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2009-12-23T19:35:08Z

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countylineroad @ 2009-02-09T01:05:00

2009-02-09T07:08:26Z

I've got a busy next two days planned.

Monday: Work 10 to 5, comic for Avalon, go see a friend for a little, wrap up comic work for Avalon, start roughs for Jane.
Tuesday: Up @ 9, make coffee & have oatmeal. Rough out a few pages for Jane, begin inking. See where that takes us.

I know it doesn't look like a lot, but ermmm...It's going to be quite a bit, hahaha.
I've got a four-panel page for Avalon and about eight pages for Jane. It's a while till the deadline for Jane, but I still want to at least get 'em roughed out as much as possible now that character design is done.

I'm pretty sleepy and have to be up for work in about seven hours, so I'm going to hit the sack. I'll post some art stuffs up tomorrow C: Nothing confidential though, of course. XD

straylight run

2009-02-06T02:34:20Z

I feel like I'm back in junior year on the bus to Kaneland for my tech class.

Today has been good, I can't stop smiling. I hope I can get myself to feel fine with DeVry until I'm done. I am so excited to continue my illustration and I'm really anxious to do so.
Does anyone know if there's a LiveJournal app for BlackBerry phones?? I'm quite curious. The facebook app let's you upload photos straight to ut, which I thought pretty neat. These phones are much better than expected.

I miss my friends who are scattered across the country.

countylineroad @ 2009-02-01T02:32:00

2009-02-01T08:33:00Z

I'm gonna get it right someday, I swear......

More on this later. I'm all emo right now and it's lame. Goodnight.

OH MAAAAAAAAAAN!

2009-01-27T20:04:16Z

I AM SO SICK AND I HATE IT

WHICH IS WHY I WENT TO GAMESTOP TO BUY A VIDEO GAME. YOU KNOW. TO TAKE MY MIND OFF OF IT.

USED GAMECUBES FOR $30.

So I bought Wind Waker and a memory card and an RF adapter.

And in two days, I'm buying one of the GameCubes.

AND SHY IS SHIPPING THE COPY OF TWILIGHT PRINCESS SHE BOUGHT ME FOR MY BIRTHDAYYYY. SHE'S SENDING IT TONIIIGHTTT!!!

Unnghghhhghgkjdfg <3333 ZELDAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

btw watch this if you haven't:

sick

2009-01-22T20:37:40Z

I hate being sick!!! This totally sucks.

I had to skip class last night, this morning, and probably tonight, too.

My throat feels swollen and I'm really warm constantly. My nose is stuffed up. My mouth is so dry I woke up this morning with my teeth stick to my lips, and they're bleeding now. This sucks.

In other news...I got a comic job. Im doing eight pages and a cover, and then we're sending it off to publishers!! The story is extremely good and very promising.
I'm so excited!

Im gonna go drink lots of liquid now.

schoolstuffs.

2009-01-14T18:27:09Z

I did what I used to do this week.
Had tons of work to do and kept sitting there with it in my head the entire time.
Didn't do any of it over the 4 days of non-school I had. So here I am, before class, (not) writing my paper. Just figured I needed to put this in here...

I NEED to be more responsible with tasks and their completion. I have had this issue since 5th grade. I don't know why my motivation to draw and create things only kicks in when I have 30483 other things to do, but I need to figure this out.

SO. When I get an assignment, I need to figure out then and there (or right after class) when I am going to work on it. 'Cause I cannot continue to do this. If my homework is done or mostly done, then I CAN draw or work on a website or go get coffee with friends. But if I haven't even started anything I need to work on my homework...

This is a big commitment. This is why I needed to take time off of work and rid myself of a number of other distractions in my life.

I will not screw this up.

YAY ARTS 8D

2009-01-12T05:20:25Z

peterrr pan! on da: http://bobbeh-monster.deviantart.com/art/second-thoughts-109218990

Oil paints... first time. XD
on da: http://bobbeh-monster.deviantart.com/art/first-try-with-oils-109199343
you can see the process here: http://i165.photobucket.com/albums/u53/riordankeane/2009_01-10_oil-1.jpg

KAY BYEEEE :D <3

countylineroad @ 2009-01-11T11:37:00

2009-01-11T17:42:28Z

hahaha I'm listening to the Ataris.

I feel like I'm thirteen again!

It's short but not tooo short & I feel good about it!

Pacman, obviously, is not mine.

And I started a comic I have to finish tonighttt :D But I can't post it 'cause it's secret stuff till it's posted somewhere elseseses. :D

"Beeeing grown up isn't half as fun as growing up, these are the best days of our lives~~
the only thing that matters is just following your heart, and you'll finally get it right!!"

Go Atariiiiis hahahahhahahaha wow.

I'm gonna stop now. :D

Before I go to sleep...

