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While I was off DA, the bunnies took over!
Yay!
Yay!
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Am I back? I might be... DA seems to change every time I log in these days. I think that might mean I'm getting old, or it might just mean I'm not drawing and painting enough.
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The Life of a Starving Artist
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I have often been told by family and friends that I'm 'contrary' and I can't disagree. I just seem to end up doing things backwards, whether I intend to or not. For example starting a snowboarding season with a knee injury and coming out of it physically in better shape than I started. (Perhaps not mentally, but this was nothing to do with the snowboarding) And I have realised lately that I have been taking precisely the backwards approach to careers, as well.
It would have been far more sensible if I'd gone and got myself a day job as a programmer or web developer or somesuch thing that pays, and kept the art as a hobby, but no, I had to make ART the career and take up web development for fun. Still, having taken things the hard way, as ever, it actually seems to be working, and my interests seem to be complementing each other quite well at the moment.
My current pet project has been going since the summer (I know, I'm dreadful at keeping this journal up to date - I'll try harder!) - Jim & Tonic, or The Adventures of jim the Chaosbunny, a webcomic by Maxine Green - is an online cartoon series, updated five times a week at the moment and based on my own life. There's an archive for anyone who wants to catch up from the beginning, and I am already looking at plans for a book. Check it out at www.chaosbunny.com!
In other news: work is still happening on the graphic novel, though it's on the back-burner at the moment, particularly as I have a bunch of commissions to fulfil first, including my first album cover. (yay!)
What else? I'm back in London, happily single again and attempting to enjoy the British weather. I'm doing quite well at nearly everything except that last one.
Wish me luck!
xx
It would have been far more sensible if I'd gone and got myself a day job as a programmer or web developer or somesuch thing that pays, and kept the art as a hobby, but no, I had to make ART the career and take up web development for fun. Still, having taken things the hard way, as ever, it actually seems to be working, and my interests seem to be complementing each other quite well at the moment.
My current pet project has been going since the summer (I know, I'm dreadful at keeping this journal up to date - I'll try harder!) - Jim & Tonic, or The Adventures of jim the Chaosbunny, a webcomic by Maxine Green - is an online cartoon series, updated five times a week at the moment and based on my own life. There's an archive for anyone who wants to catch up from the beginning, and I am already looking at plans for a book. Check it out at www.chaosbunny.com!
In other news: work is still happening on the graphic novel, though it's on the back-burner at the moment, particularly as I have a bunch of commissions to fulfil first, including my first album cover. (yay!)
What else? I'm back in London, happily single again and attempting to enjoy the British weather. I'm doing quite well at nearly everything except that last one.
Wish me luck!
xx
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Another Year, Another Journal!
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Wow, it's hard to believe that it's over a year since I last updated my DA journal!
It's been an eventful twelve months. I've gone from living in the balmy embrace of the Mediterranean to the grey and rainy streets of London, where I resided for precisely a year and a day, to the gloriously sub-zero temperatures of Canada's winter months, where I'm living in a hotel and alternating between painting and drawing and learning to snowboard. From +40° to -40°C in what feels like no time at all.
In the past year I have:
-been homeless and then homed, and then voluntarily homeless again,
-been jobless, then employed, then jobless again,
-been in love (again),
-become 'un-gaged',
-found places I belonged (and, temporarily, left them behind),
-gained the job title 'queen of IT', but sadly lost it again when the company ran into trouble,
-entirely failed to update my deviantart page, or my website
and in between these I've found time to do a little painting, create a series of little hand drawn books, a couple of which can be found in my gallery, and embark on an exciting new Secret Project. Details will be found here at some point, I promise!
In fact, my un-fiancee challenges and inspires me on a daily basis, and is rather good for my work ethic, so look forward to a great deal of exciting new work in the new future
When I do manage to update it, my website is to be found at www.maxinegreen.co.uk
Love to you all,
M.
x
It's been an eventful twelve months. I've gone from living in the balmy embrace of the Mediterranean to the grey and rainy streets of London, where I resided for precisely a year and a day, to the gloriously sub-zero temperatures of Canada's winter months, where I'm living in a hotel and alternating between painting and drawing and learning to snowboard. From +40° to -40°C in what feels like no time at all.
In the past year I have:
-been homeless and then homed, and then voluntarily homeless again,
-been jobless, then employed, then jobless again,
-been in love (again),
-become 'un-gaged',
-found places I belonged (and, temporarily, left them behind),
-gained the job title 'queen of IT', but sadly lost it again when the company ran into trouble,
-entirely failed to update my deviantart page, or my website
and in between these I've found time to do a little painting, create a series of little hand drawn books, a couple of which can be found in my gallery, and embark on an exciting new Secret Project. Details will be found here at some point, I promise!
In fact, my un-fiancee challenges and inspires me on a daily basis, and is rather good for my work ethic, so look forward to a great deal of exciting new work in the new future
When I do manage to update it, my website is to be found at www.maxinegreen.co.uk
Love to you all,
M.
x
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Another Move
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Yes, that's right folks, I only manage to update my journal once every few months, and it takes something pretty big, these days.
On tuesday i am off to London to seek my fortune, taking a suitcase, my savings, and an optimistic outlook with me, to stay until I have made it as an artist or come up with something else I want to do more, or until I decide I hate it/can't afford it/could have more fun elsewhere. It's a big leap, and I will be on my own for the first time really, in terms of housing and finance. I have always paid or myself, but never without a safety net behind me. About time I proved that I can stand on my own two feet.
Packing is a bit stressful at the moment, as I left things fairly last minute and then managed to invalid myself again, having got stitches from slicing my knee open in a fall, and exacerbating my sprained right hand that i got on boxing day (once again i am glad i type left handed). There are gory pictures of the wound on my knee in my scraps.
Will try to update soon, once I know what I'm up to in London, and will be open for commissions as soon as I am back online.
Love to all,
M.
xxx
On tuesday i am off to London to seek my fortune, taking a suitcase, my savings, and an optimistic outlook with me, to stay until I have made it as an artist or come up with something else I want to do more, or until I decide I hate it/can't afford it/could have more fun elsewhere. It's a big leap, and I will be on my own for the first time really, in terms of housing and finance. I have always paid or myself, but never without a safety net behind me. About time I proved that I can stand on my own two feet.
Packing is a bit stressful at the moment, as I left things fairly last minute and then managed to invalid myself again, having got stitches from slicing my knee open in a fall, and exacerbating my sprained right hand that i got on boxing day (once again i am glad i type left handed). There are gory pictures of the wound on my knee in my scraps.
Will try to update soon, once I know what I'm up to in London, and will be open for commissions as soon as I am back online.
Love to all,
M.
xxx
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