I hit a speed bump in my workflow a couple weeks ago. Spilled coffee on my laptop. Repairing it cost me $800. But anyway, it's back and it's working just fine, all the data still intact so I'll pick up where I left off.
How many fingers is he holding up? @_@
But yeah there was that. There was a speeding ticket on the Bay Bridge x__x. There was a printer who messed up in printing two of my portfolio projects. Just a bunch of crap to deal with, really.
The break gave me some time to chill though and I had been so work-focused I hadn't been going out and having fun and relaxing. Got to catch up on my reading and all that.
Was able to get my old MacbookPro from '07 to work again by replacing the battery and getting a new adapter. Keyboard is busted though, so I had to use it all ghetto with an external keyboard haha... Might get it repaired when I have another $200 or so to shell out.
In the meantime, other than that I managed to finish the base croquis for 2 new collections I'm working on. I'm taking a different approach with the drawings for this and just drawing all the designs using one pose. It's a long way from completion though. Just started gathering visual inspiration too. Will blog about it once it's further along in development.
Anyway, I'm only just now starting to switch gears back to finishing up the t-shirt collection. here's a snapshot of where I left off.
I'm probably not going to stick with that gradient fill for the lipstick. Just wanted to block it in so I could see the shape.
The final version will be in full color and there will be at least one color variation. Right now I just use grayscale as I work on it so I can see everything more clearly and it's easier on the eyes when I'm staring at the screen for hours.
So yeah it's just a matter of time before that little t-shirt collection is done. In the back of my head I'm still kinda mulling over whether or not I still want to do the print-on-demand style of selling or if I wanna just get them mass-produced now and try to sell them that way. I'll make a final decision once the time comes though. Been reading a lot too, right now I'm alternating between The 48 Laws of Power and American Psycho (which I swapped with a friend for my copy of The Tao of Wu). I'm more of a non-fiction guy but Psycho is pretty interesting so far when you read it not as a 'slasher' story but try to look at it more from a psychological perspective and commentary on consumerism, conformity, and affluence.
'Till next time.