Friday, April 13, 2007

Ooh, I didn't realize until writing the date that this is a friday the 13th. That's creepy. Anyway, I just wanted to blog about a couple of pictures I've come across. These are pictures of a Godzilla playset I had as a kid. It was possibly my favorite toy ever, and I can't really explain why. What I loved the most was Godzilla himself... who was nothing more than a hunk of green plastic. There were no movable parts, no special features, nothing. But I really loved it. My parents bought it from Family Dollar for me and I'm sure they paid no more than 9 or 10 bucks. Today, this playset is so rare that it goes for hundreds of dollars. I lost all the parts to mine over the years, and, most tragically, I lost Godzilla himself when I was playing around in a college library as a kid. I still visit this library often, and you bet I still keep an eye out for my green plastic Godzilla.

Monday, April 2, 2007

DONE! I really can't even believe it, but I'm pretty much done with graduate school! So now all I have to do is get a job. Hopefully this degree will make that at least somewhat easier.

I also really need to make some art. We're in a new place, and my painting stuff is all outside in a storage unit. I can paint out there when it's nice... but I think I'm going to have to get into the whole digital art thing again. Hopefully I can make some interesting stuff and post it in the next few weeks.

Thursday, February 8, 2007

Student teaching is still going really well. I feel like I've already learned a great deal, and I know I am going to learn much more as I take on more classes.

I am really itching to make some art, but we just moved into a new place, and we put my painting materials outside in a storage building. There is a lot of room out there for painting... but it's so cold! Hopefully I can come up with a way to heat and light the place so I can make some new work. I'm also thinking about creating some new digital work. A new version of Blender should be out soon, so that should inspire me to make some new stuff.

Sunday, January 21, 2007

A lack of updates lately because I'm very busy with my student teaching experience. It's actually going really well! I'm only two weeks into it, but I've already taught a few classes, and while I still get pretty nervous, I seem to be able to really put myself out there and be enthusiastic and engaged. I feel really good about it.

Of course, there is absolutely NO time for making art right now... unfortunately. Hopefully that will change soon, as I get my lesson plans written out, etc.

Oh yeah, and the other big news I haven't written about yet is that I'm going to be a father this July! I can't wait for that part of my life to begin. I have so much to look forward to.

Sunday, December 10, 2006

Uploaded my old animation "The Flying Snowman" to youtube for the holidays (made in 2001 using Blender). Enjoy!

Tuesday, November 21, 2006

I am ALMOST finished with my final semester of regular classes in Graduate school. I am still worrying about everything, because I have a lot to do in a very short amount of time, but overall, I think things are going well.

So much has changed in my life in the past few weeks. There are things that I can't wait to talk about, but I have to wait. I am still pretty nervous about doing my student teaching in January, but I am also really excited! My hope is that once I am in there, I will quickly overcome my fears, and start having a lot of fun being an art teacher. I know it's in me to do a really good job at this.

Friday, October 27, 2006

I've been running around like crazy trying to get all these paintings done for my November show at Western. I am proud to say that there are no less than 5 new paintings in the traditional section... I'm also proud of some other things, but I have to wait to talk about them...