Working from Home
I’m working from home…or unemployed! I’m not exactly excited about it. Scared would be the appropriate word. For now I’m going to try to focus on art while I look for work. Making figurines, painting, and drawing. I have a request for a Doctor Who commission which is wonderful. It isn’t the sort of thing that will allow me to make a living off commissions but it will fill the void.
Figurine
Last night I quickly made this figure while watching the news. Part of my, “Oh my gosh I quit my job. I need to make money somehow,” movement. The color is off. It isn’t beige and black (I lost Adobe Photoshop LE so now I’m using GIMP) it’s just unpainted polymer clay beige. It isn’t as finished as I’d like. I need to sand it and probably re-sculpt it before I cast it. I hope to make some tiny 3″ figures to sell for a small amount of money. It probably will fail but it’s better to keep busy.
Windy
Dreary might have been a better capstone for today but it was a bit windy too. Even though I felt like returning to hibernation mode I decided to post another capstone. I feel like I’ve been neglecting moon-gem.
Good Mourning!
I’ve survived another winter! Well, this is a bit premature, spring starting the 21st and all. Of course, around here it isn’t unheard of for it to snow in May. I imagine in a few days it will snow 12 inches and I’ll return to my den to hibernate.
At the moment I’m feeling energetic and capable. I want to paint again. I have some acrylics as always but oil paint is what I desire. Painting is expensive in any media, brushes, paint thinner, canvas, paints it all adds up. So, I’ll have to wait until I’ve found my new job to indulge myself.
Commissions aren’t going so well (with the exception of Perixel). I had hoped to do a large oil painting (36″x24″), but as I don’t have supplies, and I know the payment I would get wouldn’t cover the purchase of materials. It doesn’t look like it will happen. I would lose money and a lot of time.
For now I’m off to hunt for jobs, dig up commissions, and volunteer to be rejected
. Commission
It’s a commission for a cover image for “Perixel and The Other Worlds”!
I really like how the cover turned out
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Here is an early draft.
2011
2010 has passed and I had no great adventures and never managed to become a person who had a goal or a plan
. I just muddled through. This year I’m lowering my expectations and making a smaller unreasonable list 
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This years unreasonable list.
Wear a smaller size in jeans Replace phone or get fancy-dancy netbook. Go to the zoo. Eat healthier. Get organized.Forget being social. I’m giving all attempts at being human up.