Why hello..

Oh, hello there! I didn't notice you there, blog! Sorry I've been ignoring you lately, I promise it hasn't been on purpose...I've just been so busy this holiday season. Although I know that's not really a good excuse and I normally don't like giving excuses for my actions anyways, thats the truth. Things have been so hectic what with all the traveling and seeing old faces and newer faces and stuff. Its difficult to keep track. But anyways, I've been good, this christmas was sort of weird since my sister Rachel wasn't here to spend it with us for the first time ever. But things change and I'm just trying to go with the flow of things. Today I saw Tangled for the second time (first time in 3d) with my Aunt and mom. I was inspired to finally write to Disney about being an animator. I don't really know what will come of it but maybe it will help settle some of my doubts or concerns about changing my mind somewhat from straight up Graphic Design to Animation. Well, we shall see. Here's hoping for something! Thanks for hanging in there!

~Carolyn

Deviant special

Thanks everyone for 1000 pageviews on deviantArt!!! Here's a little something for you.

Sneak Peek (Pt 2)

Well, I've moved on to animating now. One thing I always love about when I begin to animate (that was sarcasm. I hate this) is that I always realize that I forgot to draw some rather important poses. That means that I have to go back and draw them in before I can move forward. Oh well, at least some of the project is in flash now. :] enjoy!

(fyi: It is supposed to look sketchy and imperfect. That's the style.)

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(All images are originals by me and therefore the copyright goes to me. Please don't take and redistribute/modify unless you get my permission first. Its not that difficult to ask for my permission, btw.)

Sneak Peek

So I've decided to give all of you a sneak peek of my project that I am currently working on. It is an animated short. That is all I  am going to say. But in the meantime, I will show you one of the characters that will star in this short. There is still a TON work in progress. Hopefully I will be able to get all the characters (and their many poses) and all the scenery finished by today. That way tomorrow I can begin animating. Wish me luck!

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Ankle Update: If you haven't heard, I twisted my ankle pretty badly during the lights fantastic parade by falling in a pot hole. Right now it is so swollen that I have a huge cankle on my right leg. Its really painful to walk and I've been doing all I can to keep off of it today. So if you were planning on going somewhere with me, cancel those plans. I'm staying put. You're welcome to come and visit me, though. :]

Crunch Time!!

So I was in the middle of pulling together this great thing that I was going to add to a blog post yesterday when I was interrupted by tons of work falling out of the sky and landing on my head. Ok, so it didn't actually fall out of the sky, but I still do have an unnatural amount of work to do this week and I think that in order to get it all done, I'm going to need to put updating blog posts on the back burner for now. Hopefully I will be able to get all my work done by next thursday and by doing so, free up more time to do fun stuff like this. So, everyone, sorry for the disappointment. I suggest you ponder my earlier posts and vote in my poll in order to soothe your sadness. Thank you, come again (next thursday).

Houses of Parliament ~ Monet

Stare in awe at the wonders of Monet. 

If you were wondering what I did over Thanksgiving break, I visited the St. Louis Art Museum. No, they didn't have a Monet exhibit. But they did announce that their next exhibit next winter will feature art  by the oh-so-skilled-art-god, Claud Monet. I am SO excited! (Though I may not show it, my inner art-nerd is jumping up and down) I can't wait!

So that was probably the highlight of my week (That isn't to say that I didn't thoroughly enjoy the rest of my break. It was a lot of fun)

Wow, Look at the time!

My apologies, everyone, for not having a post up lately. I've been busy with various things. I moved dorms yesterday so that was a little crazy. So its finally November! Let me just say, I love November! Mostly because of Thanksgiving. I LOVE Thanksgiving! (I'm pretty sure It's my favorite holiday). This year Thanksgiving is going to be different, though. This is going to be the first Thanksgiving that I will not be spending with my immediate family. But that's okay, I've got family right here in Carbondale! Just one of the many perks of going to SIUC! yay!

Well, tomorrow is a national holiday which means  no classes and also, salute to the armed forces on saturday's football game! yay! It's going to be a great show! I recommend you go if you're able. I promise I will try to update more often. Also, let's hope I can get more artwork up, cause, let's face it, nobody wants to read my ranting. You're probably only here for the art. Haha, sorry, I'll stop joking around with the random videos and half-a-page rants. You'll get your artwork soon enough. ;)