Noidatron

*Slowly emerges from Art school hell hole*

O hai!

How's it going guys? I've been pretty inactive lately since I've been ridiculously busy finishing up my 3rd year of art school! Anyway, I'm gonna be at Ai-Kon in Winnipeg, MB this year selling art! (July 12-14) My first time selling art at a convention! Kind of a long time in coming, honestly. Super stoked about it!
Anyway, I just wanted to get an idea of what you lovely folks are interested in lately! What would be some good material to sell at an anime con? What shows/characters/video games etc are you into and would like to see fanart of?
I'm also probably going to open up commissions soon, although I need to get a little more organized first! So stay tuned.

So if you're going to be at Ai-Kon, I am Sharon/Noidatron! I guess I'll have some sort of sign, but not sure what it will say yet. : P
*shot for being extremely unprepared*

Hey there...

So I was all ambitious earlier this year about getting tons of art done this summer, and starting a new account and trying to do some commissions... But apparently I'm just a failure. : P I mean, I think about it all the time, but I'm just way too lazy during the summer, and just not feeling positive enough to get going on anything. :/

I went on a trip to Germany right after school ended, and that was great, but I really wanted a break from everything after that. And now between trying to work full time hours at my crappy DQ job to get myself through my design degree and taking care of my aunt and uncle's house while they're on vacation and missing the boyfriend I finally got and then had to leave for the summer after one month of being a couple, I'm feeling a little down in the dumps and not motivated at all. Maybe I just need more exercise... Also missing some good old fashioned nerd-company at this point. Wish I had gone to Ai-kon this year. At least it would give me a break from work. :/

Hey, but don't mind me, just feeling sorry for myself! : P And I'm sure things will look up. Bf's coming to visit in a few weeks time, and I think I'm at the beginning of an upswing when it comes to artistic productivity. The summer is suddenly zooming by very quickly, and I'm realizing that I should really have something to show for it! : P So hopefully you can expect some updates from me... (Not promising anything though, lol).

Seriously though, if anyone has any words of encouragement, or even harsh words to slap my unmotivated butt into shape I would appreciate it. I would gladly take some requests, since I work a lot better if someone gives me an idea and is actually expecting me to deliver on it. I need clients!

Haaay Guyssss.

So, I haven't updated in a long time... it's actually kind of ridiculous how much less I post art here, now that I'm in art school. That's probably because all of my time is taken up by working on typography assignments and logo design and whatnot, which isn't really the kind of stuff I want to post here... It's really frustrating, because lately I've really been feeling inspired to do art, but I have absolutely no time because I'm in probably the busiest semester that I will ever experience at this school... But at least I can post my illustration projects.

I've actually just been going through my gallery and cleaning it up, and I've realized how crappy all my old art is. On the bright side, that means that I've definitely improved. But the other thing that I found is that, conceptually, I feel like my work in high school was a lot stronger. Looking back at the ideas I had for my pictures back then, they are SO much more interesting and thought provoking than what I'm doing now! Which is strange, because I feel like my discretion, perspective and judgment in general on art and most other things has come so far from how I was back then... But I guess the issue must be that I have really specific projects that I have to do that don't necessarily allow me to spread my wings conceptually. The fact that I'm always worrying about the opinions of my instructors is also an issue...

Anyway, based on the quality of the work I have here, and the direction I want to go in with my art, professionally and otherwise, I'm seriously considering creating another DA account. I've realised that, especially for someone focusing on illustration and character design, I SERIOUSLY need to start thinking about networking, and starting to actually make some money off my work. So I want to make an account that better shows off my skills and style (whatever that may be). But it's not going to happen for a while. At the soonest this summer, cause I have literally no time for that kind of thing right now. But anyway, I thought I might give anyone who cares a bit of a heads up about that.

In the meantime, I have this account and also my tumblr: noidatron.tumblr.com/ I don't update there very often right now, and there are probably more reblogs than me actually posting art, but I still would really appreciate it if you checked it out!

I'd really like to give commissions a shot for the first time, although (even if there were actually people who wanted to commission me) I don't really have the time right now. That's another thing I'd like to do this summer. I guess I'd better work my butt off this summer so I can actually achieve something and make some sorely needed money!

Probably a really long and boring journal, sorry. : P

Hey everyone!

So, the school year has been over for a little while now, but it's taken me until now to upload some of my stuff. : P  Hoping to get back into doing some more personal projects, so hopefully I'll actually post something once in a while!

ALSO, I just made a Tumblr! Hoping to post a lot a sketches and stuff there, so yeah, you can follow me there! Here's the link: noidatron.tumblr.com
Haven't done much there yet, but should be picking up soon!

Hello everyone!

Just writing a journal basically to let you all know I'm not dead... Sorry I've been so inactive. I'm inactive at the best of times, but since I've been in school I just don't have the motivation to update here... I'm sorry. OTL

I think I do have a few school projects kicking around that I still have to upload. Hopefully I'll put those up soon, but I'm starting to think I might wait until school is over in May and then just dump it all in one go. We will see.

So yeah, I've been busy with art school. Thankfully, the second semester has been WAY less stressful than the first. I think I might be getting a little better at time management, too. Just have an Art History essay hanging over my head right now, so that kind of sucks. Also need to start putting together my portfolio for getting into the Design program next year. Wish me luck!

In general, though, I've been feeling pretty happy here, and life has been good. Keeping busy with school, and I've even been able to join some sports teams. Still looking forward to going home at the end of April, but I know I'm really gonna miss people here, too. Sucks feeling torn between two places.

Back to my homework!