Do what you have to do. I need to put away the distractions to prepare for the upcoming semester as well.

I've been slacking off quite a bit.

Good luck with college :) I know I had to ignore the internet my last semester, too much to keep up with. Do what you gotta do gurl

Hope your last semester goes smoothly!

Oooo, good luck with everything! Hope it all goes well with both school work and moving!

Good luck Kaylink, I hope it all will work out well for you!

Definitely wish you luck with that thesis film! It'll be challenging, I'm sure, but certainly not something you can't accomplish!
Also hope it goes well with the moving. Lots of things going on in your life, but they aren't exactly bad things, so that's good.

And yeah, drawing so much as a requirement definitely does have its toll on just how much you like doing artwork. I only did a year of it and figured that out pretty quickly.

Wish you the best, and don't worry too much about online stuff. Definitely not as important as real-life engagements.

Wow, sounds like you have a lot going on! I wish you all the luck! And I don't mind the commission being on hold for a bit, so take your time.~
I'm assuming your senior thesis is an animation for a portfolio? I'd love to see the finished project when it's complete! I'm sure it will be awesome. You know, I've missed seeing animation from you. Otherwise, have any specific plans after graduation? And where are you moving to if you don't mind my asking?

Thank you! Unless something goes terribly wrong I'll be uploading my thesis to DA and probably here as well, it's a 4 and a half minute animated short. No idea what I'm going to do after graduating, I want to get an apartment and a dog but that'd about as far as I have planned lol.

Moving to Chicago actually, happy to be going back permanently

Wow, four and a half minutes? That's a lot of work! I wish you luck again, and I can't wait to see it c: What's it about, if you're disclosing any info at this point?
That's awesome!! My dad just moved to a beautiful house in Arlington Heights, it's a lovely place c: But now I'm moving to St Louis for college so I won't be visiting Chicago much aside from the holidays. Where are you moving to? (lol I know that's somewhat personal so I understand if you don't want to go into details.)

Yeah it's a bit ambitious but I think if I really put my nose to the grindstone this semester I'll be able to make ends meet x3 That's the plan anyway haha. It's about a tiger and a dragon, which I'm really looking forward to animate. The dragon steals the tiger's stripes so that makes her easier to draw lol

Aw you're going to St Louis for college, I've been at college there the last 4 years! What school are you going to? St Louis is awesome, definitely make it to the zoo (it's free!) and the City Museum if you have time. My parent's place in Chicago is in Lincoln Park, I'll probably be there for a month or two until I find a job but I'm eager to find my own place around that area, I love being close to the lake.

That story sounds awesome, I can't wait to see more of it!

I'm going to Webster U, just outside of downtown. It was actually my last choice because of the price but I got some really good scholarships, visited campus, met some awesome people and fell in love! So I feel right at home, and am so looking forward to moving in this week.
I heard the museum is awesome, I visited it for a few hours when I was younger but didn't even see half of it. I'm really hoping to enjoy it to the fullest extent, and maybe even visit a con! Never been to the zoo, but Lincoln Park also has a free one. :D
Also, what kind of dog did you want to get? o:

Dude no kidding! Webster is my college! Hey man if you ever want to do anything once you get settled in let me know, I take weekly trips to the grocery store if that's ever something you need either haha. Man that's crazy. What building are you in, West or Maria? My roommate does one of the Freshman Orientation groups, if you get a blonde girl named Alex as your orientation leader you can tell her I say hi :D

I want a big dog! That's about as far as I have planned haha I'm not too picky. I'd love one of the low-energy big dogs like a Dane or St Bernard but a Shepherd, Pitbull, Rottie, anything like that would work for me. I window-shop the shelters weekly and I'm sure I'll be able to find a nice puppy

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We should totally hang out on campus sometime!! I'm in Maria Hall on the first floor. ANd if I meet Alice I'll be sure to tell her :D l;kafkhkag this is so awesome are you only taking the senior overview this semester or are you in some other classes? And do you have any recommendations/advice for what classes and teachers to take or avoid?
Good luck with the dog :D I wish they allowed pets on campus, then I'd get a dog and a bird which would be awesome. Speaking of residence halls what are your experiences with them? o:

Yaaay :D I lived in Maria hall my sophomore year, it was my favorite of the residence halls (I was in West freshman year, never lived in East). I really liked it there actually, it's an older building so the walls are cement and really quiet. And it's right above Marletto's and right next to Webster Hall, which is always convenient. The laundry room is pretty tiny though so I would say do your laundry either really late at night or during weekdays because it'll be crowded otherwise. Also you'll get your mail delivered at the WVA Clubhouse so don't mail yourself anything huge or you'll be lugging it for a few blocks haha. Other than that you should be good though!

