Neil Gaiman inspired

Reading Neil Gaimans website lately has gotten me more and more inspired lately. I'm very excited. I've got I start doing more short stories and finish the ones I'm in the middle of right now. I have to make the time for everything, all my passions. It's tough but that's how it must be. I'm trying to be more reliable and organized to a point and open myself up to more things and different people. I want to get to that point where I believe I am close to what I set out to be.

Ahoy!

Ahoy! Recently I accepted my first children book illustration job! I am excited, it isn't for the illustration/book above, that's just one of the samples I sent to get the job. Luckily my other samples were all on par as well. But I'm glad to be posting here again with images and also to finally be entering the professional realm of my career paths. Only like two more paths to get on to be professional. But just because I've had success doesn't mean much right now, its good but they're small as it is. So the continuation goes on and I am doing more than ever now! Which is good. Good. It's GOOD! Sorry about that, went off a little. I'm continuing my portfolio work for NYCC in October and will be doing so until then, also for the Rising Stars contest that IMagineFX magazine is putting on for October which is great. Looking forward for more things!

Quickie

Blogging here quickly at my day job. Looking forward to working more toward my goals with my portfolio. I'm finally starting to notice that with perspective I'm picking up tricks if the trade more. Perspective was and still is my hardest thing to work at. But as they say practice, practice, practice. Last time I was in front of editors I was told to work on backgrounds and anatomy so that is what I've been doing non stop!! October ho!!

Art

Blogging here from Destiny USA in Syracuse, NY. Thinking of art, my art specifically. I just got new business cards recently but finding who to give them to is tough. I did get some new comics though from Play the Game Read the Story or vice versa.

I've come to realize through talks with past teachers and the famous Rich Talarico, and Tony Daniel that I need to just work on stuff and create a body of work! So that u actually have work to show interested and important parties. Instead of my usual mindframe of get noticed first do work later. That's an important realization I've made. It's impacting my thought process and the way I find work.

I'm going to ne illustrating for my first paid gig for a children's book. I'm selling two logos to a production company. I've sold three tattoo designs and my wife and I will be having an art show soon.

Graphic Novel

Pos

sible cover for a graphic novel I'm working on.

Stay Tuned

Stay tuned folks. It's about to rain.

Blogging like a fiend

My apologies if the blogs I'm going to be blogging today seem more like posts. I plan on blogging up a storm today. Some of it might be ranting, tangents, nonsense and plain old good fun. Hope all enjoy. Thank you for stopping in.