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Tentatively here...
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I'm not back but I'm not gone either. dA makes me crazy. It's drama and information overload every-time I come online. I missed you all a whole bunch.
I honestly want to give it another shot becuase I miss the community but..... I don't think I'll be here as much.
I hope you all are doing well and if you aren't I'm hoping things will get better for you/your loved ones.
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So..... hey folks.
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Um, It's been a while hasn't it? I am not going to say I am sorry for disappearing simply because college takes up a lot of my time and trying to put together full-color-nicely-done work beyond the school setting is troublesome.
I haven't forgotten that I owe folks things. I'm just... busy.
Plus, dA takes a lot of brainpower for me to even look through (which is why I'm paring down everything I follow to my close group of 150 folks+groups) each day which is why I've let messages and things build up. I'm actually on Tumblr much more these days simply because I like the platform for keeping in touch and sharing ideas a little more.
I'm not back but I'm not gone either. dA makes me crazy. It's drama and information overload every-time I come online. I missed you all a whole bunch. I hope you all are doing well and if you aren't I'm hoping things will get better for you/your loved ones.
I'm working this summer as a volunteer for my college in our Mammology/Ornithology Storage Room and in the field helping a Professor band birds and collect blood n' feather samples.
I haven't forgotten that I owe folks things. I'm just... busy.
Plus, dA takes a lot of brainpower for me to even look through (which is why I'm paring down everything I follow to my close group of 150 folks+groups) each day which is why I've let messages and things build up. I'm actually on Tumblr much more these days simply because I like the platform for keeping in touch and sharing ideas a little more.
I'm not back but I'm not gone either. dA makes me crazy. It's drama and information overload every-time I come online. I missed you all a whole bunch. I hope you all are doing well and if you aren't I'm hoping things will get better for you/your loved ones.
I'm working this summer as a volunteer for my college in our Mammology/Ornithology Storage Room and in the field helping a Professor band birds and collect blood n' feather samples.
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Alive and Kicking
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Hey there folks!
I am now in college. Woohoo! Been here for about 3 1/2 weeks. I love it here. Best move I've ever had. Classes are great and the teachers are fantastic. I love my 2D Design class. It's really cool and I am in love with gouche. If anyone ever wants to get me a present a set of 8 colors (warm and cool primaries with black, white included) would be awesome. 3D Design is neat too. It's definitely different. Art Career Orientation is interesting. We're talking about how to be successful and what we want out of the program. The only course I cannot get a read on is Drawing 1. I like it but the teacher is really hard to figure out. I think it may just be that I only have him once a week though. :/ Only one Gen. Ed: Intro to Literature. Very cool class. She's making us argue about literature and analyze it. I like it. XD
In other news, the Bamboo Pen tablet is dead. Officially dead. Two years and it's dead. However, this may be a blessing in disguise. I will be able to concentrate on schoolwork and technique more than ever now. I will miss it.
I will get a better one. An Intuos someday, but not today. Nor this year. Everything is on hold (except the traditional pieces) so... I'm sorry folks.
~Weaverrcat
I am now in college. Woohoo! Been here for about 3 1/2 weeks. I love it here. Best move I've ever had. Classes are great and the teachers are fantastic. I love my 2D Design class. It's really cool and I am in love with gouche. If anyone ever wants to get me a present a set of 8 colors (warm and cool primaries with black, white included) would be awesome. 3D Design is neat too. It's definitely different. Art Career Orientation is interesting. We're talking about how to be successful and what we want out of the program. The only course I cannot get a read on is Drawing 1. I like it but the teacher is really hard to figure out. I think it may just be that I only have him once a week though. :/ Only one Gen. Ed: Intro to Literature. Very cool class. She's making us argue about literature and analyze it. I like it. XD
In other news, the Bamboo Pen tablet is dead. Officially dead. Two years and it's dead. However, this may be a blessing in disguise. I will be able to concentrate on schoolwork and technique more than ever now. I will miss it.
I will get a better one. An Intuos someday, but not today. Nor this year. Everything is on hold (except the traditional pieces) so... I'm sorry folks.
~Weaverrcat
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Splitcat went and changed her name
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About a year ago I took the name 'weavercat' as a spare account. Just in-case anything ever happened. I was never going to switch there unless there was a good reason. With the name-change feature in effect I decided that instead of moving accounts I'd change my name. I want consistancy. So, I decided to change from 'Splitcat' as I rarely use that name on the internet anymore. Boohoo to me for taking the proper-name account without waiting but oh well: Now I am Weavrrcat. You need to roll the r's whenever you write it. 
I am amused by this new name. I am sure many of you are not. I would never have considered it if it were not for the name-change (and being able to keep all my favorite artists and groups up here) that makes me want to keep things tidy.
Sincerely,
Weavrrcat
(vrroom-vrroom!)
I am amused by this new name. I am sure many of you are not. I would never have considered it if it were not for the name-change (and being able to keep all my favorite artists and groups up here) that makes me want to keep things tidy.
Sincerely,
Weavrrcat
(vrroom-vrroom!)
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Three Distractions in my Life
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So, let's see. I bet most of you are wondering where I've been and why I haven't responded to comments and things in a timely manner. It's a bit complicated but I'll do my best to explain what is going on.
