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Archive for June, 2010
I hate storms. And art blocks.
Jun 21st
For the past few days, there’s been severe storms every single night, which is really annoying, since it interrupts my work. Whenever there’s a bad storm, my dad always wants me to shut down the computer because he’s afraid it’ll get fried by lightning or something. Yes, there a chance, but damn, it doesn’t happen often. D:
Well, yesterday, I experienced driving through a storm at night! I’m eighteen, ready to go off to college in two months, and yet I’ve never driven at night or in a storm. That tells you how deprived and sheltered I am, haha. I can’t even navigate by myself in unknown towns.
Aside from storms, for several months now, I’ve been in an art block. I think it started in March or something when I became obsessed with knitting. It’s been lasting for so long now. I just don’t have the motivation to draw anything, even if I have ideas for a new drawing. Sometimes I wonder if this stage will last forever or something and if I REALLY do want to become an illustrator.
I’m doing a commission for someone (and I’m almost done) and I must say that I’m still not very motivated to draw. Clients get nitpicky of what they want (but hey, it’s their drawing, so I guess the have a right to be, lol) and sometimes I just want to let my creativity run wild. With clients, you can’t do that. It has to be exactly what they want, since they’re the ones forking over the money. I guess that’s the life of an illustrator. Makes me wonder, “Do I really want this to be my career? Do I really want my creativity restricted like this?” People would probably tell me, “Shut up and live with it.”
Maybe I should just restrict what I will actually draw. Since I like surreal mixed with realism, maybe I should only accept commissions like that. I dunno.
Oh yeah, soon I’d better start painting with acrylics and such. I’m always avoiding it because I hate paint, but if I want to become an artist, I have to be fluent in some of the major mediums.
My first post!
Jun 19th
Hey everyone! I finally decided to get a blog to post my current thoughts, experiences, and whatever. Right now, since it’s summer and my summers are usually uneventful and extremely monotonous, there isn’t a lot I’m going to post about. Hopefully I’ll be able to use this blog as I want to once school starts. There, my life will finally begin! And I’ll meet new people too, which is what I’m excited about.
I only have roughly less than two months until I leave home and go off to college. I’m only going to be 1 and 1/2 hours away from home, but that’s enough for me. Unfortunately, I’ll have to adjust to the new town and actually read the maps. Ohgod, it’s going to be bad when I have to get around by myself. I’m HORRIBLE with directions. I seriously need a navigator, haha. Maybe I’ll get one someday if I find reading maps too difficult for my bird brain (which I probably will. I have to know my surroundings and landmarks before I can go anywhere).
Oh yeah, and on July 7th, I get to know what dorm room I get and who I’m going to be rooming with. I applied for a kitchen dorm (tho, unfortunately, it isn’t apartment-style, so I won’t have a private room. I’m going to be so paranoid of my Macbook, lol). The downsides to that dorm is that…there’s only ONE sink for FOUR girls! That seriously spells disaster. Plus, there’s only ONE closet for FOUR girls. OTL, I should’ve never picked that has my first choice. But hey, it has a kitchen and it’s the cheapest. I applied for a second choice, which seems a lot nicer, since there’s two sinks, a separate room for the toilet (awesome!) and a separate room for the shower, plus there’s two walk-in closets per room, which houses two people (the dorm itself houses four people). I’m kinda hoping I get my second choice, but since I applied early for dorms, I’m most likely getting my first choice. Oh well. At least I get to cook stuff. C:
Oh yeah, and this is just a premade theme for WP. I’m too lazy to learn how to code my own layout (and damn, WP themes look so complicated). I’ll just stick with this awesome theme for now. 