Current mood:	Peachy
Current music:	"Jack and Diane" by John Mellencamp

A Slacking Breakthrough
For those of you already know, I am a School teacher. For all of you who don't know, you do now. That means I have the summer off.

Anyway, I think I mentioned in my last post that I've gone back to my old college job for the summer. It's an office job, and like most people who work in an office, I spend most of my day looking busy and playing on the internet.

Well, the other day I had a great idea. I realized that I could upload Photoshop to my work computer and maybe get some work done while I'm supposed to be "getting some work done". It only takes a few minutes to sketch out the basic outlines that I turn into the Elite Eight Strips and/or fan art/other art, etc. The majority of the time I spend on these things comes from the hour or so I spend Photoshopping them. So, if I doodle something, scan it in, and email it to my work, I can Photshop it at my desk and still look like I'm working. It's exciting.

I don't want to give you the wrong impression. I do work. But most of it consists of talking on the phone, consoling irate shift supervisors, staring at someone trying to look concerned when they tell of their brush with a forklift, etc. So, it's really easy to do something else while I work. So, I will Photoshop.

Unfortunately, I can't do Flatwood at work. Mainly because the majority of the time spent on Flatwood is in the endless hand-shading I do on it. On the "Elite Eight", I don't have to go into such detail, and it's in full, vibrant, completely-computerized color.

So, in other words, there should be an unprecendented flow of new art not particularly related to Flatwood. I'll be doing Flatwoods, too, at the usual rate (probably). I just have to do them mainly at home.

Some recent additions to this new output of art are the following:



A picture of my friends for their wedding. They really liked it. They thought it looked like they were caught in the act of making out.



And a picture of one of the best things to ever happen to me (I'm not talking about the sunset but the blonde in the swimsuit). *stares at the picture dreamily for several minutes* What was I saying?



And a new Elite Eight (it's been a while).

So, other than that, no news (good news, huh?).