I noticed today that apparently I am cool enough to have a live feed on John's website, but not enough to have earned an I'm Nifty! award.

Well... I think it is nifty that someone actually stops by my weblog.

It was a beautiful day yesterday. I didn't realize until I had started walking to campus. As much as I enjoy my psychology class, I was tempted to spend the time outside. I'm not sure why I didn't. But next time I will. And I will not have any regrets.

When I got home after class, I opened the windows so I could feel the breeze. I pulled out a carton of orange juice from the refrigerator and as I stood in front of the windows, I simply drank from it. I stood amongst the subtle washes of shadow caused by the sunlight. It was a moment that all of life should be like. There was no future and there was no past. There was no ambition, no doubts, no worries. My only desire was to remain there in that place.

Does it have a name? I wouldn't know what to call it. But I know it is a place of beauty and subtly. I also know that I have always wanted to exist there.

I miss Philip.

I recently took a picture of my cats to show to my fiance since he can't be with them any more then he can be with me right now. I think they're dreadfully cute, so I thought I'd show them here too.

In other news, I am sorry I haven't been posting to this very much. Lately I just haven't really felt like trying to communicate much at all. It comes and goes, so please don't think I've lost interest in this weblog. I just haven't felt like saying anything out loud.

I'm in a class this semester that is supposed to help the graduating illustration majors figure out what their personal style is and to develop a portfolio to get a running start out the door. Nice idea.

Most people totally redo their portfolio after they graduate.

But it is a nice idea. And so I dutifully dragged in all the work I have done in all of my classes and I mentioned that I also did some digital stuff "on my own." Digital work was never seen in a very good light in my programme, so I had learned to keep it to myself. To make a long story short...

I am going to be graduating with an all digital portfolio! Yay me!

We actually have an electronic imaging department, but I choose the illustration department, because I have a lot of respect for traditional media and for being able to actually draw. I can pick up traditional techniques very quickly and effectively, but for some reason my brain does not compose images on paper very well. It's some sort of wierd block, because if you get me on the computer I do just fine.

Maybe it is the Undo button and the concept of Layers.

The super cool thing I was teasing about in one of my last entries got here a couple days ago. I didn't post about it then cause I sort of wanted to have it all scanned in, but I realize now that it is going to take me awhile. But so they are...

Fruits Basket sketches!!

Yup, from the series that my sister is so nutty about. But don't get me wrong, the reason I got them is because I wanted them. I love this sort of thing.

The sketches I got are copy sets, which means that they are photocopied arrangements of the original sketches. Their production purpose was to be passed out to the other people working on the project. It's a good thing that I don't mind that they are copies, because I know that would turn a lot of people off of them. But I absolutely love concept art and this is another facet of the entire production process. So I find them utterly fascinating.

I have around 100 sheets in total. (Can you understand why I find the job of scanning them all in so daunting?) One set was the storyboard for the first episode and the other was character designs.

I am very excited about having these in my collection and would get more in a heartbeat if I could. But to be honest, I can't believe I was lucky enough to get these in the first place. Not sure I'll be so lucky the next time.