Another picture

Okay I am a nerd officially! I went and checked the code on a friends blog to see how she did it and then checked the help menu. I was making it much harder than it had to be. - do I do that in life too? hmmm something to ponder. Anyway here is a picture that I illustrated in Photoshop. Just playing around but it was quite fun to do. I would like to do more of these types of illustrations on the computer. It is quite relaxing. I enjoy the look of it too. I really must make more time for my artwork but when you do art work for a living, trying to do artwork for the fun of it is quite challenging. I bought a new book on some really fun photoshop techniques and I can see some really neat illustrations that I could do. This world would really be interesting if all the ideas I ever had for an illustration could be manufactored by my hands. But sadly I am not independently wealthy enough yet to have nothing to do but create works of art. So I must pour my creative self into my work. And it is a rare thing indeed to be able to love your work enough that you are actually happy working. But I am. I find myself, taking all of the creativity that seems to ooze from my very being and putting it into other people's needs. And it is fun to see someone so excited about your artwork because of what it can do for them. To see someone's face light up because of a logo - a branding - of their group or organization that will represent them is a great satisfaction. To see someone smile because they liked a tshirt you designed for them to pass out and wear and be proud of is another great satisfaction.