theifofthenight

Hey guys! I just opened an etsy shop. Right now, I only have the one "Until my Blood Runs Cold" piece posted, but the others will be up soon. So, if you were interested in purchasing any of those, just head on over and keep an eye open!

here it is: www.etsy.com/shop/ALittleBitSt…

Thanks so much!

A lot has happened as of late and I've made a lot of realizations. Most of which concern my career choices and my future. First of all, I'm probably not going to be an artist. I love art so much, but I have so much more potential in engineering. At first, when I discovered I wanted to be an engineer, I wanted to be a mechanical engineer with a focus in robotics, but I keep going back to art. I've been thinking long and hard, too, and maybe there would be a way that I could use an engineering degree and combine it with an art degree and use that to my advantage, while still being able to travel the world, maybe with some set design, or engineering/industrial design. I still love mechanics and mechanical engineering, but I'm starting to question myself.

By now you're wondering "Why did she title this Germany?" or you aren't and have completely forgotten the title. Either way, we had this amazing foreign exchange student from Germany this year, and he and I grew very close. He's only been gone a couple of weeks, but I already miss him so much. My new goal (financially, besides college) is to make my senior trip to Germany. So, by next summer, I want to be able to travel to Germany for a couple of weeks to visit him. (Hopefully part of that will also include the airfare from Germany to Spain, because he takes a trip to Spain every year and how cool would it be to go to Spain?) ANYWAYS, Germany is going to be a big part of my life for the next year (and hopefully more), and I just wanted to let you guys know. I'm not asking for financial support, just moral support. It's going to be really hard for me (who has never had an actual job in her life) to raise all of the money to get there. Right now, a round trip ticket is around $1,800 and Lord only knows what it'll be a year from now. All I ask for is encouragement when I fell like crap.

So Friday I'm leaving for Memphis to tour University of Memphis and on Saturday, tour Memphis College of Art and Design (MCAD). I'm scheduled for a portfolio review Saturday at MCAD and I'm... not at all ready. Many of the people I have spoken with about my portfolio have told me VASTLY different things. For example, the woman at SCAD told me that the size of the drawing doesn't matter, and that I need to stick to one medium. The woman at my Governor's school audition told me to use a variety of media and sizes. The man at the national portfolio I spoke with from MCAD told me that I should use one size for all of my drawings, especially if I had them bound in a notebook or smaller portfolio case, and that I should develop a style that varies in media.
The one thing these people had in common was that they believed I should stick to mostly observational drawing.
I'M SO CONFUSED D:
So. Tomorrow is going to be a lovely day of observational drawings of birds, since we have many little birdies flying around our front lawn. Mostly ravens and cardinals, but there are a few Blue Jays and Chickadees.
I'm excited, really.
If you have any ideas for my portfolio, please please please help me out! It would mean SO MUCH.

Hi friends :3

It's been a while, I know.

I was thinking about having a new year's resolution (for once) and I have decided that this year, it is my goal to upload at least ten pictures to deviant every month.

I'm hoping I'll do it.

Hopehopehope.

I have some really exciting news, guys! Yesterday I received a letter from Watkins College here in Nashville. It started praising me for my attending their NPD and stated how advanced my art was. You know what happened after that? THEY TOLD ME THEY WERE GOING TO GIVE ME $12,000 IF I APPLIED. Holy. Crackers. Oh, but the unfortunate part.... It's for the fall 2012 semester. I'd be applying for fall 2013 if I were to go. So... yeah. I'm going to have to have a short conversation with someone over at Watkins... Heh.

BUT I'M ONLY A JUNIOR. AND I GOT A SCHOLARSHIP OFFER. Cheese and Crackers I'm so excited.