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After hardly being active on here with any real work of consequence, I come back to update and discover this new journal thingy that everyone's been bitching about. What is this I don't even... Ok, I guess I can see why it was done, but I miss the old way. Oh well. Things change. People can adapt and change with it, or get stuck and go nowhere by bitching and moaning.

Anyway, back to the point of this journal.

I am being booted away from the world of digital painting and into the world of traditional. You know, with real paint, that doesn't give as easily as digital. Real paint, that springs up and surprises you when the colors you try to blend on the canvas suddenly look like doodoo. Real paint that drips in uncontrollable fashions down your piece when you've added too much water into the mix. Real paint that costs a lot of money, and real canvases that also cost a lot of money. My wallet is crying.

That being said, I'm learning a lot and I'm not sorry for a single choice I've made. Except for maybe not getting into these classes sooner. I'm in a workshop portrait/figure painting class, that's like 5-6 hours long once a week. I'm in a class full of amazing painters who are all practically already in the BFA program, trying out for it, or getting their amazing skills reviewed. Some are even going for MFAs. And here I am, having somehow gotten into this advanced class without having taken the Painting 1 pre-requisite, learning by all of my numerous, numerous mistakes. I feel like such a newblet. I tell you what, this class has been extremely, extremely humbling and goes to show that what i know - what I've been ego-tripped into believing was a great skill/understanding - amounts to a whole lot of nothing. It's almost embarrassing when my class mates ask me questions and I have no clue what they're talking about - most of what I say in that class turns out to be laughable at best. I'm embarrassed by my lack of knowledge and my new-born-giraffe grace in handling the medium. I've jumped right into the deep end and I need to learn to swim fast. (Ironically enough, I can't actually swim worth crap - but I can float like a beast, man. Count on my corpse to be the first to rise to the water's surface.) Once I find some batteries for my camera, I'm going to be photographing my class work. Some of which I'll post up here on dA, the rest of which will find their way onto my blogspot where I put most (if not all) my future works-in-progresses and sketches.

To all those who have commissioned me and are still waiting for their commissions, I am profusely apologetic for how long I'm taking. It's been hard for me to bring up any focus on anything that's not related to school and life at the moment. I get home every day and immediately just want to sleep. Yeah, I know - QQ some more, Nao, geez, shut up and do your job. Keep up your astounding, remarkable, saint-like, and miraculous patience, my dear commissioners, because I won't let you down. I have so much love and respect for every one of you, and for all my watchers/fav-ers, like you have no idea.

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Here's to a future of happiness and success for one and all,
Naomi
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| THINGS I STILL HAVE TO DO | this is my reminder list
1. COMMISSIONS, WOMAN, GAWL!!!
2. Continue work on portfolio - BFA review in the Fall!!!
3. Continue work on Rophlestein illustrations/cover
4. chesod (full-body in progress)
7. RinnySega (cell-shade in progress)


C O M M I S S I O N S [ CLOSED ]

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Paypal e-mail: naomimfranquiz@hotmail.com

NOTE ME WITH YOUR DETAILS! Do not post your order on my journal because I will ignore it. (Click on the provided link above for information on these commissions.)

| BALLPOINT COMMISSIONS | CLOSED

1. Bladewyvern (in progress)
2. aeriththewicked (pending)


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heysawbones's avatar
I'm so glad for you. ;u; I hope it goes well.