Resurrected!

It's been almost a year since my last entry on this blog.  I have been active in my art since then, of course, but I haven't been documenting it here.  Where to begin?

First, I have not yet finished my magazine project.  It's been floating around in various stages of development.  It very much remains near the top of my priorities list.  I have my plan for it roughly laid out.  It's only a matter of executing it.  My original vision for it was to be something similar to Sports Illustrated's annual swimsuit issue, though now it will be more akin to American Curves and Playboy.  It will be interesting for sure.

So what's new?  Since I wrote my last entry in August 2012, I have changed jobs.  I went from working 2nd shift to graveyard shift, which was quite a toll on me physically and  mentally.  Even now some eight months later I am still not particularly settled with it.  But I have my reasons for staying, chief amongst them financially as I've not yet found a way to monetize my art.

What's coming up on the horizon?  Besides working on my magazine project and the occasional fan art, I'm also aiming to develop a comic book series based on a story that I was going to write as a novel at one point in time.  It will be a daunting task for sure, but one that I feel is a necessary evolution for myself both creatively and personally.

Is that all?  On the creative front, yes.  However, my mind is always ticking and churning, so something else is never far away.  I want to eventually see about constructing my own dedicated website soon, but I don't think I yet have enough reason or material to.

I will be turning 26 in a little over a month from now.  I know that this path I've chosen as an artist is unlikely to ever become something terribly lucrative and I know that I haven't even begun to yet endure the trials and tribulations that such a career requires.  But it is what I've aspired to do since I was a little boy.  Specifically, creating comic books is more or less what I've been aiming for (the perfect marriage between my writing and drawing talents).

I think the only thing that's ever stopped me from becoming more than I am at this point is me.  And it's been long past time for me to stop it.  

I'm going to aim to write at least one post a week, maybe more if I have something especially notable to share or discuss.  As always, you can keep up with my works at my Deviant Art gallery here.  See ya on the flip side.

"There is no knowledge that is not power."