The Drawing Board

The creative journey of a freelance cg artist.

So Many Projects – So Much Fun (and some not-so fun) With So Little Time

I am a busy bee. In Second Life, I’m working on more fashion for my main store and creating some new designs for my bridge line to place in my new channel store in the Portland sim. I’m also breeding and selling the ever precious meeroos – and am working in partnership with a friend on a side business revolving around useful items for other meeroo breeders and owners. In the real world, I’m putting together several new graphic tee designs for my online store, as well as working on more art for my next upcoming self-produced solo show “Raw”. I’ll be calling the current in-progress piece on my PC easel,  ”Lily”, and despite my love of all things Harry Potter, this title refers to the flower, not Harry’s mother. ;) I’m also preparing to take on an art piece per day quest, which I will likely post to my pointless and stagnant Tumblr blog – giving it purpose once and for all.

Art in Progress

So far, I’ve finished two of the pieces planned for my first solo art show at my virtual gallery in Second Life. A few of the replicas I present there will be of limited run works. I have already envisioned a lot of the pieces I want to do. The show’s theme will be vibrant, edgy, slightly over-the-top, and occasionally gruesome.

 

Building, building, building…

I’m working on a rebuild of my main store, which, is a completely different art form. It’s a combination of architectural and interior design. Mind you, I’m not an architect or an interior designer, but it’s a lot of fun to play with various concepts, and building exercises my memory for natural details and poses an artistic challenge for how to best make those details come across in world. Best of all, in spite of the challenge, it’s a lot of fun!

Fundraising in Second Life

I have performed as one of the many live musicians on the “SL Music Races for a Cure” team raising funds for the American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life in Second Life.  Last night, instead of playing live as I usually do, I shared my late brother’s music with the crowd. I gave them an hour-long taste of what the world will never hear live again because of cancer. Donations poured in, as I hoped they would. We raised about $180 USD in the fight against cancer during my set – and this fundraising event has only just begun.

A lot of people I know think virtual worlds are pointless time wasters where folks lose themselves in various fantasies. Yes, there is a lot of that in SL, but that isn’t all there is. This event proves that virtual worlds can make a huge impact on the real one, as people from around the world log in and join together to make a difference.

Windy, Crappy Day

High wind advisory here.  Poor trees getting whipped about and little ones uprooted. Now NOAA is saying low-level snow! Such odd weather for Portland. I don’t want to be creative on days like this. I just want to curl up under my electric blanket and nap all day!