Look for Ustream live work from me next week. If you’re not a friend of mine on facebook or twitter, you should run over there and do that now. It’s a great way to keep updated on my work, especially when I’m streaming live with commissions. I post up links to my live videos as they’re happening.

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Two blogs in a row! I’m on a roll. If you’d like to see the art for today and skip my ramblings, scroll to the bottom of this entry.

Spring break is approaching quickly; in fact, it starts this Friday and lasts until 19th of October. Boy could I use one! I have a ton of things I need to get done. I thought I would take this moment between studying to reflect on my goals for 2009 and plan my spring break.

When looking at my 2009 goals posted to the left, I realize I really need to rework the list. There are a few goals I know I won’t accomplish this year and a few goals for which I no longer have a desire. For example, while I still want to finish Behind the Mask, I obviously can’t complete 10 oil paintings in two months accurately. That may be a focus of a painting class if I can snag one next year. Also, before I work on A World Once Was, I’d like to get more webcomic experience. I’m being commissioned for a monthly comic now, and have a small comic of my own I’d like to produce called Marker Slave. That should help me significantly before I roll with AWOW.

Redoing Daughter Nature and Silence are no longer of importance to me. I don’t think I could recapture the essence of each piece and surely I’ll have some better ideas in the future.

Expect a new 2009 goal sheet posted up soon.

So taking my 2009 goal sheet into consideration, I think I’m looking forward to finishing the following during my break:

[+] Commissions for several people ranging from finishing an oil landscape to a character design commission to parts of the webcomic I mentioned above.
[+] Several works I’d like to finish for myself, including character sheets for my AWOW characters, at least 5 webcomics for Marker Slave and some still life studies. I’d also like to do some pin ups of girls based on either the days of the week or the Dark Zodiac. Or maybe I’ll tackle both. Finally, I’d like to do at least one full image of my characters to replace the older one.
[+] I’d like to do a bit more revamping on BrushtoCanvas. Maybe bring a gallery of sampler images on the front, add my twitter and such. I’d also like to do a mailing list. What do you guys think about linking BrushtoCanvas and Paper-Roses as one site?
[+] Finally, I’d like to get ahead in my classes so I have time to continue my art outside of breaks.

I’m looking at Ustream-ing most of my work next week. My new headset should make it where you can actually hear me, but it means less music. I’m hoping that I’ll attract a crowd enough that I won’t have to use music too much. That means I need questions! Questions about artwork in general or my own work would be fantastic. Feel free to comment here or sent me an e-mail at artist@brushtocanvas.net.

Well that’s it for me. Enjoy the commission below with some links to it’s process!

Lineart Video | Color Video