So, I managed to pass my retakes (thank god), and have started my third year at medical school. Our current module is kind of sucky, but I hold out high hopes for the future...

On another note, I know I haven't updated much recently - that was due in equal parts to: exams, stuff happening at home, and lots of work. And, more recently, because I found out about the London Expo and had to redo half of my portfolio in three weeks (whilst still doing seminars and work, which was INSANE). To make up for that neglect, I'm doing a bit of a picture dump now - not all of my new stuff, but quite a bit of it (I hope you like). I have discovered the magic of dip-pens, which have made my inking life a hell of a lot easier (though, tho compensate for that, my scanner is dying, so hey).

Speaking of London Expo, it was awesome. I showed my portfolio to actual professionals who actually knew what they were talking about (utterly, UTTERLY petrifying), and got some really useful feedback - mostly along the lines of "we like your individual pictures, but your sequentials kind of suck" - which is fair enough, because they kind of did. I'm still learning about structure and lettering and the like, and I got a lot of tips on how to do that properly (especially from Tony Lee - thankyou for taking the time out to show me where I was going wrong!). I feel I learned a lot from that trip, and I hope the next year or so is going to produce some significant improvement on my part - though, of course, only time will tell.

How I will balance trying to further my artwork with passing my degree, I do not know. Wish me luck