First, updates: I attended the August First Friday, was there for about an hour, and then it started raining. Fortunately, my dad called my cell to warn me about a wind gust that had just blown through his place (didn't get any wind gust, but I did immediately start flinging stuff back in boxes like a lunatic). I had just finished packing everything back up when it started raining, and I just decided to leave since I had sold some stuff and it didn't look like it was going to let up any time soon. As for the Blue Bean gallery show, there will be none, as the BB is closing. I'm still going to try and get some prints and originals put in galleries.

To get to the point, the style of my art in the future will be changing. I will still use my own personal style of drawing and whatnot, and I'll still be doing fantasy, but I basically will be doing more mature stuff (and by mature I mean more grown-up, not something dirty). My art is mostly dominated by cuteness, and I want that to change (I will still do cute stuff, but just not as much). People are constantly telling me I should get into the children's market, and that is not what I want to do. When a friend of mine first suggested it, I considered it, and decided it is not what I want. I have my own plans for my art career.

When I first started painting in 2004, I was doing a little bit of everything, mostly fantasy, wildlife, and floral, as well as an occasional abstract. In 2007, I decided to devote myself entirely to fantasy. At first, I did mostly cute draconic creatures, and it wasn't until a couple years ago that I took an interest in drawing humanoid creatures. Now my interest in humanoids has exploded, which is the reason for another change that will take place. Because of a relatively new affiliation with certain online art communities (dA, FA), I now have a new-found interest in anthro/furry art, so I will be doing more of that in the future. Basically, that's it, although I swear my style is starting to look more like manga. I'm not purposely trying to do manga, but I do like the style, and I know it has some influence on my personal style. Just look at the latest pics on my deviantART page...

Final note: As was to be expected, I am behind on my calendar project, but I am catching up. I have yet to post (or scan for that matter) June (Splash), and I am currently working on July (Smoothies).

As usual, late with my post by only about two weeks. Oh well. I wound up not attending the Gallery Hop, but I did go to the Fairy Festival. It was an hour-and-a-half long drive up to Wooster, OH, (not to mention that I got lost on the expressway the first time I went up there), but it was worth it. I wasn't allowed to sell anything, but I gave away an ass-load of business cards and had much interest. It was a lot different from setting up around Coshocton.

Because of much inquiry, I designed a price chart for commissions, available on my dA site. It's basically a work in progress, but it gives approximate prices and whatnot. My Cafepress shop is in serious need of updating, but I haven't been getting much done lately; having a lot of personal issues involving my job and other crap.

Still no word on the August show at the Blue Bean; I'll be sure to procrastinate and wait another two weeks to post it after I get it.

Wow, this post is really overdue. I attended the June First Friday and this one was pretty good. I sold enough stuff to make up for the two hours of work I missed and the gas used to drive to Coshocton from Millersburg (okay, maybe not the gas part).

This coming Wednesday (June 18), I'm going to set up at a Gallery Hop in Coshocton at the Blue Bean gallery, unless more complications arise from work, and on June 28, I'm planning on attending a Fairy Festival in Wooster, although that's still tentative. For August, I'm going to have work featured at the Blue Bean, although I don't yet know the day of the reception.

For paintings, it's been a while since I posted anything on EF since I've been mostly working with dA. I've only had time to work on my calendar project, which I'm only posting on dA, so it might be a while before I can work anywhere else. I've got Jan. through May done (I've yet to post May), but I'm faced with the major problem that I have no idea set for June. July, Aug., Sept. and Oct. are good to go, but I just don't have anything for this month. I might have to skip it altogether. :(

First Friday in Coshocton finally rolled around, and it turned out to be the most... exciting First Friday I've ever attended. After an excruciatingly boring day at work, I managed to leave a little early. It had been threatening of rain all day, but so far, nothing had happened, and I was hoping that it would just remain cloudy. Half-an-hour later, I made it to Coshocton, located the gallery I was planning to set up shop in front of, and began unloading. Normally, I set up in the court square, which is where all the action is. A couple other ladies were setting up there too, and because of the threat of rain, they let me set up with them under a canopy someone had loaned them. For about an hour, I sat there, doodling and makes notes of my observations of the typical Coshoctonian (not even going to get into that). I happened to look behind me and was a bit surprised to see thick, black nimbostratus clouds on the horizon. I ignored them at first, but upon checking again about 15 minutes later, I noticed they had gotten much closer. The owner of the gallery (The Blue Bean), suggested we bring our stuff inside. The others did just that, but I waited a few more minutes. When it started to sprinkle, I figured I'd better do the same. I had gotten most of my stuff in (all the important stuff), and I was just turning around to go back out, only to see that a massive sweep of wind had literally smashed into everything, flinging the canopy over and blowing everything I still had outside off the table. A heavy downpour of rain accompanied this, and I flew back outside, grabbing my stuff and doing a combination of tossing stuff in my car and hauling stuff inside. Only one person, a total stranger, bothered to help me, and by the time I had gotten everything, I was drenched. The metal-framed canopy was destroyed, as were all our plans. Fortunately, I managed to save most of my stuff, only losing my business cards and some paper bags. We stayed inside the gallery, and I was surprised to find that the owner had hired an opera singer to perform. I was cold, wet, and extremely hungry since I had hardly eaten anything that day, but I stayed and listened to her performance (she was very good, by the way), snacking on hors d'oeuvres and wine.

Finally my article came out (I've been posting entries about it for weeks!) and it was pretty awesome. It even had a large, full-color image of one of my paintings (not one of my best paintings, but it could have been worse), and a picture of myself. I only managed to get one copy of it because when I went to the store to get some, they only had one copy left, and I wound up giving that to my mom. A friend/co-worker of mine picked up about 10 copies from the Tribune, and she gave me one (not quite certain what she's planning on doing with the other nine).

Anyway, I finally got some ink for my printer after an hour long drive to Zanesville, so I should be able to get ready in time for the First Friday coming up this week, assuming that no one at work has a problem with my leaving an hour earlier than usual (I don't work appointed times) and assuming it doesn't rain, storm, tornado-destroy-the-whole-town.