I don't know if you guys realize this, but I do like to scribble. I haven't posted any of my work here because I don't currently have a decently easy method of getting my drawings onto the computer. that's beside the point though...for the longest time, I've been drawing anime. I'm pretty good at it, but it's all reproductions. I take an image that I see on a screen and duplicate it on my notepad. anime's incredibly easy too; it's all lines and solid shading.
so for the last week or two, I've changed it up a bit. I started drawing...people.
I drew L from the Death Note live-action (the lollipop picture in my gallery), and someone cosplaying as L as well (as seen here). and y'know what? I like my art style for sketching people a whole lot more than my art style for drawing anime. anime is...boring.  it's way too simple.
hmmmm. now if I could only stop being a copycat and start coming up with my own material.
that should just take practice, right?
maybe I should start.
yes. I think I will. maybe when I get my own thing down, I can start a webcomic or something.

at any rate...I realize...I've been limiting myself a bit. I'm trying to actively pursue ONE thing at a time. I doubt Leonardo di Vinci did all the great things he did by pursing one thing at a time. so maybe I should take things as they come and do as much as I can.
ahhhhhh but there's a problem with this.
money.

no, I'm not throwing time in there...cuz y'know what? I can sketch during my breaks at work. I can take a class in the evenings, and get a voice coach during the evening too. I DO have time, if I manage it well. my restraint is not time.

...but...I'm about to move out of my parents' house and have nil cash to spare. if I re-take Japanese, take cooking, acting, english, drawing, whatever at the college, that'll take a huge chunk of change. ...and if I want to take voice lessons from a coach, that's $100-150/hr, depending on the coach I use and the type of coach (singing, voice overs, or voice acting?)

I...do NOT...have that kind of money. with my apartment, I'll be scraping by with maybe around $50/month to play around with, plus the big-ass cushion I gave myself that I really shouldn't count on.

but why am I doing this? for the apartment I want? what's more important, a place I sleep at that's going to have all the things I want in it regardless, or the ability to do all the things I want?
I think the latter.

but safety is a huge thing. I know the apartment I want right now is in a good, safe community.
I'm sure there are cheaper apartments that're in safe communities too. I won't like them nearly as much, and they won't be nearly as quiet (which, if I get a home studio for recording, quiet WILL be a concern - I can't get something near the highway), and they won't be in as centralized of a location between work and family with a straight shot to boyfriend and school. >.<

ergh.

hmmmm I think I'll be going apartment hunting again and weigh my options more.

Tags: Personal Drawing Voice Apartment Move Money

Bookmark: