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Hi everyone!

Sorry that I've been away for a while. Been busy with finishing up commission work. Once that's all done I'd really like to focus on my comic book project a bit more seriously. I want to release it in 2017, but still not sure. I'll most likely be in the drafting stages still, but I'll do my best!! And, WOOOOOOW! Already almost 2017! Are any of you planning to write a New Years resolution list? .... I already make a daily "to do" list, so maybe I'll write a general one for the whole year of 2017 = "New Years Resolution"  ... Maybe I'll tag some of you who are on my watch list (^^)

For now, what I really look forward for 2017 is drawing more and getting my comic out there for everyone to read!

HAPPY HOLIDAYS~  

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Hi there everyone, just an update. I'm still working on art and drawing everyday. Mainly studies, improvement practices, and freelance work. Sorry I haven't posted anything new
lately. I've also been working on my comic book project, when I have the time. I'm thinking for most, or all, of 2017 I'm just going to be mainly doing 3 things; (1) Art study and practice (2) Freelance (3) Pre-Planning comics. My wish was to start posting the comic up starting the new year, but I'm still working on the whole plot line and script. 


Also, went grocery shopping for Thanksgiving with the family today! What's on your menu?

Happy Holidays everyone~ : )


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Hi there gorgeous souls~

How have you all been doing? Did you get to see the awesomely huge full moon?! I went to drive around with my family and was able to gaze at the beautiful occurrence. Positively soul filling~ Looking forward to seeing it again in 2034~2035. Astrologers are still deciding, lol

So~ ❤

I'm writing with updates to my past post regarding alternative education - a.k.a, “self-study”, a.k.a,  "Higher Education".
😊 Later on through the journal I will also express a bit about my comic book project. 

First off, expanding from the update I posted on my Deviant ID on my profile which reads... ['read' if I've updated it.]:
Current happenings:It’s been almost 2 weeks and I’ve been working on my self-study schedule while also getting started. I’ve been doing my best to draw every day for at minimum 5 hours to see what are my strengths and how do I struggle. I’ve also been working on a project to release a weekly comic “

It has now been little over 2 weeks now since I started pre-planning for my self-studies. I was excited and super pumped! But, after laying pen to paper my dream idea came out as jumbled thoughts and unstructured milestones. It got me frustrated, so the next day I revised it, and the next day, and the next, and..... (yea, you get the picture) At first, I scheduled a day plan with start-and-end times. … That didn’t go well. Unexpected things would pop up. For example:

1pm – 3pm Anatomy Study. I ended up having a bad case of diarrhea after eating some expired food… I didn’t know! Llama Emoji-08 (Crying) [V1]  for around 1 hour, the toilet was my friend… GIF Steven Universe - Flush! 

Instead of expected 2 hours, I only did 1 hour. From that first trial and error, the next thing I did was write down a “To Do List” and marked according to priority.  My priority was – which ones were due the soonest. I took on some commission/freelance work, so I really had to do my best to finish those for the appointed dates.
In the process, I noticed that my studies were affected by the commission work. It’s the same situation with going to school and having a part-time job. I had to figure out how to manage my time effectively. So, I gave myself a daily goal of spending at minimum 5 hours of one or more drawing fundamental study and practice. In a nut shell, my next step is figure out how to effectively schedule my fundamental studies and practice.

 

Break down

    1.      Start-to-end schedule > Failed

    2.      To do list schedule > Worked

    3.      Reinforce prioritization mindset > Continue

    4.      Figure out effective fundamental practice > Next Step

 

Also, for others who are interested in self-study. This is just a process through my personal trials and errors. What works for me might not work for you, but I do hope it helps give some sort of insight. And for those who have self-studied before. Let me know what were your challenges, and how did you over come them. I would love to hear about your experiences. Luffy Anime Emoji (Sho Happy) [V3] 

 

Moving on, comic project! Hamtaro Mouse Emoji-03 (Squee) [V1] 

I mention a lot on the other social media plat forms that I’m on -  my passion and career goal is to make comics/ graphic novels for-the-rest-of-my-life… Oh! The sweet ecstasy! (hope you can understand my humor, or at least tolerate it. lol)

I’m proposing to myself a 5 year plan. In the span of 5 years I will challenge myself to create multiple short episodic comics and comic strips from start to finish of every story arch before I create a full serialized graphic novel. My dream is to make longer stories that break up into volumes, and I have a bunch I really want to create! But, because my low confidence in my story telling ability I want to give myself 5 years to improve. 