As some of you know and many of you don't, in late February of this year my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. At first it was diagnosed as an invasive cancer but after two biopsies it was classed as Ductal carcinoma in situ. This is the most common cancer and the one with the highest survival-rate. Basically cancer within the milk-ducts in her left breast. So for March and early April she was going to the hospital for more information and setting up appointments for a lumpectomy and radiation after the surgery. As of writing this she has just had her first week of four weeks of radiation. What bothers me about this is that before we left Illinois Mom had a mammogram and it apparently showed up just the same as the one she had in February. She never even knew about it because the office sent a slip saying results were... normal I guess and if she wanted a copy of her results. She replied no and sent it back.
This is why ladies, you always ask for a physical-copy of your results from a mammogram/PAP-test and ect.
Heck, everyone should ask for a copy of your test-results from your doctor.
Yeah, this has been keeping me down. I did not want to talk about it until things were more definitive and now they are. I only shared with a few folks and you all know who you are. You kept me sane and grounded during this whole thing. Thank you.
Onward to my second distraction. I am currently in charge of the first play of the 2012 Season at the Theater. What?! I am directing a play. Good gad that sounds so strange coming from me. The play is a Pioneer Drama Services Production called 'I Dream of Jeannie'. No, it's not a direct adaptation but based loosely on the idea, except that Jeannie is sent back to 17th-century Akraba. Hilarity ensues. It's clever and very up on it's pop-culture references. Anyway, for the first two weeks for a 5 and a half week production it was a disaster as people kept dropping and realizing they could not make the time commitment. I was so frazzled and worried and defeated. However! This past week, we filled out the missing cast and we now have a full cast. With about three weeks of time to rehearse together. This is taking up every minute of my waking hours and I am not getting much sleep. I worry so much.
Oh, and I've finally decided that I'll go to CSU-Pueblo in the Fall. I want a to do illustration (lots of drawing classes and print-making) but for the classes outside of my major I would like to take a few science/anatomy/geology classes. That way I can ply myself as a scientific illustrator if need be. I could get a job almost... anywhere. When diagrams or a detailed rendering of something needs doing, folks could come to me. I'm looking at it as a way to get a job combining my love of nature and science/seeing how things work, with my love of drawing. I feel as if this is the right path for me. Most likely I'll end up freelancing for a magazine or sumsuch. Although, it would be cool to see the things I've drawn in a textbook or field-guide. That would be neat. If it doesn't work out, heck, I'll write my own childrens' book. I have a plan and I am sticking with it.
What does all of this mean for you? Basically, I am in no shape to art. The play is sucking up all my creativity but I am trying to push through it with some small doodles of skeletons and scientific-illustrations. It's slow going. Things are on hold for a while alright? I'm sorry to say it but I need to be honest with you all in my time-schedule.
~Liz
As some of you know and many of you don't, in late February of this year my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer. At first it was diagnosed as an invasive cancer but after two biopsies it was classed as Ductal carcinoma in situ. This is the most common cancer and the one with the highest survival-rate. Basically cancer within the milk-ducts in her left breast. So for March and early April she was going to the hospital for more information and setting up appointments for a lumpectomy and radiation after the surgery. As of writing this she has just had her first week of four weeks of radiation. What bothers me about this is that before we left Illinois Mom had a mammogram and it apparently showed up just the same as the one she had in February. She never even knew about it because the office sent a slip saying results were... normal I guess and if she wanted a copy of her results. She replied no and sent it back.
This is why ladies, you always ask for a physical-copy of your results from a mammogram/PAP-test and ect.
Heck, everyone should ask for a copy of your test-results from your doctor.
Yeah, this has been keeping me down. I did not want to talk about it until things were more definitive and now they are. I only shared with a few folks and you all know who you are. You kept me sane and grounded during this whole thing. Thank you.
Onward to my second distraction. I am currently in charge of the first play of the 2012 Season at the Theater. What?! I am directing a play. Good gad that sounds so strange coming from me. The play is a Pioneer Drama Services Production called 'I Dream of Jeannie'. No, it's not a direct adaptation but based loosely on the idea, except that Jeannie is sent back to 17th-century Akraba. Hilarity ensues. It's clever and very up on it's pop-culture references. Anyway, for the first two weeks for a 5 and a half week production it was a disaster as people kept dropping and realizing they could not make the time commitment. I was so frazzled and worried and defeated. However! This past week, we filled out the missing cast and we now have a full cast. With about three weeks of time to rehearse together. This is taking up every minute of my waking hours and I am not getting much sleep. I worry so much.
Oh, and I've finally decided that I'll go to CSU-Pueblo in the Fall. I want a to do illustration (lots of drawing classes and print-making) but for the classes outside of my major I would like to take a few science/anatomy/geology classes. That way I can ply myself as a scientific illustrator if need be. I could get a job almost... anywhere. When diagrams or a detailed rendering of something needs doing, folks could come to me. I'm looking at it as a way to get a job combining my love of nature and science/seeing how things work, with my love of drawing. I feel as if this is the right path for me. Most likely I'll end up freelancing for a magazine or sumsuch. Although, it would be cool to see the things I've drawn in a textbook or field-guide. That would be neat. If it doesn't work out, heck, I'll write my own childrens' book. I have a plan and I am sticking with it.
What does all of this mean for you? Basically, I am in no shape to art. The play is sucking up all my creativity but I am trying to push through it with some small doodles of skeletons and scientific-illustrations. It's slow going. Things are on hold for a while alright? I'm sorry to say it but I need to be honest with you all in my time-schedule.
~Liz
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