Remember that one time?

When I said I'd do an art dump when I got home? I lied. But now I'll make good on it, slow coffee shop connection or no. So here we go:

Sketches from an art "war" in an IRC chat.

A practice in hair styling and textures.

Veser Amaker Hatch, from Hanna Is Not a Boy's name: http://hanna.aftertorque.com

Toni, also from Hanna Is Not A Boy's Name. I'll have her colored soon...

I'll have more to post... Eventually.

This place needs some style.

So I was thinking, its about time i dust off this journal and give it some sort of makeover. It really needs it... My site could really use some rearranging as well. I'm going to work on a few ideas for that tonight maybe. If i'm not too exhausted from head colds and fighting with annoying relatives.

Speaking of living with annoying relatives, I probably won't be staying where I am for much longer. I'm going to move up to Rhode Island sometime early in 2010 for school, which is only about an hour away from where my sister lives. I'd much rather have her for company than Mother's frustrating husband (the aforementioned annoying relative). My mom's a sweet woman, so she's not the problem. I just get sick of her psychotic, double talking "better half." It'll be nice to get away from that sort of living environment. Now if I could just get Mom to come with me, sans jerky husband.

I'll be posting a sketch dump later tonight. I was going to do that now, but I'm at a pretentious coffee shop with a super slow internet connection, so it'll have to wait...

Mmm, Protoman.

So, more art to throw your way. This time its an unfinished piece. I'm starting to get the hang of digital painting. Its a shame I'm so slow/lazy.

This is a homage to The Protomen. Check them out, they're amazing.

9/11

I keep forgetting that today marks the anniversary of the WTC bombings... It just shows how out of it I am in terms of what day of the week or month it is. Normally that would make me feel like a horrible person, but it all seems like it was a bad dream. The survivors and families of the victims are still suffering, and its taking an eternity to reconstruct ground zero. Hopefully they'll have a decent shrine up soon...

Art Dump

What the title says. I have more to post later, but I'm getting sleepy... Enjoy.

So much for keeping up...

Yeah, I didn't do a very good job of regular updates. Long story short: I've been busy with preparation for Fall semester. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.

Going to work on a few art related posts in the near future. I just discovered the joy of copic markers, so I want to play around with that.

Sorry for the silence, and I'll be back soon with something mildly interesting.

Let's see what damage I can do with this...

Its been a looong time since I've done blog entries. I'll try to keep up with this on a regular basis.

The basic purpose of this blog will be to post scribbles, rant about daily life, and interact with the public in regards to my prospective profession (art).

But I'm getting ahead of myself. Suppose I should give myself a proper introduction...:

My name is Jennifer Cook, age 24, born and raised in the southeast area of Texas. I've lived in northeast Indiana off and on for the sake of school for the past few years, so I suppose I have a bit of northerner in me. My major is computer graphics, with a specialization in illustration and conceptual work geared toward the animation and video game industries. Simply put, I love to draw, but it seems I never have enough time to do that as much as I'd like. I'm still in school, and I'm working my way through via the retail industry (much to my dismay). I'm like a thousand other artists in the world, trying to get my foot into the art industry through good ol' fashioned hard work. As I seek to improve my professional practices and overall skill, I'd much appreciate the constructive criticisms of the public (that's where you guys come in). Oh, and last but not least, I'm a Christian, of no particular denomination. I just feel that's an important bit of information to get out there...

I look forward to getting to know my fellow bloggers and making some good friends. Above you'll see a sample of my work. Thanks for stopping by, and I'll be back again soon...