Aerosaur83

I figured it was high time to have some new text in the sidebar of my main profile page, the last post was mildly heavy in tone, so now for something completely different!

I recently splurged on a couple of movie art books, The Art of Prometheus and The Art of Brave. Two excellent purchases if I do say so myself (and I do!). Packed full of inspiration and beautiful artwork, they have helped spur me on to creating more of the world that I've envisioned for my novel series. So, armed with several different mediums as well as my own raw enthusiasm, I have begun anew with fleshing out concepts and conjuring fantastical imagery in hopes of eventually reaching my goal - to have an entire world developed, one that I can draw from (pun intended!) for all sorts of great story references, and just play a really cool-looking movie over and over in my head.

It's the best kind of entertainment!

Hey, so yeah, I really have been in the depths of despair lately. But I refuse to let the demons of depression win! I will triumph! I have a plan, which is multi-faceted but within my reach, all I need do is build the proper bridge.

I know where I want to be, for once in my life, and how to get there. It involves art, for sure. Is it the same thing I've been dreaming about for much of my life since childhood? Not exactly. But I'm okay with that.

The plan isn't easy, and will require a lot of hard work and research on my part, but I have my family and friends behind me, and I find myself excited at the prospect of shaping a new dream.

After 20 years or more of sticking with one idea, I've finally found myself outside of my box, outside my comfort zone, and facing a new challenge head-on.

So, armed with my abnormally-sized head (within which I carry my equally large brain) and my artistically-imbued hands, I shall go forth and brave the wonders and thrills of this new reality.

Wish me luck!

Hi all,

Yes, my DA account has lain dormant for many a week. Since my last post, I have quit art school, and am currently working and not producing art like I used to. Life has become very difficult, and I've found myself falling into lazy patterns of non-doing.

I hope this changes one day, but I think it will take something profound to pull me out of this funk I'm in. Someone I thought was my friend is turning out not to be so much, and it's painful because I thought we were tight. Oh well, that's just my life experience. People just come and go, and are generally turned off by my efforts to keep the friendship active. I don't know what it is about me that scares them off, but maybe I just put too high a value on friendship.

Whatever the case, I find myself with time to be artistic, but never using that time to do anything but play with my phone or sit at my computer, staring at my Facebook page and wiling away the hours.

Depressing much? Yes. Will I ever pick up a paintbrush again? Highly likely. When, I don't know. Right now, I just feel kind of numb.

I'm working through it, but it's a treacherous road. Wish me luck.

Didja miss me? Lol I'm sure nobody even noticed that I was gone, it's only been a couple of days.

Well, let me explain: I started art school about a month ago. It was really terrifying the first week, then the second week it seemed to get a little better, but it turned out it was ten times worse.

So I decided not to quit school, since I hadn't even given it a chance yet, and I opted to attend part time. With my full time work schedule, I simply could not justify even attempting the impossible: to do school full time and work full time! That's just nuts, I said.

So that, in a nutshell, is why I have not been back posting artwork here. I'm sorry, boys and girls! I promise to post more new artwork up soon, but at the moment I'm still trying to figure out how to have a life of my own outside of class, and I'm not all that impressed with my class work to tell the truth.

Plus, it's all too boring and academic to post here. I so want to get crazy and do another bunch of colorful fantasy paintings, but not sure when that's gonna happen. I'm just so freaking busy!!!

Don't fret, though, I have decided not to quit DA. Been here a year, that's like some sort of milestone, right? Right.

Okay, then. TTFN!

-Aerosaur83

Well, all didn't go as hoped. No scholarship Oh well, you can't let little things like this get you down. Just gotta pick yourself up, dust off your drawing table, and keep chasing that dream!

I'm gonna go through the door on my own shove, thank you very much! I have the tools and the talent, I don't need someone else's dough to get where I need to go!

Lol I'm a poet and don't know it!

Cheers.