The [incredibly late] start of Art Adventure Time~

During the start of the summer (about a month ago now), I realized that my portfolio was complete shit. I have a handful of good works, and most of those are through school assignments. If you're trying to freelance, school assignments aren't going to cut it - I need a more diverse selection of artwork as well as much stronger pieces. Plus, its been about 3-4ish years since I properly wrote, and that's a little ridiculous.

So, I made a bet with myself that if I could produce 50 digital works, 14 physical artworks, produce 1 functioning portfolio website and write around 230,000 words before August 22nd, that I could buy myself a second monitor for the laptop. Dual monitors is a luxury and a huge benefit when working on the computer. It's a month in and I have very little done (especially in the writing department), changing this slightly difficult challenge into a ludicrous bet. All the more fun, I suppose.

I have a ton of weird projects in mind to fulfill the quotas: I already made a new purse, and as soon as I paint something on my new wallet, I can count another piece down. I have about three oil paintings to do, some Sculpey Firm polymer clay of which I'll carve something, and a personalized Tarot card set. I look forward to printing the cards without a true press to work with. Something about a piece of board and my weight.

As for digital stuff, I'm going to putt around with different styles and programs (Photoshop, Illustrator, Corel Painter) and produce smaller works for June and July, while in August I want to start a comic series that I can work on throughout the year.

As for writing, well... the story is pretty awful so far, with so few words and my writing skills rustier than a 20 year old sunken reef ship. Even that metaphor was a little stretched. Nothing might come of it, but the point is to write again.

Even better, throughout all of this, I still want to practice on the piano, start re-studying Japanese (since I've forgotten so much), loose some goddamn weight, and still go to work 25 hours a week. Free time is in there somewhere...