Sooooooo.

One month no updates, eh? Yah, I know. Sorry. Been tough days.

So, after much struggling and piles and piles of more homework, it turns out the government didn't approve enough budget for our college. We are currently in a deficit of approx. 30 million bucks (which, in our coin terms, is a lot of money) and riots and blockades started. Marches were made, and ensured a budget addition of 100 million dollars, but that's all the pricks are going to give us for next year. That means, we will be in the next situation next year.

Yay.

Also, due to torrential rains, everything here flooded and lost almost all of my paintings >.< They got soaking wet and smeared.

Yay.

In more cheerful news, I recently went to this art event called ArtBo, a gathering of art galleries here in Bogotá. There were great artists, but, regrettably, modern art is very often overestimated. What's the artistic content of a bunch of dried up concrete and a shovel sticking out of it? Why would anyone sell it for 1500 dollars? What is the goal of making a series of technically amazing pencil portraits when they have nothing to say? What does 3 pink round papers (CHEAP paper) glued on a wall mean? I've always said that good art strikes a perfect balance between concept and technique, (or like mom says, form and content), and there were some serious sores in that gallery. Either great technique and zero concept, or viceversa.

Oh well. Guess that makes things easier for me now, eh?

As you may have realized already, it's raining cats and dogs here. Is non-stop. Rains all day long, and it rains hard. All our leaks have been averted, but our college library (harboring over 20 thousand volumes) which had recently been rebuilt (at a staggering cost) flooded. So there. We have cash to waste in a remodeling that doesn't even work, but apparently we don't have money for the students. Boo hoo. Well, at least we are STILL, and DESPITE EVERYTHING, the best college in this motherfucking country.

Leaving some things for next journal, stay tuned.

Well, remember last journal when i said I had a heavy schedule and i was eager to face all the challenges?

I'm torso-ing my challenges as well. The ludicrous amount of homework, while being (slowly) chewed up little by little is something mind-numbingly humongous for what I had predicted for first week.

-320 pages (The Art Dehumanization)
-178 pages (The Origin of the Form)
-194 pages (Modern meets Classic)
-3 cromatic schematics (red-white, yellow-white, red-black, red-white)
-1 achromatic schematics (black-white)
-An essay (with full description of the work analyzed) on any of the thesis of last semester students.
-3 regular solids made in clay
-10 rough sketches, free subject
-5 photographies, free subject, serialized.

All that for this week, from previous week. I've read most books, but I still need to work in the rest of the list.

I'm loving it.

Ok. Haven't started classes. We are in a so called "induction week", which for me has been epic fail because, since I already made part of a career in the same college, all they say on the conferences and chats is nothing new for me. So, the only fun I could draw was with a kite building activity, which was fail again because there was no wind whatsoever -.-

In any case, I'm eager to start. I have a heavy schedule, but I'm ready to face anything that comes across.

There is a parents meeting on Saturday, and mom wants nothing to do with it. She studied, worked and retired from the colege Im studying in, and Fine Arts still keeps the same teaching staff than 10 years ago, so mom knows every last one of them personally. I can already feel the awkwardness in the air when mom doesn't sit as a teacher on that auditorium, but as a parent instead

Other than that, things are great. I comissioned $y2jenn for three pieces which are linked here on my journal. No thumbs, they deserve the whole visit:

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Thar

No more news this end. Be well!

Very well. My last day of vacations. You people can't even begin to fathom just how giddy I am to finally start my Fine Arts career. I will be able to do what I've always really wanted, and actually get better at it!

Both my family and friends have been very supportive, so I am very glad things are working out in that field too. So, in some sort of celebration, I'm posting three renders I made on Cinema 4D

Also, expect more frequent updates in the coming months. So far I've been a total lazy bum, but that's because I was in this limbo stage. Now that I start my artistic career in full, I will post everything I got, even if it's just doodles. Make sure you check the Scraps, because most likely, that will be the most frequently updated gallery.

Also, I've been having some trouble with the photographs. The SD memory got corrupted, but I am using a program to repair the images. Not all got saved, but I managed to save those I cared about the most, so, in a span of 15 days or so, expect to see them posted here.

Ok, you people take care now!

P.S: IT IS YOUR DUTY TO GO SEE WALZ WITH BASHIR. NOW.

Very well. I just noticed that being an artist is my call. I've been roaming around the city taking snapshots of whatever I find interesting, and I've piled up some serious amount of pictures. They need some color correction and filtering process (not all of them are good) and I'll upload them here. Yay for cheapo cameras!

In any case, to whoever is reading this, I would love if you gave $y2jenn your support. She is a fantastic artist (as you can see by the colored versions of many of her drawings in my gallery) and she's going through a rough patch. She is offering bust sketches of your choice at 3 bucks, which is the best deal you'll ever do, even if the Devil signs you off for free. They are not expensive and they are top rate art. If you don't have the moneys, a word of encouragement would be appreciated both by me and her.

That would be all for now. See yas!


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Whew. Finally, all paperwork is done. I'm officially in Fine Arts.

So now I have to wait three months to start class -.-

But nevermind. I prefer to wait out on something with the knowledge that it will come than hanging out on a limbo where my future is uncertain

Soo. I got back in the World Of Warcraft time sink after a year and a half of being clean. I find the game world has changed radically. But I don't mind. Now I have time to waste, and it's nice to see the game like it were the first time.

So, to any of you with WoW accounts, send me your char's name and realm, and maybe we can meet there! Also, if you happen to have a Steam account, add me to friends. I'm spectre1111. I've got pretty much every popular game on Steam (except Killing Floor) so feel free to play with me if you want.

Btw, just saw Terminator: Salvation. It was win in a bucket. I don't understand all the haters. It's obvious it isn't as good as the first two, but come on, those movies were concept breakers. Now, the most you can expect is a decent plot with decent twists and marvelous effects, which is exactly what T:S has. So go see it for a cool display of VFX and a loveable character. You are bound to like at least one of them, I guarantee you that.

Ok, I'm off. See you around