Well, the saga is finally over. As of 3pm yesterday, I officially finished my last class at The Maryland Institute College of Art. Unfortunately though, work is still not quite done. We have a commencement show where the entire school is turned into gallery space and every student is given an area to display their work in. This is being put up Monday through Wednesday this coming week, and Graduation is on Monday the 19th.

So I'll probably continue to be sparse during this time and while moving back home, but I wish all the rest of you the best of luck with your finals or starting your summer. Here's to graduating!

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Hey everyone! With graduation right around the corner, I just wanted to let everyone know that my illustration website is finally up and running. It showcases the work I've done while here at MICA and will hopefully be of some help in getting me a darn job after school this May.

I actually went to a portfolio review at the gaming company Big Huge a week or two ago, but they have so many kids trying to do concept art; it's totally overwhelming! So keep your fingers crossed that I end up hearing back from them, because that would be incredible.

I also received my promotional post cards the other day and should be sending them out to children's book publishing companies as well as comic samples to independent publishers soon.

All of that aside, I wanted to officially post the link on here to my new Portfolio Website. It's about 99% done, aside from tweaking the front splash page just a pinch (by adding in an updates text block rather than leaving it blank). I truly hope you guys enjoy it.

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Let me know what you guys think! It took me DAYS to hand code it with the incredible help of my best friend and roommate ~Cabbitsu. She literally sat next to me and told me word by word what to do whenever I got stuck or confused (which was pretty often). I truly couldn't have made it without her.

Aside from that, I'm just going to try my best to finish up school strong. When things finally ease up this summer, I was considering opening up commissions again if anyone would be interested (except first I'm going to draw Sae like, 20 pictures because she commissioned something from me last summer and still hasn't received it because of my cheap-ass excuses of being busy with school. I owe her 20 drawings just for her sheer patience and kindness. Also, anyone who has contacted me regarding CD related artwork, I'll be 100% open to those commissions this summer too).

Thank you again as always, you guys. I'm really honored and flattered you're enjoying the recent artwork.

Holy crap! (is about all I can muster right now)

I can't believe one of my pieces was given a Daily Deviation.

Thank you guys so freaking much for all of the comments and favorites on my Hey Diddle Diddle piece. I'm truly honored and humbled to see how many of you enjoy it.

And a huge special thanks to ~mizutamari who was crazy enough to suggest it in the first place. I love you so damn much.

Seriously, thank you everyone. Just... wow.



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Hello everyone! I'm just stopping in quickly to apologize if I'm missing for the next few months. As of mid January, this is my final semester at MICA and I will be graduating in May. Unfortunately, this means my workload for senior thesis is HOLYCRAP through the roof. I will try to visit here as much as possible, but please have patience if I take a while to respond to notes and messages; I promise you I really do read them all.

With that being said, for my fall thesis project I completed a 50 page series of seven mini comics making silly puns based on the punishments in hell for the seven deadly sins. Would anyone be interested in that? I was wondering if I should make Lulu books, shop it around, or just print it myself.

I hope everything is going well for all of you. I'll be around as much as I can, and for now, please enjoy the new pieces. And of course, thank you as always for all of your comments and support; they mean the world to me.

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Ah, Happy Holidays everyone! I finished the first semester of my senior year at MICA with a 50 page mini comic and whew, let me say I'm glad that is done and over with. I've been thinking about either shopping it around to see if anyone would consider publishing it, or self-printing some copies. If anyone might be interested, please let me know! ^_^

That aside, I'll be going to Ohayocon again this year with my lovely friends ~qotastic, ~wildcat-rose and Windrich. On Saturday I plan on wearing my Lin from Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter, but on Friday I'll be wearing good old (and deliciously overdone but still not boring for me yet) Heather.

For those interested, there is a Silent Hill photoshoot planned for 9:30pm on Saturday at the bottom of the main stairs. After we meet there, we'll be migrating as a group to the parking garage for some more (and slightly atmospheric XD) photos. I can't wait to see some of you again from last year (you know, like ~realdaguru, ~knuxiechan, *speedlight and oodles of others.)

I'll be changing into Heather Saturday night for that, and I'm fortunate enough to have the amazing Windrich agree to cosplay Vincent along with me! X3 To make the deal even better, my absolute favorite Claudia cosplayer of all time, the gorgeous ~WintersKnight re-made her outfit for Ohayo this year, and kindly agreed to a photoshoot with Windrich and I as Vincent and Heather. SO- be prepared for some deliciously awesome SH3-tastic photos. All we need is a damn Douglas and it'd be downright insane. XD

So for anyone going, please make sure to stop me and say hello! I always love seeing and meeting friends from online. Otherwise, I hope everyone has a wonderful, safe and fun New Years!

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