Back into the Groove (Art and Work wise)

I started my first day of work since coming back from New York today. And it was great! I never lost a beat and it was as if I never left! What clinched it for me was a customer saying to me in the Drive Thru that I had the best customer service she had ever seen! And being in Las Vegas I take that to heart. For a city dominated on hospitality services to be able to stand out makes me feel special. It really does make me feel good to hear that, and not only once but twice in the same day! I'll pat myself on the back now...
And about the art. A few days into returning to Vegas I actually had the inspiration and willingness to get a few pieces done. Posted below for whoever hasn't seen them on my Deviantart Gallery. And I fought to create a logo for myself as well. I'm not too sure how well I pulled it off, but I'm at a loss when it comes to creating anything for my personal use.
Anyway the illustrations are a mix of traditional and digital art, the figures having been rendered with my trusty Prismacolor markers. Anyway enjoy!

Italian Spiderman (seriously look it up on Youtube)


The Great Machine (aka Mitchell Hundred) from the comic Ex Machina


And a logo...

She Might Be Saved...For Now

I got a call from my boss at work today, there might be a way to save my job for the time being, it only involves being open to EVERYTHING THEY THROW AT ME SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. The worst part being I'd only be guaranteed 12 hours if that. She lost two of the baristas that usually work night shifts, so if I go back I would have to open and close on multiple days. The only problem I have with this is that I hate working night shifts, not because it's too much work, but that it's too easy. Around 4pm the store winds down, and really I don't feel like I belong there at that time, my place (and where I operate the best) is in the opening/morning crew where it's too busy to look at a clock. I like to keep myself preoccupied. Also, I don't have good work shoes. The ones I wear to work have been worn out so badly you can see my socks through the rubber on the bottom of the shoe.

As you would have guessed, this is going to be another call for commissions if anyone is interested in helping out. I need to keep this job, I don't want to have to train for a new one yet again. Not just yet at least. I might actually have to look into a second job to pay my rent while I'm in school. I can't live on an estimated 12 hours a week paycheck.
So it's out there if anyone wants anything done, I'll even do design work if anyone needs a logo for layout done (I will post more examples of my design portfolio for whoever is interested).

Note me if you are, I'll be more than glad to have the work. It's all helping me get some practice in anyway.

I'm heading home on Wednesday, I'm sure I'll get sick again going from 60 some degrees in New York to 110 and hotter in Vegas. But I have lots of artwork to color and post not only for fanfics I've been drawing for, but also for the Dommi project I've been working on with April French. Yay for originality!

Anyway, cheers everyone. And for my stateside friends, I hope you all had a great 4th of July. For my friends at AILV, I hope you enjoyed the NICE BREAK we got and are looking forward to school next week.

Precious Programs and some Art!

Whoever actually reads anything I post will remember that right before finals week at AILV all of my Adobe Creative Suite programs went MIA, well that and it gave me the giant middle finger. Well my friend Brian managed to get them back thanks in no part to Adobe, whose costumer support seriously lacks any kind of real help. Not to mention it's really hard to take someone in tech support located in India seriously when they tell me their names are Joanne, Billy, and Scott. I hate you all for keeping me on hold for almost two hours not even giving me any help! *fumes*
Anyway, programs are back and I owe him a logo now that I have my precious InDesign and Illustrator CS3 programs back.

And now some artwork.
Since I got to New York I've been doing a bunch of stuff for my friend April who has spoiled me to no end since I got here. She's an awesome friend and a great writer, so I'm happy to be with good company. So some of the following pieces are from a Kaldor City fic she's been working on. I'm also throwing the progress on the Klaus Nomi portrait I've been working on. I did color a few of the scenes with markers, I might scan them or wait until I have my tablet back to color them digitally.

In the meantime enjoy!







Klaus Nomi WIP 2