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But still there is much that is fair
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"The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. But still there is much that is fair. And though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it still grows, perhaps, the greater."
-J.R.R. Tolkien
Hello everyone! Just wanted to leave you with a little update before I leave for a month for a Field School program abroad. The last two semesters have been absolutely nuts. Attempting to juggle schoolwork, my day job, a bit of freelancing, and trying to be somewhat social has been tiring to say the least. In a few hours I will be off on a flight to London, then Venice, and then various places in Germany.
This trip is mostly planned by my University as well as family friends so I'll generally be going with the flow. I am going to be focusing on meditative reflection while I interact with the environments. Our class will be journaling and illustrating so I’ll post some of those things while I’m there on my twitter, though if you wanna follow our group's instagram hashtag it's #kpulondonvenice
When I return in July I will be doing A LOT more digital art and will be opening commissions as well. The Fall semester I have consciously lightened my course load so that I will mostly be working, and attempting to reach out to do more freelancing as well.
Anyways, I hope all of you are well and that June treats you with positive memories! Like the quote above, I believe it is important to be nurturing to the world and people around us, while also being conscientious of the darkness.
Cheers, and all the best,
Reggie
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Update February 2019
4 min read
Hey everyone!
On Web Activity:
It's been awhile since I've updated ya'll on what I've been up to, which seems to be pretty common honestly. Hope you've all been doing well! Lately, I've been most active on my Twitter, and have been posting a drawing every day for 132 days so far. Most are just little scribbles, edits, and colours on other people's stuff. But I've been trying to make sure I do a little something creative each day no matter how small it is. Most of it isn't good enough to put in my gallery here, which is why I've been using Twitter. Full illustrations are what I'll be posting here, same with Artstation when I finally make an account there.
On Sonic:
I'm very grateful to have gotten some work with IDW after endeavoring to break in for a while! My first colouring work for IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog comic was released online recently which you can see here:
I've also got a (very) short Sonic fancomic in the writing stage that I'll be making when I've got free time! And there's one more Sonic thing in the works that you'll see...soon?
On School:
Taking 4 classes this semester on my road to finishing my BFA in Fine Arts, so it's been pretty hectic. I'll be going on a Field School Program to London, Venice, and Germany during the month of June, which I'm really excited about!
On Mental Health:
I don't get too personal on the web, but the last few years have been pretty terrible for me and my psyche, last year especially. A long term relationship ended like...5 months ago, and it had been making me increasingly self destructive and unhappy with myself. Now that it's over, I've been incredibly fortunate to have friends help me through the healing process. I've been working hard to be more self aware and accepting of my characteristics that had previously been criticized or ridiculed.
I also started going to counseling some time in 2017. It took a bit to find a counselor who could actually help with stuff, but I eventually did. And I'm really happy to say that I don't need it now. My wallet thanks me, since my insurance didn't cover it, but I'm really proud I could get through it. Actually acknowledging that I needed to go in the first place was really difficult, but worth it in the end.
On Evalla:
Hahahahahahaaaaaaa....I gotta re-upload those pages of Chapter 3 I deleted here. I haven't been able to keep up with it as my free time has been minimal, and I've been focusing on school, work, and freelance stuff. I found that having deadlines for art and schoolwork was way easier to get motivated, and with a personal webcomic, updating it began getting more tedious and unfun. I may be treating the first 3 Chapters as a "First Draft" ya know? I feel it had some good ideas, but the execution needed a lot more hammering down. I'm not getting rid of the characters by any means, I love 'em, but I may try to get Evalla out into the world in a different way. It may be a comic, something else, but I'll keep fiddling with the world and see where it takes me.
Aaaaanyways, have a great rest of your day whoever is reading, and please follow my Twitter for more activity!
All the best,
Reggie
On Web Activity:
It's been awhile since I've updated ya'll on what I've been up to, which seems to be pretty common honestly. Hope you've all been doing well! Lately, I've been most active on my Twitter, and have been posting a drawing every day for 132 days so far. Most are just little scribbles, edits, and colours on other people's stuff. But I've been trying to make sure I do a little something creative each day no matter how small it is. Most of it isn't good enough to put in my gallery here, which is why I've been using Twitter. Full illustrations are what I'll be posting here, same with Artstation when I finally make an account there.
