Well, gang. Things haven't been panning out like I'd anticipated since my last journal entry.

Once I withdrew from school, I figured I had a wealth of free time to work on all kinds of long postponed art projects. But obstacles have popped up that have consumed my time and my energy and I've been sidetracked by unforeseen projects as well.

In the past two weeks I've been working 6-day work weeks and it's rendered me practically comatose. This week I was struck with a mild flu and it's been kicking my ass. I've been working on a lengthy commission piece which I submitted this evening, and out of the blue I decided to draw my Hunger Games parody comic which is nearing completion.

I've been wanting to get back into animation projects and just start expanding my palette. I hope I can do these things and I'm sorry to say, but given the circumstances, I'm going to be raising my commission prices slightly in the near future. I appreciate everyone who has commissioned me to draw for them, and I'm extremely flattered that they feel my work is worth paying for.

Now that I'm out of school, it's up to me to fly solo on my pursuit of becoming an animator, although my ambitions have changed slightly since working as an animator in the industry just isn't as compelling as it used to be what with the shift in technology, the lack of job opportunities and the nature of modern American animation. I want to make the cartoons I want to make and that means I'll have to do it all myself.