The path is narrowing...possibly

Sorry I haven't posted anything for a while! I've been battling a cold for the past week and I've also been moving. It's been good, but stressful and tiring, that's for sure. I hope all of you had a good Thanksgiving, and for fellow students, a nice break from classes.
Sadly, I do not have any new paintings or projects to post on here today. I've been stressed out about getting things done before finals hit, but haven't made much headway. I'm planning on having at least a couple new paintings up within the next week or so. I have a painting that's almost complete so that should be up soon.

Today, I visited a graphic design studio here in town (Wichita) and was given the grad tour of the place. I liked the size of the studio. Their office is literally inside a house and the three designers work out of there. One does websites and design, another does the illustration, and the third works mostly with production. I found it to be a comfortable space to work in and could see myself doing something like that in the future. I've had trouble lately, figuring out what I wanted to do in the field of graphic design. There's so much out there in this area of study!
I've always leaned more towards the illustrative aspect of design (or at least aspired to it). I'm good at layout and design, but I'd much rather draw or paint something than sit and move blocks of text around. Since I started studying graphic design, I've gained a much greater appreciation towards layout and text. I now look at everything from a designer's point of view. I see and recognize fonts on random buildings, billboards, commercials, and other marketing tools. It really freaks some people out.
Yeah, but anyways, I think I'd much rather work for a smaller studio than a large corporation, though I will not exclude it in my hunt for a job. I feel that smaller is more personal, and I like that about it, but unfortunately, my taste in everything seems to be either expensive or hard to get. But hey, at least I'd get to do something I love, right?

t-shirt design

Sorry I haven't been able to post anything for a while. I've been busy with classes and moving so I haven't had much time to paint this last week. However, I can upload something I've been working on for my graphic design. It's a t-shirt design for the song I'm doing an album cover for. So yeah, wasn't actually asked to do this, but I had time and came up with this. I also have the design on other possible colors. Hope you guys like it and feel free to tell me what you all think!

oh and the site wont let me upload pdf files so the quality isn't that great.

A Brief Description

So here's one of the paintings I posted about earlier. I've been doing this series of abstract hot air balloons since earlier this summer. I've had a few that focus more on the balloons, but recently I decided to show more detailed landscapes with a limited color palette (or no color) and have these faint little spots of colors that represent the balloons. I like to think of them as a glimpse of hope, constantly reminding what's around them that not all is lost. Being a vision of inspiration and guidance for the onlookers.

With that said, I think I'll continue this theme for a while and I hope you guys enjoy the paintings that follow.

On a Roll

I'm starting to get a lot of things set up now. The blog isn't as bare anymore! yay! I added a new page for sketches and it has a few pictures on it already!

http://thequietcanary.blogspot.com/p/sketches.html

First Painting

Hey guys! I uploaded my first painting onto the blog. Hooray!! You can go to my paintings page to find out more about my paintings or just follow the link below.

http://thequietcanary.blogspot.com/p/paintings.html

I call it "The Bleak Welcome"

Paintings!!

So this weekend has been great for painting. I actually had time! Recently, my works have been in watercolor and ink. It's very different than the stuff I used to do and I'm still trying to figure out methods and such (I would kindly take any advice you have on ink or watercolor).

So anyways, my latest paintings are landscapes that feature these abstract little hot air balloons in the distance. That's kind of the theme I've been running on lately. I will post pictures later this week of what I've done this weekend.

Greetings!

Well, as my very first blog post I suppose I will talk about how I got here (to writing a blog that is!). I've been thinking about starting one for a while to use for my artwork and to start networking more. I tried doing this a while back ago and for a short time I had a tumblr account, but I failed at that. Usually, I was overwhelmed by all the other cool blogs that I just looked at those and never did anything with mine. I was also too shy to actually dump my thoughts online for everyone to see.

Or I didn't know what to talk about.

Probably both.

So here we go! Another attempt at blogging. If I don't update anything, please start bugging me about it until I do (seriously). I feel like this time around will be good and I'm looking forward to showing everyone what I've been working on lately!