but for now! Enjoy!

Bookmarks!

Yay for bookmarks! I've been churnin' 'em out like a fool!

That, and my scenic design, are about all I've been working on these days. It's ok, the bookmarks give me something to do in Theatre History!

More to come later, once I get my but in gear and do something major! ^__

Ciao!