Hello, at long last!

Hello hello!  Welcome to my blog.  I'm starting this because my awesome (I don't use that term lightly) teacher, Thom, has requested that his students have a blog.  It's already 11 weeks into the semester, and I'm finally making my first post.  This is proof that I am one of the worst bloggers ever.  But for the sake of my grade, I will make an effort to have regular updates.  Here's hoping that I catch the bug and don't stop blogging after May.

Incase you didn't know, I'm an Illustration major at Columbus College of Art and Design.  I'm throwing away a career in Interior Design to pursue my passion (... sorry Mom & Dad).  Even though I was born to be an artist, ART was always a scary word for me when I was growing up.  Supposedly, artists don't make money.  But that's not completely true... FINE artists don't make money, but commercial artists do!  Unfortunately I found this out after I graduated from Ohio University and had a couple of self-loathing interior design jobs.  So here I am attending art school full-time and being a poor college student, again.  But this time, I'm in business casual clothes.  Luckily my clothes are starting to wear, and I look like I'm 18... so I don't stand out too much.  I digress.  Don't worry, though, my first degree was not a complete waste.  I still work for my old employer as a part-time designer.  I gotta pay those bills somehow (if you want interior design advice, check out my other site)!

I might regret this later... but... I've decided to post the little illustration I made for my apartment when I was living in Atlanta, being all project manager-like.  It is what influenced me to come back to school.  It is completely embarrassing now.  And I'm still wondering how I earned a scholarship...