More life updates...?

Well, hi. Apology #8594289056285 for the inactivity and congrats if you're still following me somehow.

This semester's been pretty meh to be totally honest, and I have a feeling it's because I put too much on my plate and got a little burnt out after the fall. I'm also realizing that graphic design/things of that nature probably isn't for me, which kind of sucks because it's the majority of my workload for the year. I don't really have the passion or the talent that a lot of the other kids majoring in graphic design or advertising do for that sort of thing and illustration comes a lot more naturally to me (which seems to be a common occurrence with illustrators here anyway) even though I was definitely interested in design initially. I mean, I still am. I'm also glad I get to take design classes and become more well-rounded, but it's just an epiphany that illustration is pretty much my niche and graphic design would be something on the side for me. On the other hand, if I were studying anything other than what I am right now I would feel completely lost and a lot more miserable.

I'm super excited to take more illustration classes (minus online registration hell when the entire system goes down the second the window opens and everyone floods it). I'm definitely taking children's book illustration and I'd really like to take sequential art and photo 1 (which I've been waiting for ages to take) along with a freelance business class and a few required courses just to get those over with.

I also found out recently that I'll be returning to my summer camp as staff again and that I was offered an RA position at my school, which I'm also pretty excited for. To lessen my load next semester I'll probably leave my lower-paying job (working with kids, sadly) and forego applying for other leadership positions on campus to avoid making too many commitments. I don't like this burnt-out feeling while I haven't even been overworked yet and I'd rather not have it continue.


Since I'm slowly getting my life a bit more organized... expect some goodies soon.