• screenwriting 101
• color and light by james gurney
• cosmos by carl sagan
• framed ink: drawing and composition for visual storytellers by marcos mateu-mestre

• to practice any art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow. so do it. —kurt vonnegut, a man without a country
• being an artist means forever healing your own wounds and at the same time endlessly exposing them. —annette messager
• be there for others, but never leave yourself behind —dodinsky, in the garden of thoughts

• have fav outfits? draw them!
• draw from observation daily

• 09/02/2016 4:16 PM / "i've been in gr8 spirits bc of u" ; i am learning to cherish those i love better
• 09/02/2016 10:05 AM / i know it was a a joke but there was such a lovely charming girl in class who i helped set up a photo for her presentation - she said i was her saving grace and it made me smile
• 08/02/2016 2:41 AM / beautiful stranger who's entirety made me giddy (we looked at each other and smiled, this shared nod of each other's existences made me happy i've never been so interested in a stranger before - his body language in the way he read his small novel, it was so focused, so endearing)
• 08/01/2016 5:41 PM / julie said "the only thing that's making me happy in Ottawa is you probably"
• 07/01/2016 8:23 AM / teacher said she's always liked my art style
• 14/12/2015 2:28 PM / my teacher said my photos have a film quality to them

• In art, it’s not always the most skilled who get the job, make the best stories, summon the most laughs, jerk the most tears- the most passionate people do!
• Think and see. Stop focusing on the drawing aspect and start seeing drawing as a science. Observe you're surroundings throughout the day and try to understand why certain things look the way they do. When you come back to drawing, you're going to know what looks right, and why. Drawing is 70% correct observation and 30% correct drawing. Life drawing is extremely important because it forces you to observe.
• Studying from life is the best way to learn to draw organic nature-y shapes. A lot of the plants I’ve been posting recently have been observational drawings. Drawing nature (and making any type of art really) is a lot like learning a language. It takes a long time and a lot of practic...

• art books
• gundam model / gunpla
• earthbound stuff (^:

• begin learning blender/3D software
• finish sketches from the previous year and explore colour! (digital)
• commit to sketchbook work (daily)
• comics! comics! comics! zines!

currently

• house of cards s01e07
• cosmos s01e01
• the wire

plan-to-watch

• mr. robot
• vikings
• true detective
• daredevil
• the sopranos
• narcos

completed

• community
• kieslowski's the Decalogue
• modern family s1-s5
• parks & rec
• fargo s1
• the office
• jessica jones s1