ellavega

Hi guys! So I figure I should probably just update since this is kind of a new step for me here.

I finally got a job in a cartoon studio! I'll still be posting on tumblr with new work once I get settled into it, but I just kind of figured I would let everybody know.

I had the option of choosing the animation position, but I decided on background painting instead. I guess the reason I chose that was because I'm familiar with painting bg's on Photoshop, I enjoy it, and it pays considerably.

I really want to say thanks for encouraging me every step of the way. Without the motivation to keep drawing I wouldn't have gotten this far. It made a huge difference in my life and you guys are the absolute best and I will try my best to constantly stay in touch and keep replying to the comments. <333

P.S. - As soon as I’m allowed to talk about it, I’ll share details about the TV show I’ll be working on.

-ell

Hello!

I've taken a hiatus since my last journal annnnd I haven't posted a darn thing. Good news is I'm resurrecting my creativity and starting all over again!
Since I've finished animation school, I'm moving on toward actual animation and away from just pure illustrations.

AND! I want to start taking commissions.

I know over the course of my time on deviantart, I've gotten a lot of requests to take commissions. This is actually something that I WILL be putting together in the near future. I've gotten a lot faster at painting and drawing so this is definitely a doable feat.

My brand new blog is located here, and the majority of my work will probably be dumped here from now on. -----> unilunis.tumblr.com/

Since I'm coming back, feel free to message me here or on tumblr.

Hope to hear from you guys soon! Again, I will be taking commissions, so as soon as I have a price listing up and running, I will let you all know. Stay tuned!

~ell

------------------------FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN WONDERING WHERE I'VE BEEN <3 ------------------------

I am a busy woman. I am now a Chiropractic Assistant and an Assistant Manager. And yes. It is exactly as stressful as you would think. I often ask myself what the heck I'm doing.
As far as I'm concerned, this is about as crazy as retail and customer service gets. My position at the clinic where I work is fine, and I really enjoy talking to the patients. I believe in the work that my employer does, he's helped a lot of helpless people, myself included. It's the retail one thats really getting my goat!

I've almost forgotten what its like to be yelled at mercilessly by customers. After all I was away at school for a year and I went several months without work after that. I've been insulted, berrated, humiliated and intimidated by a lot of customers over the few short months I've actually been working at *Insert flaky retail store name HERE* and it just seems like ever since I came back, customers have gotten worse. If thats even possible. I guess the common retail salesman is just nothing but a bucket of scum in the eyes of the general public. No matter how good their intentions.

My sister put it a good way. "Right now, we are living in THE GOLDEN AGE OF ENTITLEMENT." Boy. Truer words have never been spoken.

Long story short, my current occupational situation is a WIP.

So there was this one time where this internet stalker was chasing after my family and I. When that happened, I abandoned all of my accounts and started anew!

Well, this is a bit of a different case. Let's just say I have negative ties to this account and all of my Facebook ones.

Because all of my art and friends are here, I don't know if I could truly take off for good. But for now, I'm gonna put up the old metaphorical "C O N D E M N E D" sign on this account and go into hiding for awhile.

SO if you don't hear from me for awhile or get any responses from me, that's why.

I won't be checking my inbox for messages, so don't bother going to the trouble.

This isn't so much a sad goodbye as a "see you later!" I'll be getting into touch with everybody as soon as I know where I'm going and what I'm doing.

Keep on drawing everybody. <3

~ell

Yes you heard right. This house has become a stress rehab centre! According to my dad anyway. I couldn't be happier.

I graduated from animation school, so now I'm eligible for job opportunities with studio work. Yaaaaaay!

I think I'm just having a hard time deciding what to do right now because I'm so weary and drained from the school year. Do you know that I was SO happy to be home, SO RELAXED being back in my bedroom, I completely forgot about my birthday? You know what, coming home FELT LIKE A BIRTHDAY PARTY.
It was funny, my friend who lives about five minutes away from me was the one who reminded me while we were texting. XD
"You're probably busy tomorrow."
"No. Why?"
"Um, I assumed you were celebrating your birthday?"
LOL. I didn't believe her at first, I just laughed and said "No way it's still April." But NOPE. That's how much I've lost track of time. That's how dead my brain is! And when my birthday DID come, it was just a regular ordinary day. I got a lot of birthday wishes though! I'm grateful for that. Thanks to you guys by the way! I was touched to see just HOW many of you wished me a happy birthday! It brought a tear to my eye actually. <333 ;-;

Anyway I guess part of the reason that I've been so brain-dead is that there was some heavy....HEAVY.... H E A V Y.....drama going on at school. Riiiiight up until the end of the year. And yes it's exactly what you'd think it is. High school.
But I think I owe it to my friends/watchers to explain why I was so dead to this site for so long. And you know what? This is my journal. I'm going to type whatever I dang well want to type in it.

Folks?

I went through Hell. Anguish, torment, misery, fire and brimstone  h e l l .

And...that's why.
That's pretty much all that needs to be said about it.

You know how at the end of the Lord of the Rings trilogy where Sam and Frodo are lying on Mt. Doom, waiting for the lava to kill them? Hungry, tired, malnourished and injured, accepting their fate as they embrace their death, yet, all the while still wishing they were home sweet home in the Shire? That was my sister and I just before graduation. Yep. That is probably the best analogy I could come up with actually.
More seriously though, it was probably one of the worst experiences of my entire life. And I'm glad it's over. Goooooood riddaaaaaannnnce!! <33333

Now! Onto my next case.

I'm going to be working on storyboarding a new film. I don't know what it's going to be yet, but I'm hoping that once I start to feel better, I'll be able to build a teaser trailer for something really great. I have all the tools I need, now I just need to use them! But not before I get some serious, proper, DESPERATELY NEEDED RELAXATION. I still have nightmares and anxiety attacks from the stress I built up from school. I need to dial it back before I can tackle anything big again.

It's good to be home. Home SWEET home!

Here it is! Enjoy (for those who still watch my work!) XD;

vimeo.com/64468371