issues

i really like this thing.. but i'm having problem with what my name is registered under.. there are discrepancies of my name all over the place. so i i'm trying to post under a different accountant. Because of this i lost all the old comments. :( Feel free to comment again and i will definitely respond. thanks guys! my new email for all of you who are wondering is j.norac@gmail.com :D

eye in the wind

While we watched a video about different basic concepts of art i got bored and started drawing an eye. By the time the class was over i drew a woman with wind blowing her hair over one eye, unfortunately though... i don't really know what happened in class. I have some kind of assignment about drawing different forms of lines on 20 index cards. We'll see...

an artistic disorder

I signed up for a few classes again this semester, a last minute decision on my part which really is no surprise, lately I'm 'winging' a lot about life. I got into Illustration I, Computer Assisted Illustration, 2D Design, Programing in C++, and Personal Finance. I'm pretty excited! This will be the first time i have ever enrolled in classes that completely interest me for my own interests sake! Which should mean, no more moping around and complaining about how I'm bored with the way that teachers forget to teach. Now that i have my Bachelor of Arts i decided it's time to have a little fun with my education!

With me spending so much time on my website and constantly drawing on my new tablet i figured it's about time that i actually learn how to fine tune what I've been doing my whole life; art. I think i had a fear of criticism from teachers, producing stuff people might not like and a further fear that being forced to do art which could possibly make me hate it. Well... I was forced to do Psychology for 4years now and i still enjoy it, never lost interest in it, just my passion to do it as a career. As I'm taking deeper consideration about what I want to do with my life, it may not really be for me.

Since i will be enrolled in so many art classes this semester i will be scanning a lot of my assignments and posting them up here. So, this will not only be my blog but also an "art portfolio." I'm really excited about this all, for once i barely have time to do anything. I have so many projects and things i have to do everyday that i don't really have time to get bored...unless you count when i have to sleep.. i hate laying in bed alone. It's lonely, i miss talking to someone till i fall asleep and frankly its boring. Sleep is over rated.

I drew a really weird sketch in my business class today. If i have time I'll scan it tomorrow and edit this entry so i can post it...till then i gotta force myself to sleep! C++ in the morning!

here it is:

sleepless in whatever

I've been staying up really late either a) working on the new page lay out or b) watching Heroes at Marc's apartment. This has made me really sleepy. Today i barely have been able to function, i fell asleep during the Seahawks game and haven't had the energy to work on a UI for this week. So i'm sadly probably not doing one this time.. but when the new layout is fully operational this will never be the case again. I've just spent too many hours trying to make this to work.. and forgetting to focus on the sites actually content. i suck at life. {/life}

Good news though is that i bought my new Dell XPS 1330 online today! They are having some after Christmas instant savings deal; with the combination of that and my dad's work discount i saved a little short of 1k! I was kind of mad though, yesterday the instant savings were $799 but since we waited a day too see if my dad's discount would save us more ($275), it went down to $699... i mean yeah his savings were more.. but if he would have remembered to bring his computer home with his work info he we could have saved another $100. Right now thats a lot for me. My last pay check was only about $114. Oh well... still can't wait to get it! :D {/rant}

life and the nonsense

We'll to be honest, i am really excited about what gonna happen with the noir project. I've spent several hours, and sleepless nights setting it up.. but i'm hoping by next week everything should be ready. With this new layout we are becoming a "comic press," which is something that over joys me! haha. i know that sounds stupid, but it gives me more of a purpose for spending hours on a web comic. I should be focusing on my GRE and grad school.. but its the furthest thing from my mind at this moment.

I'm still struggling with what i want to do with my life, I'm really not sure if Psychology is something i want to do full time or not. Now that i have my BA, I'm really just working on doing what makes me happy,and i've seem to have come back to my first love recently; art. I plan on moving to Seattle come june, and i would like to have this site self sustaining so that i can focus on getting a job and surviving out there and still have time to draw a weekly Reeder and UI. Hopefully Marc is down to make some of the last minute changes needed. We'll see.

I asked Buttersafe to join the project last night.. around 4am i wrote them this long ass e-mail.. i hope it didn't sound stupid. I really want to make this website professional and i think with a comic like that... and my steady progression of Reeder's quality, and Ali's new project that this will actually become a reality.

Well back to the website grind.

do i like this?

i haven't decided... we'll see.