September 16, 2013 (Mon)

Another day of nothing done.  Did work for pay, which was more frustrating than anything else.  In terms of creative work, nada.  I have a blog post ready to go on some new painting progress, but my (painting) blog is broken, so who knows when that will go public.

Unless something happens, I may just abandon this blog again.  It's too depressing to post "did nothing today" over and over.

September 15, 2013 (Sun)

Didn't do much of anything.  Unfortunately, broke my six-day non-drinking streak on Saturday, so felt crappy all day.  Having a bunch of obligations didn't help.

September 14, 2013 (Sat)

Nice day today, weather-wise.  I worked on some computers, including recovering my Windows 8 netbook.   Tried to consolidate the various thumb-drives I have. 

For the main projects, nothing was done yet again.  A bit more reading in PhotoShop, but nothing practical.  This blog is beginning to depress me.

September 13, 2013 (Fri)

I worked from 8:30 AM to 7:00 PM, then went to the gym.  After that, I was pretty exhausted and did nothing else.  Sorry!

September 12, 2013 (Thurs)

Aside from work and working out, I did absolutely nothing else today.  Watched a documentary about Paris and the artistic movements that came from her, but watching television hardly counts as work.

Friday is going to be full of work and driving, so it's doubtful I'll do anything of note then.  The important thing, the difficult thing, is going to be keeping sober. 

September 11, 2013 (Wed)

Yesterday, after signing off, I painted for an hour or so. 

Today, as of now, I haven't really done anything.  I worked from 10AM to 7PM, and after that rested for a bit, then worked out at the gym...despite not wanting to do that latter bit at all.  But I did it!

Maybe, after posting this entry, I'll do more painting.  I already see some things I did which I don't care for, but as for Flash, PhotoShop and animation, well, there's always tomorrow.

See you then.

September 10, 2013 (Tues)

Not much progress in the projects.  Worked at the job, worked out at the gym, read some more of the PhotoShop book.  Around 2:30 I suddenly felt exhausted, and spent a lot of time resting. 

It's a bit after midnight, so I may work on some paintings. 

See you tomorrow!

September 9, 2013 (Mon)

Well, not much accomplished today.  Mowed the lawn, exercised, worked at the job.  For the second day in a row, no alcohol despite watching an episode of "Babylon 5" dealing with Garibaldi's drinking.  For some reason, when I see other people drinking in films and television, it makes me thirsty for some.  But I resisted.

Anyway, so I did no work on any of the projects in the current dock.  Which I guess I should list, shouldn't I?

1 - I want to create a short Flash animation.  I have a soundtrack of around 90 seconds, and I want some skulls to float into a landscape and yell (electronically altered cat voice).  What I've done so far is place the soundtrack on the Flash stage, and I have a cloudscape moving in the background.  In order to complete the animation, I'll need to make progress on project two--

2 - Learn Adobe Flash.  The program mostly resists my attempts to "get good" at it, mostly because information on the animation process is not logical.  The drawing process in Flash is easy to understand, but it's also not very good.  Which brings me to project three -

3 - Learn Adobe PhotoShop.  I've used other, easier graphics programs but this is the industry standard.  Time to get with the program.  I can draw elements in this and import them into Flash.  That requires knowing how to draw the things I want.  I've drawn a factory-type dome for the background, but I'd like to draw it better.

I've read two "Dummies" books on Flash and PhotoShop, and they help somewhat.  I just have to be able to plunge in and tear things around until I understand what's happening.

That's it for today.

September 8, 2013 - Revival

Greetings.  Not a whole lot has changed since last we met; I have a part-time job, so that gives some shape to the week.  It doesn't really help to pay the bills, but it's something.

I'm starting this blog again because I need shape in my creative life.  I do very little when I'm not at work, and there are many things I could and should be doing.  And there are things I shouldn't do, like drink alcohol.  Which I tend to do, alas.

As before, the purpose of this blog is to goad me into achieving something with the day.  Because otherwise things just drift off.

So, I hope to do daily updates noting the progress (or lack of same) on various projects.  More later--either today or tomorrow.