Although these few weeks have been tiring, you've been pushing through. A lot of exciting announcements have happened and you're only just beginning. Keep kicking ass you're almost at the home stretch. 

School Related 

• Cartooning
  • You created one 8 panel narrative comic
  • Completed a 14 page beat board
• Illustration Materials 
  • Drew formal concepts for Asglore and Tora
  • Created a final scene

• Digital Illustration
  • Continued your D&D campaign poster. You've hit a bump in the road

• Spring Semester 
  • You got nearly all the classes you wanted minus Concept 2. You're hoping a spot opens up.
  • Next semester career classes you have:
    • 3D Modeling for Toys
    • 2D Game Art
    • Illustration Studio 2

Personal 

• Creating environments
  
  • You dabbled with creating some enviorments. You hope to get a little better

• Printed your Legend of Zelda Stickers
  • You're working on a restock of all products in order to have stock for C2E2. You're very excited
• You created a Scrum Board for C2E2 and WOTC Applicaitons
  • The countdown is coming soon! Be sure to prepare and make your final touches.
• Created Concepts for the ZCenter

Career

• WOTC Application
  • Okay you're panicking a little. You're a little nervous but you've got it Giovanna! Don't second guess it.
• Student Profile
  • You got filmed for a student profile with the school. You're hoping it gets done before you have to submit your applicaiton, so that you can put it on your about section.
• C2E2
  • UHHHH.... YOU'RE GOING TO C2E2!!

Giovanna, you were an absolute mad lad this week! You did so many art related things and heard so much great news. I am awfully proud of you! Continue to keep this attitude going forward, you are really making strides in your career. 

School Related 

• Dwight Carnival 
  • You created 11 portraits for various residents. Some were Halloween themed, others were normal. You did a great job, all the residents that got their portrait done were extremely happy.

• Cartooning
  • You created your 1 panel statement comic
• Digital Illustration
  • You tested out new brushes, blending modes, and created a color mock up for this weeks assignment.
• Illustration Materials and Tech.
  • You created some thumbnails for an upcoming assignment. You were playing around with Tora's figure in gown wear. You were questions how to make it functional, mobile, and elegant. Additionally, you created 2 more additional patterns to submit for you pattern project.

Personal 

• Sketchbook
  • You filled out 11 sketchbook pages this week! Some with studies, thumbnails, research, planning, etc. You were really in the drawing mood this week.

• Purchases
  • Blick had a sale on Tombow markers. You took this as an opportunity to purchase more. You enjoyed the black one you had, so you purchased a grayscale pack and a pastel pack. You are hoping to use this for more studies in your sketchbook. I think it will help with idealization and adding a pop of color to your sketchbook.
• Opportunities 
  • You're officially a concept character artist with Zacharias Sexual Abuse Center. They wanted to create education materials for kids. So you're in charge of making characters to help promote their story. This is a project based opportunity, but it still doesn't make it any less valid.

Career

• Meeting with Elio 
  • You spoke with Elio to talk about the next steps at Columbia and with your portfolio. You decided to create a follow up with Charnold.
• Scheduled a Meeting with Chris Arnold
  • After Elio, you decided to schedule a meeting with Charnold as well.
• Scheduled with Career Advisor 
  • You made a meeting with Jo'Nell to talk about resumes, cover letter, etc. You are trying to prepare for the WOTC internship opportunity as much as possible.

You're doing great, trust in the process. Remember, people don't always want the artstyle... they want to mindset. Keep up the good work

I'll probably end up forgetting some of the things I did this week and a half. I won't lie, there has been a lot going on in your personal life at this current time. Either way you're kicking ass Giovanna, keep pushing. 

School 

Finished gouache patterns and small watercolor illustrations

Finished 8 panel silent comic 

Sketched ideas and thumbnails for Digital illustration 

Personal 

Touched up old work to submit to ISG Gallery

Submitted coloring page for ISG 

Created a sticker for ISG event

Finished Soul Eater

Practiced hands and poses to get better with proportions 

Bought a folklore book to get inspired

Career

Spoke with Richard 

Hey Hey, here's yet another update of what I have been up to this past week. This week had it's ups and downs but it seemed to mellow out swimmingly. 

School

I made a final piece for Illustration Materials. I played around with gouache and cross hatching techniques.

I colored 2 of my 4 panel comics. Additionally, I created my sketch for and 8 panel silent comic. 

"Finished" my Digital illustration reboot. I plan to do some retouching. It doesn't seem quite right to me. 

Created my D20 dice door decorations for my residents. 

I started researching for my poster concept for Digital illustration.

Personal

I finished Deltarune Chapter 2.

Started Brainstorming on some possible personal work to keep my mind busy since I have finished all of my current commissions.

Career

Finished my last Illustration for Trials of the Eldar. 

Had a meeting with Jo'Nell to discuss my portfolio.

First off I’d like to thank you if you’re anyone other than myself who is reading these blog posts. I’ve debated on doing something like this for a very long time. I think it’s time to bite the bullet and just cave in.

I intend to make this blog as sort of a weekly update of what I have been doing with my art career. It’s for me to show myself that I do a lot more to benefit my career than I actually think. I am sure many of us, including myself, feel as though we are never doing enough. We are never achieving enough and could be doing much more. So these posts are merely a reminder that I am doing the most I can. 

I haven’t decided how to break these sections up yet. Days? Classes? Who knows _/(._.)\_ 

For now I’ll try three categories: school, personal, and career. School is exactly what it sounds like. This only pertains to school as it relates to my major. Personal is for only personal work or personal art discoveries. This can be watching a video that I like to progress my skill. Or it can be simply that I started a personal project. I may also include what I have been inspired by lately. Last pertains to anything I have done to help shape my career. These are things such as updating my resume, portfolio, reaching out to employers, etc. 

School 

I created five, four panel comics. I made a color mock up but have not started the final coloring process. I plan to create one more comic strip, and replace it with a preexisting one. The goal is to have two finished strips by next class. The subject of the comic pertains to my own universe. I may talk about it in the future. For now, no spoilers. 

• Writing
• Preplanning Panels
• Sketching
• Inking
• Color Mocks

I made some small sketches and comic panels in my sketchbook. Nothing serious, just something to keep the mind flowing. 

I’ve created a sketch for Digital illustration. Based on Mucha’s piece 1896 Noel. The subject matter does not really match the original rendition by Mucha, but It’s really not supposed to. It depicts a Strix hanging over a woman's body. Reminds me of some of the old work I used to do. I will have to look for a better reference for wings. 

• Research
• Preplanning
• Sketching

Played around and tested some materials. I tried both watercolor and gouache with several types of papers and techniques. Next class is to recreate a picture using one of the materials given to us. 

Personal

Started playing DeltaRune Chapter 2. You have to fill the cup of inspiration, to take from the cup.

Career

Finished Card Illustration for Trials of the Eldar

Redesigned my portfolio. 

Started updating my resume.

Started a career oriented blog.