BREAKING BAD may have just broke me. I'm not sure what else they can do before the finale. I finally watched last week's episode yesterday and DAMN. I saw a promo for the new AMERICAN HORROR STORY featuring brief scenes with Jessica Lange and a quick shot of Angela Bassett, and I'm super-excited to see it. The ones with the snake are less appealing ( Read more... )

Last night's drawing time only went slightly less crappily than the one before it. On the plus side, maybe this means I'm challenging myself with something new. On the negative side, the only way through it is to keep drawing badly until I don't suck at it anymore. My motivation is making significant progress before I see my former drawing ( Read more... )

My second attempt at another Glen Keane drawing went crappily. Ugh. I'll try again tomorrow. I also got in some study time at the library, after another round of looking at the job ads and sending out resumes. Still no word from a couple of recruiters, which probably means I'm not getting those interviews.

I did a bit of photoshop work this morning, based on something that popped up in my art director inbox. I'm still waiting for an artist to finish reviewing a contract. I got email from a couple of other artists, but I didn't see anything I could use. I'll probably spend some time tomorrow morning checking out some more portfolios online. Before I ( Read more... )

After this morning's review of the job ads, I took a few hours off. I have a brand new 100 page 9x12 sketchbook from Pearl Paint's excellent back to school sale. The sale is on until September 30th, so I may check the web site and go back for a larger sketch book for my drawing board. I spent a little time this evening checking out professional and ( Read more... )

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Spent most of today thinking it was Wednesday, until I saw the official Project Runway tweeting and realized that it is Thursday. I spent the day talking/emailing with 2 new recruiters. I'm up for 2 jobs. One here in New York and another for a consulting company that works out of Santa Clara, CA and Chicago. Resumes have been sent, so now I wait to ( Read more... )

I decided to skip the library in favor of working on some photoshop comps. With my mac issues, that means using the pc. It takes longer with the latter because of the crashes that happen. One of them corrupted 2 files, but I had backups, so it's a minor inconvenience. I got approval for another artist, so I'll be sending out a query shortly. I have ( Read more... )

I didn't get as far as I usually do in the jQuery book today, but I'll have another opportunity to wrangle with the code sample that's giving me trouble tomorrow. I sent out a query to an artist on Friday and I hope to hear from him soon. I sent out the art for next month's cover and header on time, despite my computer issues. Luckily, the pc ( Read more... )

I got a no from yesterday's phone screen interview with the healthcare company. I did get a bunch of queries from recruiters after 4pm, so I have two interviews today. The first one, for a full-time position with a consulting company, went well but it will be a couple of weeks before I hear if I made it to the next round of interviews. The second ( Read more... )