and a progress shot on an ink drawing that would be finished if not for my micron dying on me
also, I've made a painful decision that will undoubtably have an astronomically large impact on my future: I've decided that after winter quarter ends I am going to say goodbye to SCAD, where I've lived and studied for the past 20 odd weeks, and focus on improving my skills on my own back home. Some of the reason has to do with money, but the biggest factor that made me choose to leave was that ever since coming to SCAD I've been aware of a noticeable decline in my motivation and work ethic that both disturbs and irritates me, and I honestly don't know why. I've been lucky enough to have a friendly, respectful roommate, good teachers, plenty of learning resources, and to top it off the food and weather have been (mostly) great. I did feel some anxiety walking around Savannah when I first arrived, but that went away as I got used to the city. Basically, I'm leaving because I'm not working hard enough, not learning what I feel I need to be learning, and, in essence, not getting my money's worth out of this school. This is not SCAD's fault. It's a serious, professional institution that obviously works very hard to provide the best in art education for its students, but it's not for me. So in 9 days I will be heading home and leaving Savannah (hopefully I'll get to come back in the future, because it's a beautiful city). Don't worry, I have not for a second doubted my choice to become an artist, which, when I think about it, is a little strange. My life's about to get a whole lot more interesting.
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