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June 19, 2012
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Hey, guys! I'm scarce around here as ever, but I thought I'd share some exciting recent developments.

Firstly, as of Friday evening last, I'm living in San Diego. For the first time in my life, I am not living with either of my parents. It's still a trip to realize that. Major live steps, yo. I'm renting an apartment with three other TAD students, and we're all deep in the heart of things here in University Heights. The San Diego pod is going to be up and running soon, headed by Ron Lemen, who, if you don't know, is like the Greek ideal of what an art instructor should be. It'll be an exciting time! Now my other roommates need to hurry up and get here, so I'm not lonely. The San Diego pod hasn't been officially announced yet--heck, I don't think it's even been officially drywalled yet!--so don't tell them I told you about it.

(By the way, if any of you are in San Diego, drop me a note! It'd be great to meet some more of my online art network in person.)

Secondly, I think I'm finally on the cusp of making a full living from illustration. I'm poised to get close to $1500 from freelance commissions next month, which is more than I'm used to! I'm going to keep pushing and hopefully get leads on good clients from my new roommates. I recently finished a series of seven full illustrations that will be covers for some PDF releases, as well as three more Shadow Fey [link] characters, for Open Design (the company that publishes Kobold Quarterly). In addition to that, I've been doing some illustrations for several months now for another client publishing a Christian-themed role playing game. I'm agnostic, but the work is fun and the money is decent! And recently, I got contacted (through this very site, of all places) by Moon Design Publications [link] , and am now doing a quite fun series of illustrations for them as well! Things are looking up, and I'm excited about the future!

I...think that's it! See you guys around.
  • Listening to: Age of Empires
  • Reading: Art orders and feedback emails.
  • Watching: MST3K (Jack Frost)
  • Playing: Hergest Ridge (Pt. 2)
  • Eating: Leftovers.
  • Drinking: Water, Pepsi, Coke, Coffee
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hey there moai! don't know if you remember me but you visited my sketchbook on coceptart.org quite a while ago ... Awesome that you got accepted for TAD! So you're gonna be one of the big shots in the industry soon I guess ... ^^ haha, and listening to the AoE soundtrack! I'm totally with you on that one :D one of the best game soundtracks ever made (btw did you know that you could even put the game CD-Rom into your regular CD-player and play the music? ^^)
all the best from germany! lord_regenschirm
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:iconryanlovelock:
~RyanLovelock Jun 21, 2012  Professional General Artist
congrats man!
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:iconm0ai:
~M0AI Jun 25, 2012  Student General Artist
Thanks, man!
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*BrynnMetheney Jun 20, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
Congrats Cory! :D This is awesome news. You're an inspiration and I'm happy things are picking up for you!
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:iconm0ai:
~M0AI Jun 25, 2012  Student General Artist
Thanks, Brynn! You're an inspiration, too!
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*butterfrog Jun 20, 2012  Hobbyist Digital Artist
I'm glad things are going well for you! Your work is really good and it should be published more :D
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:iconm0ai:
~M0AI Jun 25, 2012  Student General Artist
Thanks!:D
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*Sickbrush Jun 20, 2012  Professional Digital Artist
really happy to read this Cory, i'm glad things are finally picking up. Congrats on the split with the parents, that's a major step and it ain't easy, needs a large amount of bravery. Can't wait to hear [and see] how things turn out in the future!

<3
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:iconm0ai:
~M0AI Jun 25, 2012  Student General Artist
Thanks so much, dude!
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*williampower Jun 19, 2012  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
That's awesome! Congrats on all of that! Those are huge steps to take across the board!

Keep us posted about the Christian RPG? Sounds very interesting!
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