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Well, I'm Back.

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I felt like I needed to make a new journal considering the fact that the last journal I mad was that whiny post about the hurricane evacuation from all one, almost two years ago.

I know I don't write journals that often, but considering my little "more than a year" hiatus I might as well write something. I was basically spending a lit of time on Amino posting fan art in what little free time I have, but I am now a Junior in college studying animation. I'm not quite at the point where I am working on my senior film, but I am working on a little 30 second animation for class that I have been posting some concept, layout, and design drawings, but at this point I have no more static images to post as I've already begun animating. I will apply to DeviantArt's film community when it's all done in hopes of posing it here, but if that doesn't work it will definitely be going up on my YouTube channel, which can be found right here. --> www.youtube.com/channel/UCeJyU…

I am also hoping to work in my field over the summer, so I'll keep you guys posted on that. I won't be posting any work I do for whoever I end up working for (for hopefully obvious reasons), but I'll be sure to let you guys know where I end up.

So that's basically it. My life's not that eventful to be honest, but it feels good to be back posting stuff here whenever I can.

~Highray
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As someone who was born and raised in Arizona, which is in the middle of the desert, I never though I'd have to evacuate because of storm, but I made the decision to go to college on the Georgia coast. Ladies and gents, I am writing this journal from a bus heading for Atlanta because Hurricane Matthew is heading right for my dormitory. 
You Are My Sunshine My Only Sunshine 

Don't worry. I am safe. I will not be there when that catagory 2 SOB wreaks havoc in my neck of the woods. You guys should expect more drawings as I will not have anything better to do. 
grumpy worker - now a PLZ 

UPDATE: I have finally arrived...12 hours later. A trip that we were told would between 6 and 10 hours lasts 12 hours. We left at 2pm and it is now 2am. This is BS. I shouldn't complain though. My school offered me the chance to evacuate with them because I have no other means of escape. Some people just have to bunker down and hope for the best, and this hurricane has already taken lives and homes. I'm very great full for these events, as unfavorable as they may be and am trying to show support for those who were hit harder. However, the only thing on my mind right now is sleep.
:drained: 

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All About Stuff

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Sup guys! Sorry I've been so quiet, I've just been either busy or having some severe computer problems. My laptop is currently in the shop getting it's hard drive backed up and then the computer is to be erased because of software issues. I was supposed to get it back Saturday night or yesterday morning, but it's apparently still not ready. It sucks, but my phone will work for now.

Why I really wanted to write this journal is actually not to tell you guys about my computer issues, but to tell you guys that I got a Twitter! Well, in reality I already had and just didn't use it, but I spruced it up and it's ready for use! Feel free to follow me at @Highray96 if you so please.

Also, I'm very happy to say that I have reached 100 watchers here on deviantart! That you guys so much! It really means a lot to me! Expect a celebration drawing as soon as I can. You guys earned it!

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You guys may have notices the huge spike in art I've submitted recently because I've finally learned how to manage my time properly (not really) and then suddenly the daily uploads stopped. It actually doesn't really have much to do with school or anything. I had an incident where I sliced my finger while cutting an art board for my design class. Don't worry, nothing was severed. Just pain, panic, and a lot of blood. Now it hurts to touch the wounded fingertip and my good arm is sore from a tetanus shot, so I'm not exactly motivated enough to hold a pencil unless I have to. Hopefully it will heal so and I will be back to drawing regularly. Also, I return home next Friday and will probably be uploading like crazy during that time. Thank you all for your patience and thanks for supporting me thus far!

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Well, I head of to school in a few weeks, which is awesome because I'll be learning skills that will make me a better artist, but I might not have the time to draw everything I have planned, which includes the following:

-Finishing my animation cycles
-Two more animations
-One animation cucle featuring my mascot
-A series of comic explaining the background of some of my characters
-A few short humorous comics
-Biography sheets for all of my main characters



This doesn't mean that I will never get these done, but if you think I'm slow to upload things now then you're going to be really disappointed. I still have the rest of August and I will try to get as much done in that time as I can, but I can't promise anything at this point. So, if you have anything you want to commission, you might want to speak up so that I could get it done before classes start.

Luckily, I'm not at boring college studying boring things. I'm going to a great art school and studying my one true passion: animation.

Well, that's about it. Other that me staying up until ten in the morning working on animations and then not waking up until five thirty or so, nothing's really new.

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