Hey Chuck,
As
you know I just received my Mid-Point Review a few weeks ago and have
been pushing myself to work on the areas you and Julie Downing have
mentioned to me. From looking at my present work and after meeting Craig
Nelson last week, I am going to work my ass off this last semester to
make the highest quality & most finished pieces I can at
my present skill level. I spoke with teachers and professionals who
recently graduated, and my plans for now are to finish this semester,
graduate, return home, rest up, save money for a month or two while
training myself further and developing a solid portfolio so I can then
(Whenever I choose which school I want to go too) enter a school part
time for my masters degree while working freelance for illustration. I
found this to be the best compromise to the two sided answers I got from
so many people. At this moment though...I need a rest from all the
planning and training, I want to go home and watch a full season to go
by, I have been in school constantly for six years straight...I need a
rest. Knowing me though, the max I could ever rest is maybe two weeks
hahah. I will be attending more professional workshops with my heros as
you mentioned to me, and take a class or two at Art Center at Night
program to keep myself motivated and challenged while also building my online presence. I really enjoy concept
art/visual development, but I decided at the moment to push myself to
the higher quality work that I really lack in my portfolio, as you said
in my review, "It will be a hard path, but the rewards will be great."
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