Art Jamming

Holy Crap!

I have been busy working on a poster project for a client in Texas these past few days and I haven't been able to work as much on my Marvel samples. As much as I'd love to spend all my time working them I have decided to start taking in projects this June.

Vacation's over hehe :)

This was a long time coming. I don't know how long I have been planning on going freelance since I've been thinking about it for so long. What I do know is that I started taking concrete steps towards that goal around almost a year ago when I started doing digital paintings for our art jam.

I remember staying up late every day and being happy with 4 hours of sleep since August last year. I've given up all my other activities save those that I do with my family and some time with church so that I can work on my digital paintings. I did not attend our company outing because I needed to finish the Transformers samples I was working on so I could move on to studying painting, not going out on weekends and the countless hours Kris and I spent talking about art and how we would want our careers to progress. I also cut back on my spending so that I'd have a money to go around with while I rest and practice.

The most important thing I did however, that has had the most impact so far, was the art jam. Every two weeks Kris and I promised to each other that we would come up with a new digital painting. Soon we had officemates join us until eventually people got busy again and we eventually stopped doing them. I had to quit when I started having those illustration gigs that ate up all my free time. It did however serve it's purpose, and I got around 8 digital paintings from those jams that I show to prospective clients.

Last Wednesday Kris and I talked about having our own art jam again because we both knew we needed to do some massive portfolio building. I know we both are terribly busy right now with work but I really do hope we get to do some more art just for ourselves. That got us started on this path and I'm hoping that doing so again would open up more opportunities for both of us.