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lookingland ([personal profile] lookingland) wrote2008-08-10 09:47 am
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transitions ~

thank you all for your well wishes ~ ! i am returned from Costa Rica unkilled by the heat and dusted with something that almost looks like a tan (if you only knew how white i was before!). don't have the vacation pictures yet, so i will hold off on sharing the fabulousness until then.

i went away thinking i would spend a lot of time mulling over projects and getting mentally organized to come back and make a bold assault on all of my creative aspirations. in truth, i spent almost no time whatsoever actually thinking about anything at all. i really needed the break.

i made some decisions before i left that i hope i can stick to. among them, i am deconstructing Reconstruction one final time with one final major change to the artwork and a transition out of the current storyline. it's one thing to transition abruptly out of something ~ it's a bigger trick to kick off what comes next in a way that will hopefully eventually make sense. i have a lot of work ahead of me.



Razi-el dons a scarf for a "hood".

i probably spent more time and energy trying to decide on Razi-el's garb for the transition than anything else. i'm still not sure how i feel about putting him in "real" clothes, but i had been wanting to get away from the robes and wings business for a long long time.

and yeah, it's all just pencil. i'm dropping the ink and the painting. i'm just 1,000 times happier with the art in its "raw" form.

i haven't a prayer of catching up on my lj flist. hope everyone is well and i will just jump in with reponses, etc., when i can.

happy weekend all!

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[identity profile] cathellisen.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 03:12 pm (UTC)(link)
I love that picture.

[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you ~ !

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[identity profile] geckobird.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 03:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Welcome home!! Glad to hear you had such a lovely vacation!

That picture reminds me of winter in Wyoming - I was always putting scarves over my head as a hood. ^_^

While you were off in Costa Rica, I was taking the train back to Iowa! I love that train - time just ceases to exist on it.

[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 08:48 pm (UTC)(link)
home again huh? ooooo, i want to take a train ride!

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[identity profile] rabiagale.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
welcome back!

[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 08:49 pm (UTC)(link)
thank you!

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[identity profile] java-fiend.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 08:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, glad to see you back around, whitey! :-)

I'm glad to hear that you enjoyed yourself down there and were able to take a mental break. Sometimes we just really need to step away and shut it all down for a bit. Glad you're coming back refreshed and rejuvenated!!!

[identity profile] lookingland.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 08:50 pm (UTC)(link)
fortunately i wasn't the whitest one there (i have a niece who glows in the dark~ hahahahahahaha).

it occurred to me that i haven't had a proper vacation since 2000. that's far too long! next time i will make sure the distance between vacations is much much shorter!

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[identity profile] java-fiend.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 11:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh my... warn me if I ever meet your niece to strap on some sunglasses, okay? Thanks. :-)

Yes... you definitely need regular vacations just to preserve your sanity!!! lol...
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[personal profile] sparowe 2008-08-11 10:56 am (UTC)(link)
I think a break is exactly what you needed, so I'm glad you gave yourself one! :)