And one more to finish out the year with!

I saved my best one for last! :D

This is my character Heather Dawes with her Deity Enyo. The guitar she's holding is actually my own Yamaha RGX612A (though it's kind of hard to tell from the back of it lol ). This one took a long time to complete, as I had to redraw the entire picture several times over because I simply wasn't happy with how any of the sketches were turning out; then I picked out the parts I liked out of each of the four sketches and used my light table to ink a composite of those things. I am very happy with the end result; I'd say this is probably my best illustration this year!

So, looking into 2008, I hope to be more productive as an artist, and continue improving at this rate.

Ultema

Hello!

The other day, I finished a piece for Nia of her main character, "Ultema."
Here it is!

NEW JOB!!!! And self-portrait.

YAAAAAY I just got hired on at Affiliated Computer Systems! I'll be doing data processing for Child Support cases for the state of Ohio! The job starts on January 7; I can't wait!

Also, I've drawn a new self-portrait. Enjoy!

I've shaven my face since drawing this, LOL.

I has a musics!

LOL I just figured out how to add music functionality to my Blog! You can find my playlist waaaaaay at the bottom of the page! There aren't that many songs in there yet, but I'll add more as I find more that I like from the site that provided the service.
EDIT:  Took it down; most people don't really appreciate autoplay music on webpages, and besides, this ain't no MySpace!  lol

In other news, the job fair I went to recently was a huge success. I passed the first three phases of the hiring process, and have an appointment on Wednesday for the final interview and to set up my schedule for when the new call center opens. My job there will be to handle Child Support cases for the state of Ohio; I'll be making more money than I was making at my old job, and this new place is just 10 minutes away, rather than almost an hour! Hopefully everything goes well, and I'll be back working again starting January 7! Until then, I'll just enjoy my little vacation... fortunately I had enough money saved up and was able to get a break on my rent, so this month shouldn't be too bad financially. :D

Apollo drawing, I decided not to CG. :P

Here's the finished illustration of Apollo firing the energy cannon as seen previously:


YAAAY I didn't need CG to color the lighting effects afterall! :D

Also, things seem to be looking up on the job front: There's a job fair tomorrow and Saturday, and one of the jobs is an IT firm whose starting pay is just $10/hr... but they're in town and provide full insurance and benefits without having it as a payroll deduct. Hopefully I'll be able to get a job with them!