Quick update
Wednesday, April 25, 2012 at 10:10AM Wow, have I been slammed lately.
So, I just realized I never said a thing about my cool opportunity, I think. I got asked to illustrate an animated short. SUPER exciting. AWESOME opportunity. UTTERLY exhausting.
I have been continuing with my '5 hours of sleep' schedule, which I can MOSTLY pull off...but when drawing on my lunch break yesterday, I totally just fell asleep in my chair.
However, this is definitely in the category of 'killing me but worth it'. I want to work on personal projects. I want to sleep. I want to spend days goofing off. But then I think about the project I'm working on and what it might mean for my future and how cool it is to be involved in something like this and...well, I get a second wind.
Also, I am finding time to sneak in the occasional snippet of personal work. I have found that doing a proper warm-up sketch at work really knocks my brain into gear, so I've been doing some photo studies and character studies. Also, I have claimed Thursday nights for Spain. That was my pizza night with the ex, but since he traipsed off to New Zealand, I have decided that having one night that is for ME each week is probably healthy, and on that night, I draw, or I write or I curl up on the couch with a cup of tea and a cat and read fan fiction.
Sorry for this rambling and disjointed post. Have I mentioned that I'm not getting as much sleep as I should? Oh, excuses...my journals are generally rambling and disjointed.
Here are some of my warm-up sketches:
...and a few smatterings of fan art doodles, experimenting with style, color, and character design. Sherlock, of course, because I am stupidly obsessed.
(a gift doodle for a friend of mine, a response to her Sherlock/Friendship is Magic crossovers)
Anyway, until next time, kids...eat cupcakes for breakfast and watch BBC shows!
Reader Comments (2)
I'm so excited for you and how your life is going. How thrilling that you get to work on an animated short!!!! And of course you should get a night a week to yourself. I'm totally jealous that you have that, lol! This post just made me really happy. :-)
You make ME really happy! Yeah...things are going well...and the other freelance thing I'm working on seems to be getting back into gear, which is good. She likes my latest designs and we may be moving to a more finished concept soon! Of course, I don't really have time for a social life...but Brendan and Heather forbid me from having one of those anyway, so it all works out. That's why I have cats.