~Shroud-of-Tears

Almost a year before i posted anything in my journal. And over a year since i last posted anything in my gallery. Yay me

Busy year though. Had work that was burning me out. Then quit and went back to school last November. Then quit school again for the chance to join a major corporation that had a job fair in Davao City.

Long and short, I'm now in Makati, the Philippines' financial capital working and finally independent. Can't complain. Got new friends and even time to start practicing my drawing again. It's been a while.

PS

remember that uploading pics at cafes will take time. 2 more pics to go

Man, I've got to learn to get my act together... We have a term here. Manana habit... Supposed to be Maniana habit. My keyboard doesn't have that n character Spaniards use for 'nye'... basically it means keeping on shoving it for tomorrow. Yeah. Tomorrow... Sounds good.

Gotta blast. Need my sleep.

As much as I prefer manga, my own drawing seem to stick to 'realism'... I wonder why. Also obsessed with practicing portraits... It's my greatest weakness. Doing faces.

I should really post a deviation soon. Maybe later.

Been researching a bit on creative software. Should be interesting to be able to do something by hand but be able to edit it in the PC. But not anytime soon though.

Don't know what's been happening but so far I seem to be in an unmotivated state... Everything I say to everyone seems to be scripted in my head and I just basically don't want to talk to anyone new. And my nicotine addiction seems to have grown a lot. Must be because of the move recently. The house is HOT.
It's not enough that the climate in this sun-whipped, tropical archipelago tends to be warm, but the house we moved into is not designed to take the heat. Bloody ceiling's too close to the floor. So it's an oven inside. In other words, I can't get enough sleep during daytime. Just as well it's temporary.
Even better, I plan to move out on my own before summer ends. I can't believe I'm still living with my family o_0 Well, it's a Filipino tendency to stay in the nuclear family, even when the children have married already. Makes for a noisy bunch.

I keep sketching a lot of things but so far I haven't uploaded anything since I never have time to do so. There's the depression last year where I just stopped functioning and then there's work this year where I barely manage to make time for my hobbies, let alone upload what I've made so far.

And then there's the fact that I see some of the best works in the galleries I've seen anywhere so far and ya, pretty much I'm intimidated. Well, I just accept that a LOT of people are talented and others have more time to practice. I'll just have to catch up when I have the time soon.