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Aloha, and I hope everyone had a great V-Day (and President's Day for fellow Americans!).

A lot has changed since I've last been an active DevArt member; like many of you, RL and current events have made a major impact on both my personal and professional life, and has compelled me to take a back seat in order to prioritize what's important. But Life has a funny way of cycling through patterns and once again, I've found myself at the cross-roads of where my career is heading towards. As someone who loves to learn and be challenged creatively, I'm looking to end my "radio silence" on the web and become an active participant, RL willing Every day I can't help but be excited by all the new faces and incredible talent and think to myself, "Self, get off your damn lawn chair and play with the kids, already!"

This means replacing old content with new works; a lot of my images are a decade old, and are not truly representative of what I'm currently doing. It will be a mixture of personal and professional work, and hopefully garner enough interest that could lead me to new opportunities. I am extremely thankful and appreciative of all the viewers and people who have taken the time to share their thoughts, and am looking for ways to archive them before the images are permanently removed. 

As for contacting me, I am available via email, but I'm not an active user of Facebook/Twitter/Reddit/OtherSocialSites because I simply don't have the time to oversee them. I will be checking this account in case someone wants to leave a message, otherwise it's better to email me directly.

Thanks for reading!

Ok, time to get rid of that overdue, depressing journal entry.......

Well, hi folks!
Appearing once again, and this time, I -HAVE- got some new material ready for updating. They're just sketches, but are different from what I was doing several years ago. I guess I'm marking time until I can get back into the freelance field and do some fun conceptual stuff, but for now, I only have time for doodles.

Anyway, as you can tell from the heading (and, OMG, one full year from my last entry), I turned the dreaded 3-0 today. < cue music > Don't know whether to curl up in a corner and cry over my lost youth or attack the new decade with inspired vigor. Either way, I'm hoping my impending 30's will be more productive than my 20's.  Time will only tell.

I've also been watching lots of movies and playing games recently o_O; Kung Fu Panda's on the list, and I'm tripping over the first chapter in the Lego Indiana Jones game (buy it, you know you want to.  Oooo PS3 goodness, must play more.....  I've grown fascinated with conceptual design, and is definitely a career path I'm planning to explore in the near future.


Well kiddies, that's all for now. I've got several buttery nipples waiting for consumption, as I'm planning to drink myself into a drunken stupor and forget to forget my birthday. Ahahaha :  Have a good one!

After coming home from work, I opened my morning paper to discovery an hold high school classmate of mine who committed suicide a year ago. Needless to say, I was shell-shocked.  I have a great memories of him because he had such an easy-going and friendly personality.  In the decade after graduating, I've run into him maybe several times, and during those brief moments I assumed that he, like others from my class, was doing alright. The news was devastating, but I can't imagine how it must've been for his family and close friends.

I'm very sad and very angry, because a part of me can't understand why a person could be psychologically and emotionally able to commit to such a decision.  Sure, the world can be a crappy place, and sometimes trying to make a life for yourself is an uphill battle, but there are some things worthwhile.

A regrettable piece of news, and hopefully the next entry will be more positive.

I STILL ATN'T DEAD

As the aforementioned entry mentioned, "just very very busy".

3 years and one birthday later, life "in general" has continued it's chaotic spiral and I've yet to find the time to actually sit down and sketch for myself.  Yes, pathetic excuses I know, but that's the sick reality of it all (Parents call this excuse "earning a living." ) I'm sure I'm not the only one who feels the same way.

For the curious who aren't in the know:
I work full time as an in-house illustrator for a company called The Madden Corporation (formerly known as Island Heritage). It's a large publishing company here in Hawaii, covering a broad range of products that cater to the tourist market and fine-living. Basically I sit on my tush all day and draw and design.

All day.

Fortunately, the type of design I do is very different from my personal artwork. Which is a good thing, because I'd get sick of illustrating pretty quickly. Unfortunately, designing demands long hours, and after awhile, your creativity gets sapped. And weekends are basically recuperative periods.

So while I do love to draw, paint, and be artistically merry, finding the time to do art for myself is at a standstill. Hopefully I'll rev up to produce something I can post up. But for now, please excuse the cobwebs and dust bunny colonies--they'll be gone soon, I hope.

Lots of Aloha,
Anneth