Iron Man

It's been about two weeks since my braces have been put on - I'm trying really hard to not feel like I'm thirteen. I guess the upside is even if I'd had these at thirteen... I'd probably still have them now (bad teeth genes it looks like).

There was a lot of pain initially, especially across my front teeth. This forced me to adapt naturally. Now I chew only on the left side of the mouth...at the back....with my three molars :|

On the other side, we were spared Omar's worst this week as the storm did what amounted to an about turn and passed east of Virgin Gorda. I had taken down my satellite dish just in case, and promptly at 7:30 or so the following morning, climbed back on top of the roof and put it back up.

The consequences of Omar weren't all bad though, I've got a six-day weekend to get some work done on the BusinessBVI magazine, grade some papers and even squeeze some art in!

Cut Me Deep

Boom! I'm off to Miami and they're gonna cut me deep. Hopefully getting a new tat this weekend, then I've got dental surgery on Tuesday. Pretty freaked about the dental stuff -

Peace everybody!

What I've been up to!

Been a busy couple weeks - furiously grading exam papers and end of semester projects this week. But on the other side, the Water is Life calendar will be available soon showcasing both my design and photography. In the mean time, check out a couple sketches I did last night.

I just joined Technorati!

Hey folks and lurkers alike!
I just joined Technorati and I'd like to exchange favourites with any fellow blogging folk that happen to be surfing by. Come for the fave, stay for the art!

There are link exchanges for blogs on several sites, but the one that I saw was on Beta Blog for Dummies

I'll be back before the week is out with more art.

Here's how it works. You drop a comment or email with your Technorati fave link after faving my blog and I exchange the favour. Be sure to include your Technorati username.

Nahmtalmbout?

Hope you guys aren't offended by nudity....
Just a couple of my sketches this month in the little time I had for myself. I'm going to warm up for Orisha (my graphic novel) by illustrating a friend's comic script, so I'll be posting my character sketches for that shortly.
Have a great week everybody!

"Sittin' in my Beamer, listenin to Ether" - It's Me Bitches!

At the end of the first full week of lectures, I'm doing okay. I pretty much like all my students, and I'm getting a good vibe from them as far as their state of mind and where I think the semester is going to go. They've got their first piece of writing due next week, and that's where I will really be able to determine what each person's strengths and weaknesses are. But already, this year's batch seems generally more attentive, more invested, and more interested in performing well.

That said, I am completely swamped on the design end. I'm juggling about 6 projects simultaneously. A friend of mine made the comment recently that she's always way busier than she thinks she is, and I think I will have to start subscribing to that as well. The biggest indicator of how busy I've been is that I am way behind on my invoices. So there's a bunch of income for work I've already done...just floating around. I've started getting them together to send out - so hopefully that will take care of itself in short order.

In great news though, I just got my complete penciller/inker set from Blue Line Pro and I'm geeked! I've got all my art boards, ruler kits, blue pencils, brushes...I'm about ready to start working on translating my novella I wrote for my dissertation into a graphic novel. The more time I get, the more I'll update folks on how that process is going.

One last note though, I love my 9-5, but when you can't go anywhere without being called 'Mr. Georges' or 'Teach', it makes your social life that much not harder....but awkward.

Till next time folks.....toodles.

first day of school!

It's that time of year again...
The beginning of the Fall Semester at the 2 year college where I teach. I am slowly surrendering the freedom I enjoyed over my 3 month break and getting back into the teacher mode. This equals of course me saying goodbye to my sandals, shorts, tee-shirts et al during the week in favour of my teacher mode shirt and tie.
I've only been to one class so far, but the energy of the students after about a half hour has me reasonably excited. The attitudes of the new students were more upbeat than I usually expect. So, just like that, what was a semester I had tepid expectations for, has turned into one I look forward to.
I have a lighter schedule too...hopefully that translates into more time to devote to my art and writing
Till later...