It shall be a place for whatever really. Anything except rants and raves will go here (I have another blog for those) but I guess it'll mostly be about my life, my work and my observations. I'll try to keep it from being a dull read with banal posts about the queues at the post office or food I may have eaten.
Anyway, as I was saying before I went off on a tangent; I'm moving out of my university house tomorrow.
There's two empty rooms above me and mine is being compressed into boxes and suitcases and if you were to ask me how I'm feeling right now I couldn't really tell you. It doesn't yet feel like it's over at all; just another break until September. When the amazing people will regroup and we'll talk about how our summers went and hang out at the Ember Lounge with hot chocolate and curly fries. I think it's going to dawn on me in September when that doesn't happen and I think if you were to ask me how I was feeling then, I'd simply say that I miss it all terribly. And I know that it's the people I'll miss more than anything else.
It seems that growing up involves carrying a heavy heart sometimes. But I know there'll be moments in my future when I'll be happy again and I shall just carry on moving forward for those if nothing else.
I need a project. At the moment I'm working on a promotional video for an urban development and, like all projects, it has become a different beast as it has gone on. I first got the brief way back in April, but it only recently got underway in full force. Once this is over in two or three weeks I'll need something to occupy my mind. I'm toying with the idea of starting another comic based on one I used to do whilst in college but if there's one thing that University has taught me, it's that the bar for artistry is set quite high and I don't feel confident that I can reach it myself yet. So I'll probably start scoping for artists the collaborate with, and if necessary I'll use some of the money from the current job to pay them for their trouble.
I've been attempting to draw characters in a more simplified and cartoony style. But I'm struggling with female profile views. When you're head is essentially a circle with a chin everything looks weird when you turn it around. I'll just keep practising.
Over the next few months, I'm going to be looking to move out of my parents house and be independent again. I have my eye on London, a city that's as dirty and hectic as it is steeped in history and excitement. It's ridiculously expensive of course, but a job down there and a frugal attitude would help cover the cost. Even so I'm sure I'll find myself bleeding money left right and centre.
The trick is to be broke but never broken.
