I never make resolutions, but I saw that a few of my friends were doing it so I'm just putting this out there so I can maybe make it real for myself. These are the things that must happen this year. Period.


1) Get a book deal. This is the big goal really and it may seem a little far off, but I have a whole year and I already have four projects that I think are publish-material, I just have to kick myself into gear and get them out there and stop playing so many video games.

2) Get a real, grown-up professional job. Something I want to do, is going somewhere, and is paying me enough to actually be able to buy things.

3) Stop mooching off parents. Don't know if this will ever be possible, but I need to actually be financially independent. With all the bills, gas and junk plus my student loans crashing on my brain skull, this one might actually be the hardest task.

4) Get out there, meet the people, and get [somewhat] known. I'm too much of a hermit and I pass up opportunities to make connections simply because I'm way too self-conscious and have 0 confidence. Well that ends today, good citizens.

and then there are some minor ones that are a little more personal:
travel
get healthier
start treating people (you know who you are) right
learn to cook everything I don't already know how to cook
make more friends with said cooking

-More art soon, I swear-

Tonight and tomorrow is MCAD's anual art sale where the community is invited to come to the school and purchase the work that is on display. Its probably the best time of year around the school because it is literally filled with art that you normally never see. Its arranged salon style so its positively the busiest the school ever looks and is a quite a feast for the eyes. The best part is that alumni are allowed to participate and I submitted twenty-two pieces for sale. The guys who set up the show decided that I deserved my own wall (its usually all mixed up) here are some pics I nabbed while they were still putting them up:





These are the drawings as I've documented them. Eventually, they will be in the drawings section, but for now, enjoy!

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I'm working on two (count 'em, two) stories right now. That's not including the myriad of countless other projects bouncing around my studio right now, but more on that stuff later. I've made two promo pieces for the stories just to flesh out some ideas. The first is for a revived project that everybody around me calls the tiger story, so I've started calling it that, too. It used to be called The Blinding Gold but I kind of hate that title now.




This scene takes place approximately midway through the initial story and is a good contrast to all the other scenes I've illustrated that take place in the jungle. I really want to just tell you all about the story, but that would be selling myself short.

The second piece is a bit simpler and is from the book I've been having to delay more and more as other things in my life keep popping up, Radical Physics.




I did this one first, but I really wanted to do something with some perspective since the story is told much more straight-forward and movie-like. I can tell you two things about this scene: 1) the jock guy chasing our hero is secretly an alien with a high athletics modifier. and 2) Our hero is about to get hurt something bad for jumping from so high.

Stay tuned for more art including a ton of new fine art and a project that even you can get involved with.