Wow

Ok, so I just found out that I did a commissioned piece for a Broadway actor. He's an actor with the Utah Shakespearean Festival, and I know him (not well, mind you) through that, but he asked me to do a picture of him as Batman. So I did, but as I was looking at reference pictures of him, all these things kept popping up about the recent production of Pal Joey on Broadway! So, I have just drawn a picture for an actor on Broadway! I feel so honored!

I love having friends who are artists. I have so many talented friends and they all have talents in different areas. Most of my friends are involved in the theatre arts, but I have many friends who are artists in other aspects as well. I just love seeing people create. A group of my friends and I are trying to start our own theatre company. Even though we're just in beginning discussions, we've begun to realize that we have so many complimentary talents. We have a producer, directors, costumers, actors, publicity/marketing people, writers, etc. We pretty much have everything you need to start a theatre company, and on top of that we are very resourceful people. I have faith that we can do anything we set our minds on! It's amazing how God puts people in our lives to help us fulfill a purpose. I know that art can change someone's life, and that's the kind of theatre we want to do. Theatre that makes one think, makes one change. And every day I realize how amazing it is that I have friends who are changing the world one piece of art at a time. My friends are super heroes as far as I'm concerned.

Happily Overwhelmed

Holy cow! Awhile back I started doing pictures of my roommates as Disney princesses. At first I was just going to keep it to the roommie buddies, but then a couple people asked me for pictures and so I thought, why not? However, after posting these pictures, I have had loads of people lining up for me to do their picture! I'm not quite sure how this happened... My mom thinks I should start charging, but I think that would take the fun out of it for me, and I would just feel too much pressure to make it good... So, I continue to say yes because it is fun. However, it is getting a bit overwhelming! It's nice knowing that people are getting enjoyment out of my art though!

I think I get slightly too obsessive when I'm working on a new piece. When I have to stop in the middle of a piece for any reason, getting back to said piece is all I can think about. It's becoming a bit of a problem. For instance, this is the new piece I just finished. It's my rendition of Dagny Taggart's opening scene in Ayn Rand's novel, Atlas Shrugged. It took me approximately 2 days to complete. However, during those two days I had to work, and clean, and do normal people errands: but as soon as I had a second to spare I was in my room bent over my computer working on it. Is this normal?