I knew this stuff would come back to haunt me. I’m going through some artwork from high-school/college.

I knew where it was and I knew what it was but I wasn’t sure I remembered how awful it was.

I’m not going to wax poetic about my lack of time. This is, after all, a blog. Blog activity ebbs and flows. We all know that. Instead, I’ll talk a little bit about what’s going on.

I’m packing up my life. The plan is to move in with my girlfriend sometime very soon. I’m doing what I can as I can. Sometimes it’s just not fast enough though.

For 2012 artwork, there are a few paintings I’d like to do, but it simply can’t be at the pace of 2011. I may force myself to do more smaller works just to keep the juices flowing. But first I have to finish a long lingering oil painting for a friend. Finding a block of time to focus on that, however, is not panning out. The good news is that I may be able to work with a second photographer for derby source material.

I started up a tumblr blog in order to easily share some of my work with the derby world. I get a few likes and reblogs from derby girls on tumblr. I think it’s a good way to bolster the sharing of my images and maybe start making a name here and there. I think I’m still one of the few doing actual paintings and not pin-up girls in a derby theme. stmykal.tumblr.com

School is still on-going. My 3-D class is doing well enough. I really enjoy the 3-D work, I just wish the class had more of a formal structure. Right now it’s a lot of playing around with settings, experimenting and dabbling. I don’t think anyone has that much time, honestly.

Finally, myself and some friends are hoping to shoot a low-budget movie this summer. It’s really turning into a lot of work, which is also taking time away from everything. Hooray!

On one of the nicest weeks of fall weather you could expect, I’m sick. At least I finished my painting for October. I admit it though, I half-assed it, but it’s still pretty decent. I think.

This week-end is the big WFTDA regionals event in town. I’m throwing some dice by placing an ad in the program book for my portfolio site. Linked from my portfolio site is my store. Ya see – I don’t mind so much if people don’t buy anything, and I want that to be the point. Even though I do want to make a living from my artwork at some point in this short life.

I’d rather not beat people over the head with it.

So yeah – I guess I need to get on things. I need to come up witha  quick “like me on the facebooks and win a print” contest. I think you need to be able to “like” something in order to comment on a post, right? Enh… I’ll figure it out.

I’m not going to have time to get my oil painting done for August. Every time I’ve had a stretch of free evening, it gets co-opted by life at the last minute. I’m simply going to need another vacation if this keeps up.

I’m looking at putting an ad in the local roller derby team’s program book. And I set up one of them thar Facebook pages for myself as an “Artist.” I’m not sure how much promotion I’ll really do, but I’ll have a go at it. And if it’s like anything I’ve sort of just thrown myself into, it’ll be successful enough to be happy with it.