New Year, New project..?

I was tempted to wait until New Year’s to post this, but I’m not entirely sure where I will be on Jan 1st, and if I will have internet.

Its been a long year. Its been a weird year. I don’t have the time or energy to reflect back on it all, but lets suffice to say that I am glad its over. Its not that I haven’t appreciated it (believe me, I had some wicked times this year), but its refreshing to be starting anew again.

I’ve been frustrated with a lot of things this year, but my art is what sticks out. Not a single purposeful, meaningful, or progressive line has come out of my pencil (unless it was taking notes in class). I sort of used the excuse that I was ‘using my time to finish my GE’s so I could transfer to a State University and draw all I want’. Well, now that I’ve botched up my grades and as a result will need to retake some classes and not transfer in the fall, it looks like it won’t be happening. But you know what? It made me realize something- I cannot just look to the future and assume that under some instructor’s amazing tutor-age in an amazing class, I’ll suddenly improve. And I don’t necessarily need some special instructor. I need to be more aggressive about educating myself if I really want to learn animation. I need to let my passion dictate how much I can and cannot do.

On that note, I’ve decided to take action. Looking through galleries of work from Art Center and CalArts students really inspired me, and I also have Comic Con to look forward to as motivation. I have 2 New Year’s resolutions (that are art related, at least):

1. Sketch 5-10 minutes a day. I set the minimum to five, because honestly? Sometimes you get home at the end of the day, realize that you haven’t sketched yet, and want nothing more than to slap your face to your pillow and snooze till noon.
2. Carry a sketchbook & notebook. Carrying a sketchbook used to be second nature to me. My boyfriend even bought me this awesome little black book that I would scribble in during class and church. For some reason, I just fell out of the habit of bringing it with me. I include both a sketchbook and a notebook because I have this thing about writing on unlined paper. But I’m just weird like that.

That’s it for now. I’m tired and that bed I was talking about is calling my name.

Edit: I’m reviving this blog, yes, but only for text heavy art stuff. My daily observations and moment’s of ‘lol’ that I want to share will still remain on my Tumblr blog.