I'm supposed to have been working on my art/design portfolio all week, nay, all month (since school ended in Feb), but I have to be honest. I haven't really done anything so far. But! I felt bad and whipped up something just before this post. 15 minutes, mechanical pencil, no eraser, and all I could produce was this shoddy piece of work:
Hehehe, guess who! Props if you know.
If you're wondering why it's so... empty, it's because I'm not done. Anyway, give me a break, I haven't drawn seriously for over 3 years. My last piece of work was a quickly whipped-up 'fanart' (ironic, since I'm not even a fan) of Michael Jackson that was desperately needed for the Aug-Oct 2009 issue of HYPE (you can download it here by the way! Lady Gaga's on the cover), which, the more I look at it, I can't stand anymore. It wasn't such a great picture choice, I'm afraid. If you're too lazy to download, you can see the aforementioned pages here, here and here! Yeah, even had to draw the glove - can you believe it!? Sigh, copyrights.
Design-wise, I guess I haven't done much since Advertising, for which I have to thank for most of my work so far, I suppose. I mean, I've always dabbled in Photoshop and web design here and there (I think I had a website when I was younger, just for the fun of it), but I only went to it more seriously during NP. And it's why, now that it's the holidays, I've been slacking off majorly. I really need to plump up my portfolio for work/school. So if you've been following this blog, yeah, first SATs, next portfolio work, THIS IS NOT A HOLIDAY.
Set of posters/postcards for the last Advertising project; forgive the colours - I forgot to switch it to RGB.
Yeah, that was probably the last thing I did. Working on a portfolio isn't easy because you can make so many excuses for yourself, like, my favourite: "Ugh, NO INSPIRATION. I need inspiration to work. You know writer's block? Yeah, I've got artist's block." Total BS (well, okay, not completely), but you know it's an excuse, yet you use it to justify your actions anyway. But in order to get anywhere in life, if you're not already blessed with God-given talent/good looks/money, you need hardwork. And work is what I should do. Got to continue on my very poorly updated online portfolio as well. Wish me luck!
And some advice: don't put off until tomorrow what you can do today, because if you do, you're never going to do it in the end... Take it from me, I KNOW.