I learned a great deal in our Figure Drawing class from April to June... I picked up more speed and removed unnecessary lines when sketching figures due to my instructor's strict regimen.... and it did paid off at the end which I'm happy.

However, the sad part is that the class from July-Sept will not have the next phase in my illustration training which is the Anatomy class--- I was told that I have to wait this quarter and they may have it for the Oct-Dec timeframe. I'm bummed out about it but that won't deter me from furthering my training in this matter (I believe that the digital side of things is covered since I will be learning how to use the Maya software so I'm looking forward to it).

I guess one of my classes (Intro to Animation) will have to suffice as far as illustration training goes.

However, I'm planning on adding an outside training regimen through either an online training or a one-on-one training session.


I'm thinking of going either with a classical art online training with Mindcandyman (from the concept art forums) or with Shef, who used to teach at my school that became a freelance illustrator.

I already laid out the homework and assignment days in relation to my classes and that leaves me with nothing to do at Sundays (my day off) and whatever idle time that I get from work.

Having another training regimen in illustration will surely help me in the long run but I guess part of me is holding me back.

"Fear of the unknown" I suppose.

 I guess if I really go through with my extra training means that I am totally committing myself to it (which I should REALLY BE DOING IN THE FIRST PLACE ANYWAY).

Finally done for this quarter!

Good grief, felt like forever.

Made significant strides as far as figure drawing is concerned, learned a crapload and I noticed my improvement when drawing figures down. I will do an art dump perhaps tomorrow night after work--- I'm trying to enjoy the next four weeks of summer break.

Art dump in 2 days. Still doing projects.

Saw the Avengers movie today. Fucking awesome.