2009-01-04T08:33:44Z

MY HAIR IS GETTING LONG AGAIN AND THAT MAKES ME SO HAPPY FOR SOME ODD REASON :D

I start school again on Tuesday!! I am so excited. Monday during the day I'm going downtown to get my books and to hang out with some friends...It should prove interesting - Brian and I are going to try out hanging out as friends. Joe and Tracey (two people I've known for a long time from the theater) will be there as well, so hopefully things go okay! I think they will.

I'm really excited for where my art is going. I feel the need to bring this up all the time, but I figure the more I'm thinking about it the more I'll want to do something about it. I'm doing figure drawing every morning when I wake up, and then when I'm bored throughout the day. I'm also doing a lot of random sketches, but that's nothing new. I really want to finish something...Really badly...

I've got some work to do for 'Confidence,' which I really need t'get crankin' on...Especially if I want to add more jobs and start building my portfolio up. I can do it, I can. I just...Need to stop procrastinating. It's not that I don't like the new script I got, it's just that I'm a little nervous about drawing the character, because it's the same one I drew on my first strip for them. Her name is Kara. In the first one, she's around 17. In the one I'm doing now, she's supposed to be 14...I'm just really nervous about making her look like the same person, just younger. I guess the only way to get better is to do it, haha. I'm just a weirdo.

Work hasn't been as dreadful these past few shifts, thank god... I learned something good today :D
I work ten hour shifts on Sunday, because a church service is held in two auditoriums of our theater...and someone has to be there to let them in. So I work from 6:30 am to 5 pm each Sunday. Weeelll apparently I'm supposed to be getting bonuses for this. I learned this today aaand I'm getting retroactive bonuses for all of said shifts :D!!!!!!!!!! YAY!

I AM GETTING EXHAUSTED.\\\\\\\\\\\
\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\AND I'M GOIN TO BED.

G O O D N I G H T ! ! ! ♥ ♥

Pulling it together .

2008-12-28T14:28:32Z

Four months from today, I'm going to be twenty years old.

I've held a managerial position.
I've created and sold my art.
I've done artwork for another company.
I've felt great, true love.
I've lost someone extremely close to me.
I've been horrendously worried.
I've been severely relieved.

I've done a bit and I'm not stopping. I am so happy with myself, and where things are going.

"did i ever tell you i've been struck by lightning seven times?"

2008-12-27T09:06:57Z

Around eight I picked up Annie and we went to Chili's for dinner. Two friends from high school came with us, it was actually really nice. I had these amazing chicken tacos and rice, with Dr. Pepper. It was a good dinner. I feel like going out more, I miss being social.

After dinner, Annie and I headed over to the movie theater to see the Curious Case of Benjamin Button. I don't know what's wrong with me, I'm pretty sure that under the majority of circumstances I would've been balling my eyes out at some point in time. The movie was really, really good. Brad Pitt has honestly been making me happy lately. I haven't seen him on anything live, most people say he is actually really stupid...But he does a very good job playing an extremely enlightened person. The movie is great, I think. It doesn't drag along, and the story is pretty fantastic. I sort of feel like it was one of the best movies I've seen this year.

This was the best Christmas I've had, if you're talking presents.
I got a ton of art stuff - oil paints, pencils, gift cards, colored pencils, a drawing board, a t-square, chalk pencils, charcoal, kneaded erasers (great stocking stuffer, mom! :D), and more.
I also got a pretty sweet hoodie, some CDs, an in-shower cd-player/radio with a mirror, and a couple pairs of pajama pants.

As far as family togetherness goes, though... *thumbsdown* Unfortunately, it wasn't the best.
At my Grandma's on Christmas Eve, the house is normally covered in people. The kitchen is, under most circumstances, entirely saturated in smoke and laughter. And normally, the kids would have to wait for what seemed like decades to start digging into the mounds of presents in front of the fireplace.
This year...The house had such a small amount of people. The air of the kitchen was fresh. Grandpa, who would normally be sleeping, was pushing for presents to be opened before my sister and her boyfriend even arrived.

Christmas Day at our house was okay, though. We all woke up early and did presents, then Jen and Jim left for Milwaukee to be with his family. Later on, my mom's side of the family came over as they do every year. It was a little strange not having Jen and Jim there but it was okay. :]

In March I'm going to stay with my friend Brendan in New Jersey. I'll be there for around a week. We're also going to go into NYC one day and visit SVA - the college I want to study Illustration and Art Education at. He wants to go there for Photography, so it works out pretty well.

I'm extremely excited for where my life appears to be heading...

:)

well...

2008-12-27T08:45:37Z

♥ it's a new start ♥
here's hoping i can keep up with it.

I am completely terrible with journals, unfortunately.
I love writing, I really do. But at times I just get so frustrated with myself and can't write properly. By "at times," i mean "nearly all the time."

I'm going to try to do this. I am, I am, I am.