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New Work, etc.

Some Photoshop work. One painterly... The other comic booky Ah, the magic that is Photoshop. I would hate to do all that inking with actual ink.
And these are couple of shorts created by one of my Academy friends, Niki Yang...
Brilliant, Nikki!!!
And thank you, thank you, thank you!! to everyone who commented on my last post. I read each of your comments with a deep sense of appreciation at both the therapeutic marvels of blog rambling and for all of you willing to read these ramblings. I meant to reply of course, but it's just been one of those weeks, the kind where words keep eluding me. I blame it on all the painting. With the visual part of my brain doing all the work, the language part just lies on the couch procrastinating.
On the other hand it has been a pretty good, pretty satisfying week. The sadness, the jeez WTF!! I felt over angry depressed friends's overblown yet not unexpected reaction, as well as my unresolved health issues gave way to relief (yes, life is too short for friends like that) and an oh well it'll all work out as life always does kind of mindset.
I am a hopeless optimist. But if you've been following my blog you probably already knew that. I believe things happen for a reason, that when you feel cornered it just means there's a door you haven't noticed yet, and that with all the personal upheavals I've experienced lately, some I've mentioned here, some I haven't, and my continuing career frustration can only mean one thing - that the best is yet to come. Anyway, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.