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Freelance & Personal Goals
Oh, how busy I have been! This past year, I did a very quick freelance job for a neighbor of a former co-worker. The neighbor had written a children’s book (or may currently still be writing; it wasn’t quite complete when I started work for her) and requested my help. I did a few simple illustrations to highlight the pages here and there, as well as a cover page. (click here to view my portfolio and see all of the work I did for the book).
Last year around October, I signed up to participate in this cool thing called The Sketchbook Project 2012. I failed miserably, and didn’t complete the whole sketchbook *cries*… But, alas! I again challenged myself to participate in The Sketchbook Project: Limited Edition… aaand, yet again, as the deadline draws nearer (April 30), I still have quite a few blank pages to fill, and about a week to turn it in. Yeesh. I will not give up hope! There’s still time to finish! (This post is a belated copy and paste from my blogger blog. I submitted the sketchbook yesterday, unfinished… boo. An update will come soon regarding my work for the LE: Sketchbook Project 2012)
Above, a few pages from my first Sketchbook Project.
My theme for the current Sketchbook Project is “How to Spell and Other Things to Learn” so I thought it would be an interesting idea to pick a word at random for each letter of the alphabet and draw an illustration according to the word. So far, I’ve picked “Aurora Borealis” and “Beach.”
Currently, I’m feverishly trying to pump out some freelance work for a client that has been significantly patient with me. I can’t show anybody anything yet, and I’m hesitant to even speak of it, but it’s a pretty hefty project (partly why I’ve procrastinated on it for so long on it; it’s so daunting of a task). I know that the work I’m producing for the project is some of the best work I’ve ever done and can’t wait for the whole thing to be complete. I’m aiming to have the project done by the end of the year, and brought on CanOfToast to assist me. That’s about all I can say! :)
Otherwise,
I’ve given myself two goals to chip away at in my spare time:
- Fill up sketchbooks
- Work on and complete
all unfinished digital artwork
There’s not much else to say, more updates to come soon!
I drew this on a piece of scrap paper at Grand Central in Miami during the Check Yo Ponytail concert. Sorry if it’s bad, I was sort of tipsy and it didn’t help that the only lights to see what I was doing were strobe lights…
My first drawing in my sketchbook for the Sketchbook Project! I love sushi, and drawing cute stuff comes naturally to me, so to break into things I decided to go with a sort of comfort drawing. Going to try to do a little more every day! Also going to try to improve myself over time, so eventually I’ll have to break out of my comfort zone and start drawing the things I get uncomfortable about… Gotta have all the pages filled by the beginning of January! I think it’s about 30+ pages, but I guess I can rebind it and add more if need be….
But… I don’t know anything about book binding… o__o;
My theme is “nothing new,” but right now, instead of worrying too much about keeping to the theme, I’m just going to draw and ride with it.
Angry Beavers is on Netflix instant watch! I drew these by pausing at random. I think I shall do more throughout the week. This was a fun drawing exercise. :)
Hello!
So I do have another Tumblr account, but it’s been swamped by reblogs of random crap that makes me laugh rather than my own artwork, heh. Thus, I have created another Tumblr account, and this one will only specifically be for uploading my artwork!
I’ve been in a bit of a motivational inspiration and have been getting my life in order to the best of my ability, which means drawing more! Soon I will have new artwork up! Stick around and, as always, I hope you enjoy my artwork!
<3 Kelcy
p.s. My other Tumblr is way more random and usually unrelated to myself as a person but rather things that make me laugh or amuse me. I say this because there may be things that could offend another person with a different sense of humor than my own…
You’ve been warned!
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