My guinea pig, Valkyrie passed away on Monday. She was only a year old, and was incredibly sick... I did everything I could, but it wasn't enough to save her.

Then today my hamster Rosie followed... She was over 2 years old, and passed away peacefully in her sleep. She lived a full and happy life, and it was her time.

They were my babies, and I loved them dearly. I'll miss them more than words could ever describe...

I rarely update this thing unless I have something art-related to say... Which I don't, but I feel as if I should bump that "I moved again" notice off of my front page, seeing as that was a good 6 months ago.

So, onward forward.

I know I haven't posted many photos over the winter; not due to a lack of inspiration or anything like that. A lot of the shoots I did weren't artistic or for my personal use; for example, I took some head shots of a college class for a magazine. Quite fun.

Don't take that as me going professional or anything; all the shoots I did were favours for friends. I never did like the idea of being paid for something I did for fun, as strange as that may sound.

Either way, I intend to get back into taking more personal shots this spring and summer - once it starts to look a little nicer outside. It's pretty gross out there right now, which works in some cases, but it'll be more my style once we're a little later in the season.

Anyways, that's pretty much all I had to say.
Take care, all.

I'm not sure if I mentioned this before, but back in late November, early December I had started a digital painting project. Needless to say, I put a few hours into it, then kind of forgot about it.

Turns out that was for the best, because now I'm ready to finish it, and it will be much better than it would have if I finished it those many months ago.

The reason being? Well, a group of friends and I hold a weekly D&D campaign, 'cause we're nerds, and it was to be a "group shot" of all of our characters. But, back then, we only had four of us (and one DM, obviously); since then we've had four new players join, and one leave.

Earlier today I realised I should go back to that old project and see what could be salvaged from it, and made into a better picture. This should be the biggest project I've ever tackled; each individual character is like one painting of mine - and I have SEVEN to do.

I have three outlines completed, so I'm really just at the tip of the iceberg here. It should be quite some time before it's finished and ready to post. But, thankfully, I have the weekend off, so I'm hoping to get a good chunk of it done before monday rolls around.

Keep your eyes peeled, kiddos.