Filed under: Illustrations, Web Design and Coding | Tags: do not disturb, wallpaper
Thought I’d create this rusty do not disturb sign in Photoshop today.
Better get back to some real work now.
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Think Tank
Ok this didn’t quite make it to the 41 minute finish. There is still a lot of detail to be added. But the idea is there, sort of. Had a good brainstorm at work today, so it inspired this gross “think tank”. Need to add some floating brains I think. Or just have a nice row of brains in the background even. This will definitely end up something cool when I do it properly.
Filed under: Illustrations, Introspective | Tags: depression, mood, motivation, sadness, ugly
Cry Me A River
So I have been feeling really sorry for myself lately. Because I rarely finish what I start. Bad habit. I decided to give myself a challenge. I would try to see if I can illustrate the mood I am having in 41 minutes (yes random time I know). Well here is the start at least. I don’t really care if it’s badly drawn or not, just that it’s there at all is an achievement. Hopefully I can keep it up. Who knows the practice may do me some good. In fact I think it has already.
This is a visual I created for my boardroom at Hero. It spans 5m by 2.5m. So the horrifying heroic figure on the left is pretty menacing when you are having a rough presentation to a client. I created this using Photoshop CS3 and my trusty Intuous 4.
Filed under: Photography
Haven’t posted a pic in a while. Here is one I took from my office on the foreshore.
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I am so proud of my little budding artist.
She came home from school with this portrait of me.
Spot the features that look most like me.
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So I have been off from work due to illness for some time now. I have seen it as a kind of maternity leave as I have been reborn in many ways (not in the typical religious way). So I am also feeling a little afraid of what awaits me. I feel almost like I am taking a plunge into the unknown, hence the sketch of me falling into the concrete jungle again. Hope I survive the fall.
Well it’s nearly 5 months since my first surgery. What a long and difficult journey I am still on. Now after 3 surgeries I have finally taken off the wound dressings and this mess of a stomach area is what I have to show for it. I hope I never have to go through this kind of thing again, but given that I do have a serious illness I may have to. I am still not better, but I am better than I was. I am paying much closer attention to what I eat – not that it was the cause – taking loads of vitamins and trying not to be stressed over trivial things that I cannot change. Life is too short to be wasting it on pointless arguments or trying to be a superhero at work. Family and my own happiness are my number one priorities these days.
I will carry this grotesque scar around with me always as a reminder that I need to keep those priorities in check. There is no point in being depressed or wishing all this had not happened. It i did and i can’t change it. All i can do is take away the positives that have come from this experience and the lessons I have learned. I need just get on with it now. There are so many things I want to and need to do before I get put in a box. So I am doing just that.
Live every moment like it’s your last. And smile, because believe it or not no matter how lousy life seems it can get worse.
