Second week of college gone by; it's going well, so far. Definitely more settled in this week, as everyone starts to sink into the routine and you actually get a chance to see people. New social area (artfully named the "hub") is open; I spent my Monday free in there on the sofa's with some friends (It was one of those bizarre things where one of your friends has brought a friend who then turns out knows a whole tonne of people you know, promoting weird, how do you know each other conversations when you run into said people).
Societies have really got moving as well; I did Magic on Tuesday (not totally convinced on the game, but the atmosphere is really nice and geeky), and the Classics society today (cupcakes, Troy and LOTR references while making fun of Brad Pitt's inability to act. Totally awesome). Lessons are also going well; English and History are getting stuck in, Photography's really interesting, and Art is well, Art. Today's art lesson was particularly awesome; Critical studies - we'd been asked to bring in some images that we liked/influenced us to share with the group - and after much pondering I'd decided to go with one of Mucha's images, and then two pages from Kate Brown's The Spider Moon; we only showed one, and I decided to live on the risky side and show Kate's work, and it actually went over pretty well. Whoo~ Achievement there. (Thank you very much Kate for producing such lovely work~~~)
Also signed myself up last minute to help at a guide camp/residential this weekend, so if I'm not around, that would be why. Slightly worried about the cold though.
Finished my first week of Hills~ It's going okay so far - a lot of admin, settling in things going on. Beginning of the week was rather suckish, but I think I've managed to find my feet by the end of it. Slowly making new friends and learning who everyone in my classes is.
Subject-wise, everything seems to be going fine. Art is just an introductory drawing course at the moment, which is actually really good. Debate on Twitter early in the week got me thinking about this; so much of art education these days has been "learning to paint in the style of a certain artist", so it's really nice to just go back to basics.
It's a lot more independent, which is really nice as well. I've got at least one free a day, which is nice to just sit and take a break or get some work done if I need to.
So yeah, everything is going okay. And five weeks to go until half term~ Whoo!
Went to see my Sister's School's (it was my school until about a week ago...) production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat". It was better than I thought it would be, but I did not have very high expectations.
In short, it's not like I had anything better to do with my Tuesday evening. And I have a sore throat as well, in other news. My body hates me at the moment, I swear.
Signed off today~ My compulsory school education is over and done with and I now have 10 weeks of freedom.
It's a bit odd really. It hasn't quite sunk in that I'm done. There's a general surrealness about it - half of the people who I've spent five years with I'll never see again. And most of them I'll only run into occaisionally. There's a sense of freedom as well, and a "I can now do whatever the heck I want" thing going on as well.
I'm now free for pretty much all of July. Anyone feel like meeting up/catching up? It would be good to see people again~ I'm in Oxford on the 10th July for people over there - anyone got any recommendations for places to see on my short, whirlwind tour of the city? (Should be availible to meet up as well, if anyone's around~)
Anyway, onwards~ Make the most of it before I'm in sixth form~
This is actually the nicest thing ever~ A lot of the comments I've had about Something Brewing have been overwhelmingly positive and really lovely to read, but this takes it to another level. It makes me so happy to see people enjoying my work.
Expo was a really good motivational boost in all. Hearing everyone's lovely comments about the pictures I was drawing in their Dino-Saw-Us passports, and having people I'd drawn commissions for really satisfied with the work~ It's just really lovely. Especially after working really silently on a project and not getting any comment on it for a good few months.
It reminds me why I love comics~ Not just because I enjoy it, but it's so lovely to see people enjoying the work I create.
Expo was... amazing. Seriously. Loved it so much, had an amazing time. Much love to everyone who was there! Special thanks go to Nana Li, my wonderful table buddy for being lovely and putting up with my stupid comments all weekend. Thanks also to our lovely neighbours, Joe List, John Allison, Kieron Gillen and Jamie McKelvie for being generally awesome, the folks behind us (Naniiebim and Crew) for being spectacular, Emma and Pud for organising everything, and Marc Ellerby and Joe for having silly waving contests throughout the weekend that I didn't quite understand but kept me entertained none the less. More thanks to everyone who stopped by my table and bought something~ Would mention names, but this thank you list goes on enough. You awesome people know who you are!
Personal highlights of the weekend: *Note, these are slightly random - Kieron Gillen bought my comic!!! *faints in shock~* (Okay, I did go and buy Phonogram 1 &2 and Suburban Glamour from his and Jamie's table...) - Marc Ellerby asked me for a business card! - Doodling in various Dino-Saw-Us passports and getting lovely reactions from people who liked them~ It's really nice to be appreciated. - People wanting and guying commissions! Thank you to everyone who did so, I got quite a bit of money from that and it was really fun! - John Allison doodling a special picture of Brennan from Bones just for me to stick in my Dino-Saw-Us passport - Awesome chats with Nana about various miscellaeneous things~ - Getting lots and lots and lots of comics!! Slowly going through them, they all look awesome! - Gtting to see/meet everyone! I love how nice the UK small press scene is!
May have missed many things there, there were so many awesome things about this weekend! Being behind a table is a really different experience - it's a bit more trapped, and there's less freedom, but there are many bonus awesome things as well! There's a lot of group camraderie, especially as I didn't know a lot of the people who were round us, and it's easier to chat and talk to people, and there's a lot more interest, no longer being just a punter, but a fellow seller/artists/writer - but I really enjoyed it and hope to be back next time!
Didn't actually get out of the comic village all weekend~ 'Bout the only thing I regret is never quite making it to the DFC stand, as everything in the comic village was superb and I spent far too much money as it is.
So yeah, really enjoyable weekend, and I hope to see everyone back there again, if not before! (Cambridge people, I must get involved! Need to start going places~)
Also, if anyone didn't get around to buying my comic and wants a copy, send me an email/pm/comment and we'll work something out (It's £2, plus postage if we can't meet up and hand it over in person)
Is anyone going to Expo from Cambridge early Saturday morning? Heading back a bonus~ If you're going by car, I'm happy to pay petrol money, car park fees, etc.
Basically, I do a trade off with my mother to allow me to go to expo~ I arrange transport Saturday, and get myself back to Cambridge satisfactorily, and she will take me there and back on the sunday. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to go both days.
I do have a friend that is going, but I'd like to be there as early as possible to get set up, so it's not a massive panic if not, I shall just have to leave Nana in charge for the first hour or so, depending on when exactly trains come in, etc.
Yeah. In tune of continuing the various Clegg/Cameron slash that's been going round lately, yesterday at C4 we (kassie_opia, Emma Cox, Lucy Edwards (otherwsie known as Kiri to most of you) and me), came up with this. In demo mode currently, we plan on raiding a music room next week and writing some more verses.
C4 yesterday consisted of pretty much everything apart from drawing comics (which is what we're supposed to do).
Hey Guys! As some of you may know, I'm busy coding a webiste. Consequently, I'm also looking for website hosting. So, it's one of those question and advice posts, again~
Info on my site - Fairly standard art portfolio site, for referring people to, etc.
- What sort of Bandwidth/Extra features should I be looking for? - How much should I be paying each month for hosting? - How much should I pay for a domain name? Also, .com vs .co.uk?
Advice is much appreciated, thank you everyone~ I expect you will be of amazing help, as always!