The self-study idea originated from my passion with comics and story telling. I want to be able to communicate as effectively and entertaining as possible. To do so, I need to do. Lol.

Thank you for those who read all the way through this journal. Thank you to all my watchers and friends! I look forward to your continued support. Chitanda Bowing Icon 
Feel free to comment bellow with your thoughts about alternative education, and/or any projects you are up to!

Higher Education PART 1
 
Much appreciated,

Kosmos

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Hi there gorgeous souls~ 

I've had this problem since after High School (HS), and yes, I'm finally admitting to myself it's a "problem", but I'm taking the steps to solve it. So, my problem is, "how do I continue learning?" Specifically in "art" practice and skill gathering focused. I appreciate my public school education, but uhgg... ( =.= )" sometimes I just don't....

I attended community college for a bit, but it wasn't working out... In 2013 I was doing my best to self teach myself, and really saw a lot of improvement after drawing more often. I still had the habit to take looooong breaks between art projects because I just didn't have the stamina, or lack of motivation. During this time I was also tabling at conventions. The following year, 2014 - 2015, my art really suffered from not drawing at all because I went to school without any art relation. I thought if I just put up with it that I could get into a manga art school and the school would teach me everything I need to know. "psh, I'll be fine!" Is what I thought.  That was the most stupidest thing I ever thought about my education. 

From that I learned, 'don't wait around for a school to teach me'. 

If I wanted to know something I need to put the effort to understand it. Also, during the time I was going through a really rough time financially, so I quite and went back home to mommy. That experience in 2014 - 2015 really broke me. 

It took me half a year to recover, and from there I started drawing again. ... And oh man!! When I started sketching I basically lost a lot of my drawing skills from the time I wasn't practicing. From June 2016 - NOW I caught up to where I left off. 

I'm already close to my mid-20's and really need to figure out how to improve efficiently and fast! I would say this year is when I decided to take art as a career a lot more seriously. I'm back in community college taking art classes, but I'm still finding challenges with the school structure and environment. Lately I've been looking at alternative ways towards my education, and have been researching a lot into "self-studying". Assessing my past pros and cons with learning. Self-studying might be the best route for me. 

An issue that I need to fix with myself is to really push myself. Last time I blamed it on low stamina and lack of motivation. This time I need to over come those. The only person I can blame is 'myself'. I say that because all I'm doing this for is for me. This time I'm going to weigh being tough on myself a priority. 

GOALS
After my community college classes end in December 2016 I'm going to try self-studying for a year. From January 2017 - December 2017
What I need to do;
  • create a curriculum
    • 1 year
    • monthly
    • weekly
    • daily
  • reward and punishment system
  • create and schedule homework, mid-terms, and finals
That's all I have so far. 

Let me know if you've ever struggled with education. How did you overcome it?

Higher Education PART 2

Much love, 

Kosmos
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Hi gorgeous souls! Just wanted to let you all know I'm still alive. lol
Just swamped with a bunch of freelance work. I have some personal work, especially comics that just need to get inked. 

Also, it's the end of Inktober. This year, I did it for the first time and lasted till day 12. On the first week I was super pumped and even had each day planned with comic strip topics! I still have them written down, and will still draw and post them after October. ^^ Soon, time for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year.  

Did anyone finish Inktober, or what day did you stop on?

My goal for next year is to do all 30 days! I'll do my best!  

HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 

much love, 

Kosmos
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