Steer Clear of Seasonal Jobs

On the subject of the wall painting I've posted about previously, here's what I have now. I've made some minimal progress, but I decided to share. I cleaned up the lines, and edges. I added highlights and shadows, and started on eyes. Oh, and she also has a belly button now haha. Since the time I've started it, I'm finally beginning to feel like it's going in a decent direction. It's very possible it could all go haywire though, so I'll keep you updated.

In other news, I'm about to be jobless. Ah, I'll miss the ice cream shop. This weekend is my last, before I get laid off of my job. I knew it was coming, and I've been meaning to prepare. Looking for jobs makes me nervous though, asking for apps and following up on them drives my anxiety through the roof. I keep making excuses. I want to look nice, so wait for a day where I'm willing to put in the time to look nice. Wait til you have your car, it'll be much easier. Wait til your birthday, that way you might be taken just a little more seriously. Who am I kidding? I need to get off my ass and do it. I could so easily and comfortably go back into fast food, but I worked way to hard to get out of that, and moved up just a little on the job chain. Might as well try and move up a little again this time.

This sparks more about thought about the future. What do I want to do when I get older? This question always hovering over me. In my dream scenario, I want to go into special effects design makeup. In reality, I'll probably end up working some dead end bartending job. Such is life.

Wall Painting She Devil!

Oh, wall painting, how I loathe thee!

I started this thing sometime my sophomore year, and it's been wrecking my brain ever since. I haven't made a whole lot of progress. I've certainly made a lot of changes throughout my time with it.

This was my blueprint for the painting that would someday be displayed on the wall of the art hallway! I never got this too detailed, and I don't know if having done so would have made the process easier or more difficult. By some miracle, administration accepted this sketch - as long as I promised to put clothes onto it. Fair enough.  It's an original piece and I still like the sketch, it just got lost in translation.

Lovely, crotch shot!

As of today, this is what I've accomplished. If you stroll through the art hall often enough, you may know the variety of things this painting has gone through. Such as green hair, and a fur vest. I'm finally trying to dedicate myself to getting this the way that I want, seeing as how it won't be going anywhere soon.

Changes to be made:

• Jesus, nobodies crotch is that weird
• Belly button?
• Proportions - Her waist and hips are way small compared to those shoulders
• Leggggsssss!
• She's lost her shapeliness- fix that!
• Her neck is uneven..odd..haha
• Shadows, highlights!
• Le staff and le skull are being neglected
• Oh yeah, she's just as faceless as she was in the blueprint

One day (hopefully soon), I'll be able to show you guys a finished product that I can be proud of. It's going to take a lot of work though.

Replacement Post

I had a whole post planned out and written for today, but it was maybe a little too sad. I'm not sure. I'm not aiming to sound like a diary here. I just have a issue when it comes to topics that are off limits. It feels good to cross lines something. Regardless, instead, I come bearing artwork and good news! I lettered in academics, which is exciting to a lame ass like myself.

This is just a pointillism project I did last year of my favorite author, Hunter S. Thompson. The picture doesn't quite do this justice. Though I framed it and scripted it with my favorite quote of his, "In a closed society where everyone is guilty, the only crime is getting caught. In a world full of thieves, the final sin is stupidity." I believe this got an honorable mention in the art show, under the category of "Free Project" (which has the most entries by far) for the Drawing and Painting class. This isn't too upsetting though, I also received third place in the same category for a painting I did on a large metal disc, as shown below. This time, the picture REALLY does not do it justice.