Arrival in Albany and Pimpage for a Good Friend

Arrived in Albany yesterday afternoon and ate a great meal with pals April and Brian who are more than kind enough to let me stay for two weeks. I'll be taking the time to finally unwind and get some real work done... And by real work I mean finishing all the portraits I started *coughSapphire&Steelcough* and getting some more work done on the graphic novel April and I started called Dommi.

On the way I stopped in Chicago, didn't get any pizza but I ate an orgasmically great cinnamon roll in the food court at O'Hare International Airport before going back to the gate to see a bunch of breasts falling out of people's shirts. Seriously, you'd think people would get dressed a little more appropriately for travel. *shrug*

The last leg of the flight from Chicago to Albany, even for the two hours was uncomfortable. The flight attendant on United was an uber bitch, and coupled with an uber bitch of a customer sitting behind me I was stuck in the middle of a verbal smackdown. Never had this problem on Southwest but you get what you can afford...

Listened to an interview with the awesome Leanne Hannah on the Comic News Insider podcast from Heroes Con. D'awww ain't she sweet?! Seriously she's going to go far, if you haven't seen her work yet (and I'd beat you if you haven't) check it out!
She's my mentor you know! And check out the recent issue of The Perhapanauts featuring her artwork. Go...now!

Get the interview at The Comic News Insider
Or get it on itunes.

The following are some photos I took yesterday...
PHANTOM! I wanna see this so badly when I can afford to


A view of The Strip in Vegas from the airplane


Something to look at while I ate my cinnamon roll in Chicago


Said orgasmically great cinnamon roll...

Crossroads...

Well recently my horoscopes have been scarily accurate with my readings (yes I read them regularly in the Las Vegas Weekly...). And lately they've been telling me great changes are coming my way. How? Well for one my boss informed me that I'll be losing my job at the Starbucks because of my availability all because of the new optimum scheduling. I love my job, it was the first job I ever had where I loved the people I work with and serve on a daily basis. But when I think about it it might actually be the push I need to get on track on what I really want to do for my career which is my art and design work.
The countdown begins, and I need to start making more contacts to further shove my foot into the closing door. It's the beginning of summer, and it's going to be an uphill battle what with the economy and all the students looking for summer jobs. At times I have low self esteem when it comes to my work, but I have good people backing me up and reassuring me of the quality of my stuff. And to those people (you know who you are) you have my deepest thanks.
Well, time to get the gravy train moving!

A little something something for a graphic novel I plan to illustrate:


The Judith Paris portrait I finished:


A portrait of Friend from Zardoz as played by John Alderton:


Itchy and Scratchy fanart I used for a school project, recreated in Adobe Illustrator: