Budget Cuts

Old art share

Some much older traditional art this time, some from 2013 and earlier.

Prince With a Thousand Enemies actually nabbed me a Daily Deviation on Deviantart when that actually meant something.

Frith’s Blessing was a followup

The Black Rabbit of Inlé was modeled after my first rabbit Hoshi and was an ode to the story when the titular prince of rabbits joins his ghostly owsla. Hoshi died of e.cuniculi which is a parasitic infection all rabbits carry until it presents itself as a head tilt and neurological issues. So it’s kind of fitting that the prince went there to save his people from disease. This was painted before he presented any symptoms and he was a king amongst rabbits.

Thing about queer survival. Quotes on the second page are from Watership Down.

atticus: do you have (basic supplies i found on a manga video)?

art store: HISS. KILL YOU WITH $5000 HAMMER. FUCK YOU.

absolute corporation, you feel like you are in a prison and you aren't sure if your behavior will be tolerated enough to be allowed to leave when your time is up

superficial nice but utterly and completely focused on The Old European Masters and if you do not want to create like The Old Masters then they will beat you to death the minute you ask for something else. VARIANT -- same attitude -- but the most commercially modern art phase-of-the-month.

you have no idea what is going on when you walk in and everything you think you need is "oh wow, yeah, okay how about..." and they suggest something you have never heard of, is more expensive than you planned on spending, but once you try it, you realize it is AMAZING and you have no idea how you've gotten this far making whatever without it

then there is the hardware store

the plan is to use this time to build a personal syllabus + check in

i have a large pile of art books that I own, a library card, and the internet

the personal syllabus is going to be structured and straight forward -- this week's session is going to be tasked with "build syllabus + check in structure" -- the general idea being a personally accountable WHAT IS MY GOAL and WHAT RESOURCES OWNED/BORROWED/TO ACQUIRE do I need to accomplish it?

the problem with school s there is a mission -- get you a job, make you famous, teach you Specific Thing They Have Set Up the School For, networking...

...build an alumni donation pipeline...

(Conveniently, I ran my own obituary as I was leaving undergrad + my graduate program went out of business a few years ago)

Why 2-6x a month?

Accounts for every other week (when I am otherwise busy)

Accounts for a few times a week (when I am stuck)

Why a diner?

Separation from a computer, less distraction

Accessibility of phone, in case I need to look up something

Combining the two: I am not anti-technology. I am weary of a self-imposed / very common feeling we all must be connected a lot.

Diners are open 24/7, I can slot in as needed -- day or night, weekday or weekend

Table is large enough to have a notebook laid out to take notes, study progress, etc. The goal is not to make (significantly large) art in the diner, it is Academic Focus Time

...kinda want to invent Diner Academia aesthetic...

Coffee

Potatoes

Sound fun? Like something you need in your life?

I am posting this publicly as a "if this serves, take it and use it, modify to your direct personal needs/wants/resources."

I believe in the power of the internet to come up with new ideas and/or (in this case) cobble together existing ideas (i.e. diner study sessions + art school focus = this)

I will always believe in the power of the internet

and sharing

with strangers

and friends

cheers