metamorphosis

I was typing in the title for this blog entry, and the autofill feature suggested "metamorphosis." Seemed more interesting than "my first blog entry" so i kept it.

This blog is an experiment- I'm curious to see if i can come up with enough interested readers to justify its existence. I'm an illustrator and storyboard artist- freelance - and thus responsible for my own promotion and advertising. Blogs are how its done these days, i guess, and so this one is mine.

I will focus on my experiences as an artist, how i got where i am today, and where i hope to be going. Mostly i imagine i will be posting old drawings of mine and critiquing them and soliciting comments.

While i certainly have enough skill to make a living as a commercial artist, I don't want this to be a pretentious kind of "look how good an artist i am" kind of blog. More likely i will be very self critical.

This first image i've posted is a self portrait i did on my birthday last year. Its a digital illustration, drawn in Painter 9. Painter has some great pastel brushes and textures- which i usually don't use! But this time i tried them out. I'd say this is my best self-portrait so far- but i've since shaved my mustache/chin so i probably look younger now.

I should do an update... my birthday just passed but i was so sick with swine flu that i couldn't. I'll do one soon enough!

Next Entry: My first nude! That's right, as in naked chicks!