Mason jar with wild flowers

Another piece from my wedding illustration collection.

A terrible month for drawing

October was rough.  It's been hard to draw, now that my schedule is crunched with a full-time and part-time job.  Don't get me wrong - it feels really good to pay the bills - but I can't forget what it feels like to draw and create something out of nothing.

This past month has been a tough one by all means.  I didn't get chosen as a RAW awards finalist.  I held my breath as I started talking to a guy I was genuinely smitten with for the first time in a long time, only to cry myself to sleep after realizing we didn't see eye-to-eye in our feelings for each other.  I've had to endure dealing with a kid in school who just plain resented my authority, so much that he'd go out of his way to not shake my hand or look me in the eye.  I got audited!  =/

So... yeah, not a very great month.  Some great things I did notice about this month, however... is that I always find the time to draw, even if it's for a few minutes while at work.

I was getting into the festive Halloween mood.










I've also persevered to do amazing things for my newlywed friends and family.  I'm getting into that mode of thinking as an illustrator all the time, trying to find the best ways to capture people in special events.













This is my cousin and his new wife.  This moment was inspired out of a photograph I took at their wedding.

I feel like I'm getting better and better at this art thing.  Actually... today, I was coloring in another piece for a friend of mine, and some rambunctious boys went over with their mom and admired my work.  One of the boys asked for a piece of paper, and while his mom asked if he wanted to join in and draw, he actually just wanted my autograph!

=D

If only I could make a living out of these good moments...