Snotted

Hello world.  It's been... well, about a year or so since my last entry... yet again.  I still have no progress on anything artistic.  Sorry to disappoint.  I spend a lot of my time looking for work in this suck a$$ economy.  Apparently, nobody likes people with Biology degrees.

I do have some big artwork in the works for dear friend's book.  I'm doing the artwork for the front and back cover.  I'm also doing the editing.   *faints*  That's no small task either.

As far as posting the artwork for the book.... I don't have those rights.  At least not right now.  Sorry.  

What to expect from me in the future:

Not much.  Artwork really is always on the back of my mind.  But it's so far back there that you'll have 50 WoW characters fully leveled before I ever do any artwork.  Hehe.  

Other than that.... yeah, that's it.

No, I am not having any teeth pulled.  But making myself draw and do artistic things is like pulling teeth... or pulling hen's teeth, which is even harder.

The good news since my last journal entry from 1 year ago: I graduated from college.

The bad news: a college degree DOES NOT guarantee you a job... at least not a 'good' job, unless working at Wal-Mart for minimum wage is a good job... but I'm not that desperate.  I still have the hubby's income to live off of and be just fine.

The news: I am working on an alternative teacher's certification and will hopefully be teaching high school biology in the fall of this year.  Teaching seems to be the only decent paying and stable job in the market currently.

The art: I still want to do a revision of basic werewolf anatomy AND I bought a HUGE canvas to do something cool on... I just haven't decided what yet.

So, I apologize for the inactivity over the last, oh, 3 or 4 years, blah, blah, blah.  It will be a total shock if you see anything new posted soon... or later.

~Snotted

Hello fellow artists and fans!

I'm slowly starting to check this account more often (mainly to clear out favorites and the deviations that I watch).  I've noticed in the past few months that my Basic Werewolf Anatomy picture is becoming one of my more popular deviations.  People love it and seem to find it easy to reference.  Well, I got to looking at it and gradually became more and more disgusted with myself and my lack of anatomical knowledge that I had back then.  I'm nearly done with my degree in Biology (finally, after 6 years of school!) and because of the fact that I know WAY more about anatomy/physiology than I did then and because of the fact that I haven't drawn anything for you guys in literally years, I thought that I might post a Basic Werewolf Anatomy 2.0.  HOWEVER, do not look for it anytime soon!  I am currently swamped with school work and all that jazz since I'll be graduating soon (August depending upon how Calculus goes this summer).  SO.... I was thinking of making a better one for you around May after finals are over and before summer school begins in June.  It would feel good to finally get to draw again.  It wouldn't take too long to do (only a couple of hours to make a decent one), but it's simply going to have to wait.  But be looking for it in May.  And if it doesn't happen, send me an email and complain.  I might forget.  LOL.

Also, if you are checking my Brink-Photography account, good for you!  I'm not.  Not that I've not taken any pictures (I've taken TONS of photos) I just haven't had the time nor patience to sit and upload them all, blah blah blah.  I know my explaination for lack of activity is redundant, but that's how it is.  Time is of the essence.

So, until then, I wish you all the best.

Snotted

Hello everyone.

My husband and I now co-own a photography account here on DA.  

I know I have been incredibly inactive on the drawing part, and most likely will continue to be inactive due to my rediculously long term slave labor of earning a degree.

So, to make up for that inactivity, I invite you to join my husband and I as we are active photographers.  We received our new camera in the mail today, a Sony Alpha 200 DSLR.  With the easy of use and upload to our computer and to DA you will see a significant increase in production of art (on the new account of course).  

Maybe once in a while, I will update this account with a new drawing or two... but the time (and patience) required for that makes the odds of that happening pretty low.  I still enjoy drawing, it's just hard to find the time.

So please, feel free to add us as a friend at our new account:

Best wishes to all of you, and I hope you will still keep in touch.

Sincerely,

Snotted

PS, I know my mood says "Anger", I am not angry, I just can't change it for some reason.  My real mood would be more closely described as: ecstatic.

Well, in short this is an update on my life (well, duh).  So if you don't care, aren't interested, etc., now is your chance to tune out.

I never got into that silly community college.  Well, I did, but by the time they let me choose my classes (and they would only let me take 2) all seats were full.  No shock there.  When I got home, I recieved a letter in the mail from the University I was on suspension from that said something along the lines of this: "Because of your effort to bring up your GPA to 1.972 (you needed a 2.0 to not be suspended) you have been given a continuance for this semester (fall 2007)."  I recieved this letter exactly one week before classes started.  Well, guess what??  There were no seats available there either, of course!

So what did I do?  I got a job at PetSmart's PetHotel the next week.  And so, I lost another entire semester to to bottomless pit of greed that belongs to my school.   I enjoyed working for the most part, except for the incredible danger I put my self through everyday just to amuse some dogs in the "Doggie Day Camp" which is the biggest farse ever...  I won't go into it.

I worked from the first week of September to December 18th when I recieved the last injury I cared to recieve from Doggy Day Camp.  I bent over to pick up a ball for this dumb choclate lab named "Daisy" and the dumb animal ran full speed at me and smacked her head into mine.  I was send to the doctor and was diagnosed with a concussion.  Not joking.  That dog hit me so frickin' hard... yes, it was a freak accident but I was tired of being bitten and almost bitten for trying to break up fights so these rich people's dogs could have "a fun day at camp".  My husband came home that day and said "You quit today, you're not going back."  I had wanted to quit for a long time but hubby kept encouraging me to hang in there.  So when he said to quit, I didn't argue.  I was happy to agree.  So the next day (which was my day off anyway) I went up there and gave my official resignation effective immediately.

I had a fantastic Christmas since I didn't have to work and I had 13 people at my house for the week including my hubby and me.  So I had plenty of entertaining to do and I loved every minute of it.

I got to take my continuance for this semester and I am back in school at said a**hole univeristy.  I'm enjoying my classes, I have about 20 hours left including this semester, which my advisors are desperately trying to make into 30.  I'm looking at graduating next May if they do make it 30 (which they will b/c some retard policy will be involved).  

So... to art.

I have none at the moment.  Yeah, boo, hiss, I'm sorry.  I'm pretty much done with digital media b/c I don't have the programs or the patience for it anymore.  So any more art work you see from me will be either in pencil or be photography.  I have about 12 rolls of film I need to develop, and hopefully you'll see it all in a month or so.  

Thanks for all the faves and commets, I will try to reply to them all.  But as for the 6,000 unviewed deviations, I'm sorry, but I'm deleting them all.  In fact, I already have.

So here's to the new year, and the hope of finally graduating college.  And to any of my fans who might be left after my absence.  Adios.