On Sonic:
I'm very grateful to have gotten some work with IDW after endeavoring to break in for a while! My first colouring work for IDW's Sonic the Hedgehog comic was released online recently which you can see here:
I've also got a (very) short Sonic fancomic in the writing stage that I'll be making when I've got free time! And there's one more Sonic thing in the works that you'll see...soon?
On School:
Taking 4 classes this semester on my road to finishing my BFA in Fine Arts, so it's been pretty hectic. I'll be going on a Field School Program to London, Venice, and Germany during the month of June, which I'm really excited about!
On Mental Health:
I don't get too personal on the web, but the last few years have been pretty terrible for me and my psyche, last year especially. A long term relationship ended like...5 months ago, and it had been making me increasingly self destructive and unhappy with myself. Now that it's over, I've been incredibly fortunate to have friends help me through the healing process. I've been working hard to be more self aware and accepting of my characteristics that had previously been criticized or ridiculed.
I also started going to counseling some time in 2017. It took a bit to find a counselor who could actually help with stuff, but I eventually did. And I'm really happy to say that I don't need it now. My wallet thanks me, since my insurance didn't cover it, but I'm really proud I could get through it. Actually acknowledging that I needed to go in the first place was really difficult, but worth it in the end.
On Evalla:
Hahahahahahaaaaaaa....I gotta re-upload those pages of Chapter 3 I deleted here. I haven't been able to keep up with it as my free time has been minimal, and I've been focusing on school, work, and freelance stuff. I found that having deadlines for art and schoolwork was way easier to get motivated, and with a personal webcomic, updating it began getting more tedious and unfun. I may be treating the first 3 Chapters as a "First Draft" ya know? I feel it had some good ideas, but the execution needed a lot more hammering down. I'm not getting rid of the characters by any means, I love 'em, but I may try to get Evalla out into the world in a different way. It may be a comic, something else, but I'll keep fiddling with the world and see where it takes me.
Aaaaanyways, have a great rest of your day whoever is reading, and please follow my Twitter for more activity!
All the best,
Reggie
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Taking a Few Steps Back
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Hey friends! Another quick update. I just deleted a chunk of pages of Chapter 3 of Evalla. Decided that I was a little eager to speed up some things in the story and it felt way too rushed to me. The changes also fit better for transitioning to what will be happening in Chapter 4 since I hit a bit of a road block. I'm still not sure when I'll get back to working on it since I'm still recovering from recent...things, so I might open commissions soon to get back into that groove.
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Cobwebs and Dust
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Hey guys, just felt like it was time to give a little update as I've practically fallen off the face of the Earth. About 10,000 notifications...dang. There's a long story that's a bit too personal to be public I guess, but short story is that some crummy stuff has been happening for a long while that has been basically deteriorating my drive to be creative. Colouring I've found has been very helpful to my mental state, I feel really at home and engaged with it at least.
However, I've been beating myself up quite a bit about a lot of the shit that has been going on and decided it was best to take a breather from the writing portion of Evalla. I'll get back into it soon, and that Rock and Roll cover I made will actually be Chapter 5 instead of 4, since I've got to add some needed character stuff between events. I'll just be going at my own pace with it. Writing is definitely not my strong suit but I would really like to improve. That's what webcomics are for right? Anyways, yeah that'll continue. I'll be doing more Sonic, Zelda, and other stuff too so don't worry about the fanart haha!
There's so much I want to get out of my system, hopefully I can do that with my art. I'm still recovering, and not sure how long it'll take to get a routine back in my life, but deadlines that aren't my own personal ones is definitely helping out right now.
See you guys soon.
-Reggie
However, I've been beating myself up quite a bit about a lot of the shit that has been going on and decided it was best to take a breather from the writing portion of Evalla. I'll get back into it soon, and that Rock and Roll cover I made will actually be Chapter 5 instead of 4, since I've got to add some needed character stuff between events. I'll just be going at my own pace with it. Writing is definitely not my strong suit but I would really like to improve. That's what webcomics are for right? Anyways, yeah that'll continue. I'll be doing more Sonic, Zelda, and other stuff too so don't worry about the fanart haha!
There's so much I want to get out of my system, hopefully I can do that with my art. I'm still recovering, and not sure how long it'll take to get a routine back in my life, but deadlines that aren't my own personal ones is definitely helping out right now.
See you guys soon.
-Reggie
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Mostly for posting progress on art and my webcomic and to communicate with people in a more relaxed setting. Would anyone join?
-Reg
-Reg
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