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Hey, guys.
A lot has happened since the death of my mom. In May, I finally graduated from the college I was attending, earning an Associate's Degree after so many years of admissions hijinks. I graduated magna cum laude and as a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society, to boot. Yet despite that achievement, multiple times throughout the summer I came very close to winding up on the street. I'd rather not elaborate on it publicly because it delves into unpleasant family issues, but I will say that if it weren't for my (maternal) grandparents' intervention, I wouldn't be here today. I owe them a lot, and I'm very thankful they're still here.
So, where I stand now: I'm currently living in Oklahoma as a full-time student of Cameron University, pursuing the Bachelor's degree in Multimedia Design program as I'd planned to do since 2009. I live on campus, and almost all of the expenses (tuition, books, fees, etc.) are coming out of my pocket. Thankfully, I've got some financial assistance (not student loans!) that have helped take much of the edge off the cost.
I'm not out of the woods yet. In fact, things may get worse. I've had some distressing health concerns crop up mid-June that haven't gone away. Thankfully now that I'm living here at Cameron I actually have medical insurance and am trying to see a doctor about it. At present I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop; if I do get diagnosed with something serious, I'll make an update about it.
Beyond that, what this means for you guys: I can't make any promises about Ragnarok Wisdom. I really do want to get back to getting that expanse of missing comics uploaded like I promised on the 10th anniversary last year, but the summer and most of my time since moving to Cameron back on the 11th has been devoted to a lot of running around, taking care of loose ends in financial aid and admissions, things I've had to take care of in the student housing apartment, and trips back down to my former home to retrieve things I'd need up here. Heck, I almost had no time for coursework. It's been that bad.
I'm hoping things will normalize soon. Which brings me to something else: my new situation should allow me more financial freedom. I may actually, for once, be able to take commissions and even make Ragnarok Wisdom merchandise (not that I expect anyone will buy RW merch nowadays). Considering the expenses I'm shouldering now, in addition to the semiannual upkeep to my website, every bit of money will help.
So ... that's what 2013 has been like for me so far. I'll try and keep you guys up to date on any new developments.
Peace.
A lot has happened since the death of my mom. In May, I finally graduated from the college I was attending, earning an Associate's Degree after so many years of admissions hijinks. I graduated magna cum laude and as a member of the Phi Theta Kappa honor society, to boot. Yet despite that achievement, multiple times throughout the summer I came very close to winding up on the street. I'd rather not elaborate on it publicly because it delves into unpleasant family issues, but I will say that if it weren't for my (maternal) grandparents' intervention, I wouldn't be here today. I owe them a lot, and I'm very thankful they're still here.
So, where I stand now: I'm currently living in Oklahoma as a full-time student of Cameron University, pursuing the Bachelor's degree in Multimedia Design program as I'd planned to do since 2009. I live on campus, and almost all of the expenses (tuition, books, fees, etc.) are coming out of my pocket. Thankfully, I've got some financial assistance (not student loans!) that have helped take much of the edge off the cost.
I'm not out of the woods yet. In fact, things may get worse. I've had some distressing health concerns crop up mid-June that haven't gone away. Thankfully now that I'm living here at Cameron I actually have medical insurance and am trying to see a doctor about it. At present I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop; if I do get diagnosed with something serious, I'll make an update about it.
Beyond that, what this means for you guys: I can't make any promises about Ragnarok Wisdom. I really do want to get back to getting that expanse of missing comics uploaded like I promised on the 10th anniversary last year, but the summer and most of my time since moving to Cameron back on the 11th has been devoted to a lot of running around, taking care of loose ends in financial aid and admissions, things I've had to take care of in the student housing apartment, and trips back down to my former home to retrieve things I'd need up here. Heck, I almost had no time for coursework. It's been that bad.
I'm hoping things will normalize soon. Which brings me to something else: my new situation should allow me more financial freedom. I may actually, for once, be able to take commissions and even make Ragnarok Wisdom merchandise (not that I expect anyone will buy RW merch nowadays). Considering the expenses I'm shouldering now, in addition to the semiannual upkeep to my website, every bit of money will help.
So ... that's what 2013 has been like for me so far. I'll try and keep you guys up to date on any new developments.
Peace.
Biting the Bullet
Okay ... So, last journal update, I'd mentioned that I had some art I'd put in storage and was considering taking out.
Truth is, I've been having cold feet over it.
See, in 2012 I started working on an idea for an original series of sorts that would involve personified ships, after being inspired by the likes of "mecha musume" artists such as acea4 of Taiwan, who has been doing a graphic novel titled Shermanga Wars (a wordplay on "Sherman" and "Manga," I think). I've come to dub my own project "The Oakenhearted," as you can see in the teaser/preview comic that I've taken out of storage. I had uploaded that on October 21, 2014, the same day
32 and Still Kicking
... Well, for a certain value of it, at least.
I've had some really, really demanding classes this entire year, summer included. I don't really have much of a life outside of working on all the assignments that pile up; in the Spring semester I jumped at the chance to take a Game Design course that specialized in Unity. Unfortunately the professor teaching that class (who was only at this university for a semester) had very, very short deadlines for projects. Case in point: He expected student teams to present their work at Oklahoma Research Day. Other Cameron students I spoke to while at ORD told me that their departments gave them a year o
Not Quite the Comeback Kid
Been a while since my last update. I've been spending most of what free time I had this year and last year trying to get better with Adobe Illustrator. I'm hoping that with Illustrator, I'll be able to achieve some actual quality CG that is also completely resolution-independent, what with it being vector-based and all. I think I've got a long way to go, though. Some of the stuff I've done in Illustrator so far is ... really sloppy looking in terms of coloring. I'm still figuring out what tools will be best for what job: you can do some amazing things in Illustrator with just line styles, but Gradient Mesh hasn't exactly been the holy grail I
So Now I'm 31 ...
Hey guys,
It's been a long time since my last update; I didn't mean to leave you all hanging, and I'm really sorry to have worried the people who've expressed their concerns.
Life's been a roller coaster of ups and downs since the Spring 2014 semester. A lot of things have gone right, and a lot of things have gone wrong, the consequences of both which have left me little time to really pursue anything I want to do in my spare time. Going into detail about the the past half-year would make for a really long story, and some of it I'd rather not get into. I can share some of the good (and bad) though:
The good things I'll cover first. Medical
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Aw man... hang in there. I believe that those who stand through the bad times are eventually rewarded with equivalent lighter times again sometime. I really really wish that things improve soon for you and that you start to feel better again. It always hits the nicest guys man ;_; ...