I met up with ~avsky last week after chatting to him for a while about both digital and traditional art. He introduced me to Exquisite Corpse, and we decided we'd do both a traditional and a digital collaboration together.

Anyway, he was telling me about all these digital art programs he uses, and VERY VERY kindly burned me a few discs with the programs on them. He works just near where I work, so I went and met him to collect the discs.

It was really great to meet him. At least now I can put a face to the name, and seem as we live so close to each other, I'm sure I'll see more of him.

So a massive THANK YOU to Ben!!! I'm havin a ball with the programs! especially ArtRage... I've never painted LITERALLY on a computer before. I'm still waiting to hear back about the Digital Art course, but I'm hoping to hear something before I leave for Holland on the 15th.

I DID enrol in a maths course today though... so if the digital art course falls through, I guess maths will be on the agenda full time for the next 4 years... sounds like a LOAD of fun... haha

Hope you all have AMAZING plans for the holidays, and I'm hoping you're all keeping it real, and preventing it from becoming even more commercialised... thats the worst bit about christmas these days, its no longer 'quality' family time, its presents and presents and... more f%#@ing presents! Since when did christmas start in OCTOBER??? may as well keep our christmas trees up all f%#@ing year apparently! anyway, going off on a tangent there again.

Take care everyone! And hope you all have an AMAZING christmas, and spend it with the people you love!

(Extra love to =ayellowsubmarine whose spending her first christmas with her first adorable daughter! I'm sure you'll make it a memorable one for Pru!)

Also- Gelukig Sinterklaas to all the Dutchies out there!
All together now!-

Sinterklaas kapoontje
Gooi wat in mijn schoentje
Gooi wat in mijn laarsje
Dank U Sinterklaasje

hehe, hope you had a good day yesterday.