Lost My Job...

So some of you may have noticed the recent explosion of art from me on my facebook. Well there is a good reason for that. On Friday last week I lost my job :-(

Im very sad about the whole thing, especially because now it is getting into winter which is a rough spot for us when it comes to finances. Plus the same day I got very bad news about my sister... I really don't want to go into it other then to say that last Friday couldn't have gotten any worse if it tried.

I wasnt planning on staying at this job forever, but i would have much rather liked to have left on my own terms, when i was ready to start seriously looking. The good thing is alot of people should be hiring this time of year.

But im done with the tears now and am trying to press on for my little family, so i took the time to revamp all of my commission examples so that i can keep doing what i do best while i await to get a call back from an interview. So if your interested please dont hesitate to email me! I have lots of spare time :-)

PS: I posted alot of new stuff in my etsy store too! If you make a purchase from there ill throw in some free ACEO cards :-) Just mention your screen name from DA!

DIGITAL MEDIA COMMISSIONS

 

TRADITIONAL MEDIA COMMISSIONS

Internet is fixed! Hoo-Hah!

So my internet is finally fixed! and its a good thing too because it was driving me bananas! here is some recent artwork iv recently finished but have not posted here. 

Next blog im posting the story boards from my movie gig! EXCITEMENT!

For deviantart fantasy contest, did not win :-/
 

Harry Potter, because im slowly becoming obsessed 

ANOTHER Deviantart contest i did not win >.<  

Logo i made for my friend Matt C

The Life of a Starving Artist - Summer Woes

The Life of a Starving Artist

Life has been interesting lately. My hours at my regular job (at a local TV station) have been cut kinda dramatically. Its strange to come home so early and be able to have some free time. At first all the extra time drove me crazy since i have not had much freelance to fill the time, but iv taken advantage of it to get back in shape and draw as much of my own stuff as i can.

Being able to do more of my own work has released alot of the financial stresses. Im just not freaking out as bad as i normally would be. I guess its because im a little happier doing more of my own drawings and becoming a better artist. Me and Tad got a Wii & Wii fit, and thats been alot of fun to explore and work out with! Soon ill be launching the new design for my website, reworking my commissions... and working on more animation for the first time in a long time.

Soon ill be posting my storyboards from my movie gig here, as well as a TON of new drawings. My internet is really f**ed up because the service signal in our area is really weak. So now i have to wait up to a week to be able to upload things properly.

I also have a ton of artwork iv done in the past few months that i ahvent uploaded here yet... gotta catch up...
and give this blog a makeover...

my "TO DO" list gets longer every day!

Anyway thats all just a little update. summer is almost over and ill be 25 soon! OMG OLD! lol

night yal

Genie Commission for "Phil V"

Life is hectic...

i got in a car accident last week... i hit someone's bumper, no one was hurt, and i was made to believe this wasnt a big deal. apparently i was wrong

it really sickens me how people try to take advantage of the system, and blow things out of proportion in order to try and ruins someone elses life... i wont go into detail, but suffice it to say im pretty pissed off and have lost my faith in mankind right now.... especially certain people in certain professions but i wont say who.

anyway, life goes on i suppose. here is some recent artwork im pretty proud of. i got stuck at one part and almost gave up, but im glad i didnt.

Im also working on updating my website... hopefully this one will finally be good enough to keep me satisfied for more then a year.

i feel like im in a funk, like i have little to look forward to. :sigh:

New Artwork "The Sand Lady 3"

Newest artwork iv been working on for weeks on end. I really needed to do something for myself even though i havent had alot of time to work on it with everything thats going on. Anyway you can find more info about this piece on its deviantart page. Below is the final and the progress animation. Youll be able to buy prints in my etsy store soon or you can buy them at My DA prints shop now!

Artist Feature : Amanda Turnage

I don't commission other artists that often, and sometimes people are curious as to why i do it at all. my mother has asked me "but... you can draw, why are you paying someone else to draw for you?" lol and the simple answer is that the artists i commission create work that i simply could not do justice to. I have a great appreciation for these people and adore their style, movement, and depictions of art. Plus its a great thing to see my characters interpreted in another light.


One of my FAVORITE artists to commission is Amanda Turnage (aka ArmadaRyu)
I have commissioned her more then any other artist actually, and every time it's a treat! What i like most about her work is the sense of innocence and  great detail with anatomy and drapery. Even when drawing horses she drapes the hair in a way that is so romantic and flowy! I might have stolen some inspiration from it XD.

Here is some of the amazing work she has done for me!

 

And this one is a collaboration we did, she drew the lineart and i colored it. The product was a beautiful splash of motion and fantasy!

Thank you Amanda for creating such beautiful work with my characters! I'll prob be spending money on you for many years to come ;-) lol. If you like what you see, what are you waiting for?! Go check out this girl's artwork. She has a variety of great work in her gallery from Star Treck fan art to fantasy illustrations, to scene crafted quilts! You wont be disappointed! Check out ArmadaRyu

my first movie gig...

Yup, me and my love tad will both be working on the same movie, both doing storyboards. This is a HUGE opportunity for me and im very happy and excited to be a part of the project! Ill only be working on the tail end of the story board production, but its still a great chance to get some good work and get my name out there, not to mention the fact that i love storyboarding!



i dont know how much more i can say about the movie so ill leave it at that, but no worries, ill fill you all in later!

Needless to say im gonna be MIA for a little bit, thanks to my clients for being really patient with commission work! I have the movie and a pile of graphic design freelance coming so im keeping busy. But i am making more of an effort to continue to do more of my own work. I was gonna post something new this week, but looks like ill have to postpone a bit.

SO yeah thats it for now, YAY!