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Illustrating

For my final Feysand animation, I spent a lot of time developing color comps for scenes, like I was establishing the beginnings of an illustration for each one! Click on them to see the full color comp:

Designing

My employer has a new priority to emphasize self-service, so after returning from 3 weeks away in Alaska, I dove straight into designing a customer application form. The form streamlines the process of getting customers onto our self-service platform. I’m designing both the form and the landing page that potential customers will land on to find out more.

Animating

I finished my “I think I like you” animation, featuring Rhysand and Feyre (from ACOTAR by Sarah J Maas)! I also completed a couple of shorter/less-demanding animations (also from Sarah’s series). I don’t know what I’ll do next, but I’m open to suggestion and/or the strike of inspiration!

Crafting

My Pinterest feed brought up a cute bohemian top I’m hoping to create while combining the style of another. This is where I’m willing to work with ChatGPT because I’m so use to following another’s pattern, but I’m willing to wing it, and I need help to do it. I’m providing my measurements to Chat and it’ll help me develop a pattern specifically designed for me, in theory.

Camera Roll

The last half of June I was in Alaska. The first 10 days, we sailed on a cruise along the Inside Passage, and for 5 more days, we explore the land, even spending some time at Denali National Park. I got to utilize a new lens that helps me take pretty good photos of landscapes and subjects in the distance. It was especially helpful when a couple of bears pulled up beside our bus in Denali, but on the opposite side from me, and I needed to get around other excited folks taking pics with their phones. Here are my favorite shots from across my Alaska vacation:

Reading

I am heads down trying to finish Sarah J. Maas’ Throne of Glass series, and I’m almost halfway through the second-to-last book! I know booktok recommends a tandem read between Tower of Dawn and Empire of Storms, but I’m of the opinion the publishing order is the best order (yes, I read Assassin’s Blade as the third book, and not the first). Or, at the very least, I think Sarah’s plan for the order of these books is very intentional and I want to see it out how she envisioned.

Have I made ANY progress on The Let Them Theory? No. It’s still on my “reading” list, but I’m trying so hard to get through TOG so I’m mildly prepared for SJM’s release of ACOTAR book 6, despite that I haven’t touched Crescent City yet…