I'm taking three other courses in addition to my overview, a religion course on Judaism, english course on Human-Animal Transformations (werewolf class hell yeah), and Background Painting. Hmm in terms of teachers... Chris Sagovac is the animation advisor and he teaches some of the classes, he's a really cool guy and is super nice (he's easy to spot he's like 8 feet tall). If you take fine art classes (intro to drawing, figure drawing, etc), Loudenback is a good professor to have. Matt Kindt teaches some character design/comic classes, he's an awesome teacher and has some really cool comics he's published. Most of the teachers are pretty good honestly. I can say though that if you do take Figure Drawing sometime, there are two teachers that offer it - you want to get it with Loudenback, the other teacher is a bitch. And there are two 3D animation professors, Roder and Thatcher. Roder is supposed to be decent (haven't had him before but he'll be my Background Painting teacher), personally I really didn't get along with Thatcher, at all, but I know some students have liked him so I guess it varies. That's really been my only negative experience though. My favorite classes so far have been Character Design and Comic Book Creation, they're really fun and you can take them more than once if you'd like :D

Yeah I hate that no pets are allowed, especially since the head of housing has a cat x3 I actually work at an animal shelter that's about 5 minutes outside campus, so if you ever want to tag along and spend the day playing with some of the puppies or such you're definitely welcome to! Or if it's something you're interested in, the volunteer program is really easy to get into, it's a great shelter. It's also right next to an art supply store if you ever need anything for your classes

Awesome, thanks so much for the tips!! And that werewolf class sounds epic omg. Wants to take it some day, and tell me how that and Background Painting goes! Do character design and comic creation subjects rotate? And have you taken any fine art classes aside from those? I want to hopefully do the painting and game design classes. Maybe even double major in painting too!

I was actually looking for an animal shelter/store to work at!! I'd love to go with you. I just moved in. When do you work? I'll be going home labor day weekend, but should have time during the week. We should totally plan to hang out more!

Haha I will keep you posted, I'm looking forward to it a lot! Character design is an 8-week class that is normally in the Fall 2 semester, Comic creation was in spring so you could definitely do both subjects in the same year if you wanted (I'm pretty sure they're offered every spring and fall but don't quote me on that, they might skip years). I've been a little skimpy on the Fine Arts classes to be honest haha, I took Intro to Drawing, Intermediate Drawing, and Figure Drawing. The school is really good about substitutions for classes, so for a lot of the required fine arts courses I was able to swap them with something I was more interested in (like instead of Design Basics, which is a fine arts class, I took Comic Creation instead). I haven't done any painting classes, but I know the studios are very nice and they do exhibitions all the time so I'm sure you could do well there! One of my friends has taken lots of the game design classes and she's enjoyed them.

Oh hey then that's awesome :D Their website is http://www.apamo.org/home.aspx , you can submit a volunteer application online and they'll call you to schedule an orientation (you go there for an hour or so to learn the basics of where everything is), and after that you can come in as often/little as you like. It's a really great shelter, it's no-kill and they have great facilities and lovely animals. I just sort of go whenever I have the time, but if you decide to get involved we can work out a schedule and carpool and such. It isn't a paying job if that's something you need though, I know there's a Petsmart and a doggie daycare place in the same area though if you maybe wanted to give them a shot.

Thank you! That's interesting, was it your advisor who let you switch out? I might try doing the same.

I'd love to work there but unfortunately it's too far to walk D: But I would totally love to visit with you sometime, or maybe take you up on that offer to go to a the art/grocery store~ Is there any time in particular you'd like to hang out? ^^

Yep, just ask him about substituons when you go to register for the next semester. They were really lenient with me, which I definitely appreciated.

Sounds good! I'm free on Tuesdays and Wednesdays after about 1, I can sometimes do Saturdays but that really depends on how much homework I have that week so the other days would be best

Cool! My current advisor is actually some lady in charge of Communications freshman- but I will ask her about it! Do you then they'd allow gen ed subsitutions either? I know creative strategies is considered a gen ed course now.

How about next Wednesday since the whole school has the day off? ^^ WHat would you like to do, and when?

Not sure about the gen eds, but from my experience they are really flexible. My requirements were 3 different gen ed categories - science/math, language arts, and social studies. So I just had to take any classes that fit under those. Like, for the 2 science/math credits I needed, I took an Intro to Biology and a class about dinosaurs, and those filled it. Though I'm not sure if they've changed that since I started. But yeah they're normally easy to fill and if all else fails just talking to your advisor should be more than helpful, I can't say i've ever had a bad experience with an advisor!

That's our campus-wide Volunteering day so I'm actually going to be working at the animal shelter I mentioned earlier, since that's one of the places webster students can go for it. Have you signed up for a place to volunteer yet? Because if you'd like to do that I can carpool you over for the day. Or if you're taking the day off then I could probably have time to stop by the grocery store or Target or such afterwards if you need anything from there.

Yeah they have a new gen eds system for newer students so everything's been completely revamped. You have to get classes in specific categories and stuff.... really complicated, but I'm happy I get to take some art and art history courses that count towards it, and I'm really enjoying Anthropology. I;m interested about the dinosaur class, they come up with such neat things lol!
I looked at the volunteer assignments but unfortunately all of the ones I liked were filled. :c I do need to go back to the store though and lugging groceries for a mile is super annoying so I'd truly appreciate the carpooling thing lol. I'm afraid it won't be very interesting though, did you want to go anywhere else then, or later?

Well we can definitely do that then, I'll need to buy some stuff too so we can be doubley efficient. I'm not sure when I'll get off of volunteering (sometimes it ends at noon, sometimes 5 pm) so I can text you if you want to note me your number? Might be quicker than using FA x3

Hey good luck!!! Take your time!! Im sure everyone cat wait!! Aweshome artist!!