cirrusarts

Wow. Nearly a whole year. I am pretty ashamed of myself for not submitting anything during all that time! Whatever I happened to my New Years Resolution of submitting at least one piece a month, eh? (Personally, I like to hide behind the fact that I submitted a 14-page comic, so technically I'm covered for 14 months. Right? Right??) Anyhoo, I worked quite hard and quite quickly on this cover submission for BAAU Down Volume 10! The theme of spunky anime girls wielding larger-than-life art tools lives on! This time, the modern wacom tablet/pen combo is replaced by more traditional mediums like colored pencils, erasers, and even crayons. I ho

Pheeeew. So I finally submitted my short story for the BAAU 9 anthology, Heart Locked! As part of my "upload at least one piece of artwork every month" New Year's Resolution, I decided to upload page 3 (cover page) of my short story as a sort of preview here in my DA site. Even though it was such a struggle to get it done on time (damn me and my procrastination!!), I was just telling myself this morning, "Hm, I'd like to make another story~" Maybe I could get way ahead by working on it much earlier in time for BAAU 10! All in all, I'm about 80-90% happy with the final product. I know there are parts where the transitions are unclear, and I

Wow, this was one meeting that was just full of surprises! I'll start by saying that I was THIS close to completely cancelling it after hearing that this person and that person and one other person would not be attending. Let me just say I'm glad I didn't! We ended up having a great turnout of people, along with a wonderful cast of new members! The greatest treat of all had to be ~sukinahito (https://www.deviantart.com/sukinahito)'s attendance! As a professional artist, she shared a lot about where she started and how she got to where she is now, as well as the daily trials and tribulations of drawing for a living. We also had the talented :icontaichichan: join us for the f