No. No, I don't have a job now. That's not what I'm hooray-ing about.

But now... now... I do have FLASH, that magical program. I finally got down on my knees, and I was like, "You know, God, I keep trying to save for Flash so I don't have to use a bootleg copy.** But every time I get money set aside for it either 1) my car breaks or 2) I break, and the money I've saved goes for whatever broke. Please help, because it appears that I'm shooting myself in the foot trying to save for this stupid program and if you won't do something no one can." And then, a few days later, I decided to visit some friends at a place I used to intern. And GUESS WHAT. They gave me Flash. I think it's Flash 8. The one before Adobe crashed the party. Hooray! Thanks, God!

** I have a guilty conscience.

So now begins the tedious process of learning Flash. I think after I get the hang of putting the characters together I'm gonna try to film the storyboards I posted a few days ago.

I've also worked on writing out the NK comic some... not going so well. I really, really, think story is critical, and the story is just not coming along nearly so well as I had hoped. I mean, pretty pictures are great and stuff, but what good is a comic book or any other literary work if there is no story? So I guess it will need to be re-written several (hundred) times before anyone else besides me even sees it, but that's part of the journey, huh?

Also, my 4-year-old niece is turning out to be an awesome artist. She has this stylized way of drawing people where their ears and hands and feet are little spirals... it's pretty awesome, and not really a bad idea, either.

... and I'm hungry.

I thought I would write a journal since I haven't made one in a while. Here it goes.

I am now back in WV and still unemployed. I had a job interview for a design position at a local hospital's marketing department, but I didn't get the job because I was up against people with 20 years of agency experience. However, one of the ladies that interviewed me really liked my illustration work and gave me names and contact numbers of people within local ad agencies that she felt sure would use my skills. She said they would need mostly storyboards but also illustrations from time to time. Therefore, I intend to create some storyboards and bring some of my other illustrations together and go harass some agencies. I mean, I will present my work in a professional manner which will inspire agencies to hire me as a freelancer. Whoot.

Furthermore, I have one (1) more larger NK drawing I want to make and then I intend to work on the story for NK's graphic novel some more.

And finally, I want to make some more character design sheets and send them to various animation places and see if I can get a job doing character design. I keep hoping I'll get Flash and learn it and make an excellent (totally) demo reel, but...hahaha. Yeah right.

Speaking of Flash, the last time I posted a journal here my computer had died. It seems to be functioning again, or mostly functioning. Well, actually, I haven't turned it on since I came back to WV in February, so it might have broken again in the mean time. It seems to like to go a little spastic when it is physically moved from one location to the next (even if that location is a quarter inch away from the previous location).

My computer is pretty much dead. My gateway to getting a job is gone. *dramatic swoon* So you won't see any more crappy digital work from me for a while.

I am moving from Colorado to Nashville at the end of November. I don't have a job lined up (other than free in-home babysitter for my sister's kids). I guess I'll look for a job in design but I'm not really good at it, and I'm not qualified for anything else. I feel like such a loser. Everything seems to work out for everyone else, and I just can't seem to find my place.

I'm working on an online portfolio. I'll have a section for just about everything in it, including animation, character design, graphic design, fine art, etc. Does anyone have any suggestions about what I should put in as far as my DevArt gallery goes? Does anyone know what employers like to see? I really need the help.