Guess who's back?

Yep, I'm back from a long 2-week trip from Georgia. The change of pace was pretty nice, but I'm really glad to be back. As for my artwork, I've got SOME things done, but I really haven't got too much. I just tweaked a few things, but I didn't do much else, as I didn't get the time. You see, this wasn't really much a vacation as it was a trip to see family. Which is fine, but I can't afford too many of them, as I need to get to work! 

I got a KCAI book in the mail, which I really liked. The thing came with 3-d glasses! They were meant to be used for viewing the cover, which was in 3D, obviously. It talked about the majors, famous alumni, and such. It was nice, but since I hold the college in such high regard, I was pretty critical of the design of the book. I guess I just have different taste, but I feel like the whole design was really cluttered. It just was tying too hard to fit in so much to please everybody, that it forgot to look attractive overall. Is that rude of me to say? To critique a place that, ultimately, will critique me in the end? I can't help it, I guess. But I wouldn't say such things unless I had something better in mind: I think that they could make differently designed books/covers for sending out that vary depending on what the person who ordered it is interested in majoring in. I know this may require a little extra work, upkeep, and expense, but it would be really neat. You could order for a book online and specify which one you want. You could even say you don't care which one so they could send out one from an overstock pile.

Okay, enough about that. I'm probably boring you now. 

Also, notice that fancy new background? I made that!

But anyway, apparently the scanner works now, which is wonderful and all but I'm still watching that stupid thing like a hawk. There will be much more pieces to arrive on here and I'll be making some for sure. I've done some stuff for "the book" but I really have no idea where I'm going with it, and I'm sure as heck not gonna know when I get there. I've got a portfolio class at KCAI on July 17th coming up, and I really don't know what to expect. But I'll probably blab about it on here. 

See ya!

So, here's what I've made today. It's not as clean-looking as I would've liked, but oh well. I'm also not sure what I'm going to do with the background.

But! I really like the bright colors I used. That's what make this so fun to make.

This is one of the few times that I've made a piece with meaning behind it. It's about a person who, like many of us, looks to their screen for refuge to a different world, one that, in her eyes, has no flaws. Or maybe it lacks the flaws that her world has? This type of desire for escape is for sure something I used to have. Now, not so much. I'm happy with my life, and I'm not really into anime/manga that much. The manga-influenced art style still interests me, though, all art styles do...

I have no idea what Bou! and So~ mean...I just noticed it on a mousepad I have (Japanese one, of course) .

Hopefully I conveyed the idea well and attractively?