Book Project

My book project is not quite complete, but I am really enjoying working on it. I can’t wait to finish it and hopefully get it published.  For this project, I decided to use real photographs and manipulate the pictures to create mostly surreal images.  The subject is my niece and various dream-like scenes.  The story is going to be about a little girl and her different travels and dreams, which will also include some other “characters” or animals in the story.  Doing this project has opened up different ways for me to make are or illustrate books that I would not have previously considered or known how to do. 

Art Goals

My goal in art is to seriously commit to working on it consistently, multiple times a week.  I want to have one completed artwork finished a week, even if it is just something small. I basically have to treat my art like it is my second job and stop giving excuses to why I put it off or “don’t have time.”  Time is my biggest obstacle, but I really just need to manage my time better and make time for my art.  Ideally, I would like to sell artwork consistently as if it were a second job, to where eventually it becomes more of a bigger part of my income.  It’s always been a dream of mine to make art for a living, so this is my long term goal.  I just need to produce work consistently and build my skills. I also want to develop my own artistic style because right now, I do lots of different random things.  I still want to do different things, but I would like to develop my own unique style so I can start having series of works.