Wednesday, May 25, 2011

You know what's awesome?

Well, I got a job, first off.

Hooray!

Second, that job is fighting to save the environment.

MORE HOORAY!

Unfortunately, the job itself is extremely insecure. If you don't do well enough in donations, even if it has nothing to do with YOU, but the houses you visited: you're fired.

Second unfortunateness: The hours. It's 12:45 to 10 all this week, and 1:45 to 10 every monday through friday after that. I mean, on one hand it's AWESOME it starts so late in the day: I love sleeping to when I feel rested. However, it is a lot of hours, and 5 of those hours are on your feet going door to door, even running between houses to try and make enough money to not only save the North Woods, but to not get yourself fired.

Third unfortunatenes: not about the job, but about ME: I got a nasty cold on the third day of work. The kind of cold that keeps you couch, if not bed-ridden with a sore throat, ear ache, head ache, runny nose, and dizziness. I went to work this morning for the training, but I couldn't go out canvassing because I wouldn't have done anybody any good. If anything, people would have turned me away so I wouldn't get them sick.

Now, I have to make up my sick day this Saturday with the same hours, the day my belov'd boyfriend was going to come down for the weekend. I may sound pathetic, but I can barely go a week without seeing him. So I was rather distraught all day, but I talked to him and he's sympathetic. I'm going to drive up to see him on Sunday. I don't want to go a weekend without him.

So I don't have any art today, and probably won't have too much for the remainder of the summer, because of the hours of work, and the type of work I am doing. All I can hope is that my self-inflicted fever wards off the worst part of my cold before tomorrow, and I keep doing well at my job.

Sunday, May 22, 2011

Alrighty then!




There.
Art.
Happy now?
Yes.
Because nobody reads my blog.
But I'M happy.
whatever.
I have more, but I'm too lazy to scan
it's not that great anyway.

Saturday, May 21, 2011

Well.

So I didn't post any art.

Probably because my scanner is in my room, and my Laptop's home is here in the basement.

BUT! I did work long and hard on a picture today: one I was inspired to do last week when Justin said "We'll take pictures at Canopy!" Canopy being in reference to Canopy Lake Park, New Hampshire. So I drew that... only under a pier at Old Orchard. But it's the self-taken picture idea.

That, I am going to scan. I will. Gimme a few days.

So I got a full time job, canvassing for a company that goes around and asks people for money to cock block the government.
In this case: stop LePaige from cutting down and developing 1/3 of Maine's Northern woods.
I'm totally okay with that. I want to stop him.
I start "tomorrow" (Monday, to me it's still Saturday night, even though it is technically Sunday).

I'm trying to stay up longer than my brother.
He said he's going to bed soon.
three hours ago.
I think he's trying to stay up later than me.
Neither of us want to say anything.
We're just sitting here
not sleeping
doing random stuff on the interwebs.

...
I'm thinking 5 more minutes, and I'm going to bed.
Also, if he goes to bed right after me
I'm going to flip.

Sunday, May 15, 2011

Status Report

-Moved home.
-Made a mess.
-Started playing Kingdom hearts again.
-Celebrated my Birthday.
-Started cleaning my room.
-Watched Wall-e and the Emperors New Groove, doodled during both. Will update with pictures soon :)

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Figured something out.

So I'm actually really glad I decided not to be a music or theater major. On top of the many reasons like lack of job opportunity (heck, there isn't all that much in terms of art either...) but for another reason. One of the ego.

Anyway. A few weeks ago I auditioned for and got into a ten minute play: one of many that would be happening all at once in a festival setting. Last night, I went to tech, getting ready to perform. I put on cool makeup for my part (which was not as exciting as it seems: the makeup was because my CHARACTER was just in a play. It had nothing to do with my role). anyway, here's how I got to look!

Coke addict Eyes :D


Anyway, My director said she cast she show in terms of lookalikes. So I was only cast for my looks. At tech, I scanned the room, and saw all the people socializing, and obviously I felt left out, but then I noticed something. There were so many girls. There were short, small brunettes like me, there were tall gorgeous girls, busty blond bombshells, fat girls, ugly girls, ditsy looking girls, even girls who looked like boys. I realized that if I had been in the theater department: I would just be another face. Another one auditioning, with the same skills as everybody else, and not even different in appearance. This isn't scarborough high school anymore, you're not one in a thousand. You'd be the same as all the other theater majors.

So I was so glad I decided on my art instead. Art isn't gender specific. I can draw something lovely and frilly and girly, or I can draw something horrifying or busty and slutty like a stereotypical guy. I can draw what I see and nobody can say which I am, or what I look like. Take that, world.

Sunday, May 8, 2011

Home Stretch!

So it's finals week!!!

... Yayy...?
Yeah. That's my room after taking down all my awesome posters. Moving out soon. Huurp derp.

Poor Justin has to get up early enough to take the 7:30 bus to Portland for an 8 AM final. That would kill me. Heck, it'll kill him. I'll try to help.

So remember my self portrait? The one that looked like this?
People loved it. My Teacher was like "wow, you're so talented. You have a real gift for Drawing." ...did I mention that she can't seem to remember that I'm an art major? When she was going over my Portfolio, she asked me about 6 times if I was an art major in about 2 minutes. 

Anyway, that self portrait also warranted over 15 comments on Facebook, my mutual friend Sabel telling me in passing that she loved it, and my friend Katie telling me she would frame it and put it up in her apartment.

Is it just me that thinks the actual use of tools was mediocre? Nobody seems to care that the ink work is terrible. They just like the content, and the fact that it really looks like me, I guess.

I don't know. I haven't been drawing as much as I would like lately. But I went to Free Comic Day at Casablanca comics with my friends! :) Also they have a comic festival coming up on May 22nd :D I'm so there. I hope I get the skills to be a comic artist.

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Humph.

Gosh. Today is another one of those meh days. I've had way too many of those lately. I mean, I've been super happy because of the weather. Aw man, spring finally. <3 <3 but for some reason classes and social stuff has been bumming me out. Whatever. Well, I went to drawing today and worked on a self portrait with my 'power animal' (my teacher is kind of a crazy hippie). I decided I wanted mine to be a mongoose.

I'm meh on this, like the shading on the face went kind of wonky. But I'm proud of the pose and how I emphasized things. My teacher loved it: but she kinda loves everyone. The first time she told me I had great talent I glowed for hours afterward. Today I heard her tell that to like 8 other people and now I feel less special. Whatever.

I want the semester to be over so I can focus on getting a job.