Adventure Bound

Just got back from submitting a drawing to the library's art competition. All I had to do was come up with a piece that had to do with literacy, reading, books or libraries that was less than three metres squared and submit it before the end of the month. Even if I don't win, this will help me get my name out there, at least, and if someone buys it I can get money. Money for art. It's a strange concept.
I'm pretty excited for the whole thing.
Anyway, here's a sneak peak at my drawing. The hardest part was trying to take a decent picture of it.

*taps microphone*

After some though, I've decided to get a blog dedicated solely to my artistic endeavors. This will be a place where, theoretically, I post sketches, finished projects, and other updates. I make no guarantees as to how often I'm going to update this. I also have a personal blog, school, work, the universe to hit me over the head with a dead haddock and other such niceties that will surely prevent me from updating as much as I'd like. We shall see.

I've been an artist pretty much since I could hold a crayon to construction paper and make some vague semblance of an image. I was about five when I decided that I wanted to be an artist when I 'grew up,' and at twenty-two, I have yet to change my mind. I've been going to art college for about two and a half years now, and I couldn't love it more. The people are amazing (and slightly deranged), the classes challenging, and the entire experience ultimately rewarding. College has humbled me some, made me realize how much I have to learn by exposing me to artists I instantly hated for being better than me. And it's made me one of those people who can't leave their house without a sketchbook and at least two pens, if not a pencil case and a knitting project as well.

I consider myself primarily a fibre artist, since that's what my major is going to be. I also draw, paint, sculpt, and had an unsuccessful stint trying my hand at silkscreen printing. In my free time (which is mostly imaginary), I knit, create costumes, and do graphic design on a volunteer basis for a not-for-profit organization I happen to be a part of. I play the piano, perform drag at fundraisers, and sometimes even manage to eat and sleep.

There are a handful of projects that I'm currently working on, but I'll talk about those later.