Goldfish!

Ugh, it's been a long time since I've blogged anything.  My apologies for that.

Anyways, a quick update on my life before I have to leave again.  Since my last post in February, I have left my workplace, and I just finished tutoring the other day, so...I'm currently unemployed.  I do keep myself busy, but I'm also looking at job postings online now.  I'm always open for commissions (especially since I have time for them now), so feel free to contact me! :)  In other news, I submitted my application to Animation Mentor!  I should hear back in 3 weeks or so, and I'm really praying for my acceptance.

 If you're wondering about the title of this post, well, it's my aunts' birthday party today, so I painted some quick goldfish for their birthday cards.  I'm so glad I practiced painting goldfish for my grandma's 91st birthday last year (because I just recently found out about this party, and it's kind of last minute)!  I'm still really new to Chinese painting, but it's something I plan to continue practicing because it's really fun :)  However, I really wish I had a paper cutter right now so I could trim some of the paper off (so it'd fit on the card).  I guess I'll do my best with scissors :D

Well, I have to go help prepare food for the party, so until next time! :)

Something I noticed...

Seems like 2 blogs in one month seems to be my record so far (how sad).  As promised to Miranda, here is an update =D

Work/tutoring is the usual, and there doesn't seem to be anything big happening...really.  However, I am excited for the next few months because I'll be preparing for my brother's wedding (we're making these tissue paper pom pom/flower decorations), and I'm considering making their cake topper as a gift (they said I shouldn't waste my time on it when I offered, but I think it'd be something they like).  What is a cake topper usually made of, anyway?  Hopefully it can be made out of polymer clay, since that's what I have/know how to use.  ^^;;

In other news, I plan to be going back to school soon!  I've been looking around at different programs, and have decided to apply for Animation Mentor's character animation program.  It starts a month after the wedding, so I'm really excited about that too =D

Anyway, here's a part of a picture I'm working on:

I had so much fun with the little clouds near the top xD  

Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day!  (I got no flowers, but I did treat myself to some cake, so that was definitely worth it.  mmm...)

My ears are ringing

Just got home from lion dancing all day.  Lots of drumming, firecrackers, what have you.  I don't understand why people light those long firecrackers inside the store (besides being illegal and ear-splitting, the smoke gets into your lungs and eyes).  Outside, understandable.  Inside a crowded Chinatown plaza shop thing...not so much.

Anyways, just a quick (and short update) as to what I've been up to.  Working, working, and lion dancing, with some drawing thrown in there somewhere.

...And here's Batman.  ...He's always watching you.

Happy New Year everyone!

I'm such an inconsistent blogger.  I'll make an attempt to blog more often.  To update on my last post a month ago, my house just had no power for about 2 days.  Other than that, it's completely fine.

I had a very relaxing and food-filled Christmas and New Year's, and I even made some New Year's resolutions!    It's tucked away nicely into my planner (which I look at very often) so hopefully I'll be able to go through it all (one of which is to blog more often)!

I recently got another part-time job tutoring middle school kids, which actually takes up a lot more time than I initially thought.  It's takes a lot of time to come up with lessons plans and worksheets and activities for each kid!  Each kid is struggling with different aspects of language arts, so it's a bit like making 6 different lessons plans (I have 6 kids).  It's pretty fun though, and they're all sweet kids (thankfully).  

These next few months will be very busy for me, so I hope I can get through everything in one piece.  Finishing everything I set out to do would be a very very nice bonus though.  

I haven't sketched anything in my sketchbook this month yet, so here's something from December:

In which strong winds occur

...quite strong, in fact.

I guess I can count my house as lucky, since only our canopy cover got ripped off and half of the stuff inside our shed got blown out somewhere.  A friend's shed is actually missing and another's had some of her roofing come off, so I consider my house quite fortunate.  For those not in the area, there were really strong winds 2 nights back which resulted in lots of trees and power lines falling over.  There's still no power at my house, so in the meantime I'm at my cousins.

That aside, I had an awesome (although tiring) Thanksgiving!  I helped make the turkey (something I don't plan on repeating anytime soon), as well as stuffing, tiramisu, cheesecake, fried rice, and mashed potatoes.  I didn't really eat the stuffing though...I saw what went in it and, well.... let's leave it at that.

Now to look forward to Christmas!!  I'm so excited! ^__^

In which I return!

Ok, so rather than posting everyday, how about once a week (or so).  >.>

Also, I recently found out about The Sketchbook Project -- it seems really interesting and fun!

In which I begin Sketchvember

don't you love how the scanner kills your colors?

And here's to the start of Sketchvember!  I'm going to try and actually post every day (in an attempt to be consistent).