Well I made it over halfway through the month without missing a single daily sketch or resorting to posting something old. Some days it was really hard to make myself do it, but I am very proud of myself so far. I couldn't have make it this far without my partner in crime Rachel who helped me get something out on those days where I really didn't want to. Between paintchatting and our RP I have seen a lot of growth from us both and it has also brought us back together. We have know each other for several years now, around ten and I am very happy to see our friendship rekindled. It's not the same as being 14 and goofing off in Algebra together, but I think we still have a closeness even though there are a few states between us now.
Even with this happiness, I do have a lot of sorrow to work my way through. I lost two loved ones recently, and a very close friend might be loosing one of hers as well. My sister Krystal is in the hospital once more, and it isn't looking good. Her pulmonary function tests showed she is back to 18% lung function like she was before her transplant. Her kidneys have also been giving her some trouble but that was resolved. She is perky even with the bad news though, so I am trying to share her cheer. We have been ready for this bad news for some time now, and I don't want to be miserable for however long she has left. It could be a few weeks, a few months, maybe a year or two but it isn't going to be long. The family has already discussed various things like the life insurance situation and how best to handle it until we know for certain how she is doing.
I keep reminding myself of the good. We could have lost her on the operating table, there was only a 85% match with the lungs and it was a high risk operation because her lungs had nocardia bacteria in them. She survived it and with only one real side effect. We recently celebrated her 2 year anniversary of the transplant back in August, and we were thankful she had made it that far. I am very happy to have had this time with my family even though I left behind college and harmed my friendship by leaving on a lease. When she gets home from the hospital this time I'm going to spoil her rotten and do the things we used to do as kids together. I want to have some happy memories and who knows, maybe this is all a big scare. Maybe the 18% will hold her over for a few years. I can only hope and enjoy the time that I do have with her.
My name is Tamera Gardner, and welcome to my little online collection of art. I hope you like what you see, and stop by regularly to check up on me. I have a few galleries at places such as Epilogue, Elfwood, ArtWanted, and Deviant. I myself am 24 and a student majoring in history. I am self-taught. My art is generally fantasy or urban semi-realistic and my own personal style. Feel free to message me for requests and leave any helpful and constructive comments.
I am open to commissions, my prices are decent just send me a message with your request and I will give you an estimate.
Hey, would you like to help out in an SA game I started almost 2 years ago, BEFORE all the SheezyArena drama? I can put you or one of your characters in it if you wish. Or maybe you can help with seamless backgrounds or something?
Unlike the other Sheezyart games that were hyped about here, I actually have a playable demo of the engine you can try out.
See this journal for the link.
http://www.sheezyart.com/journal/view/591776/
Pretty much everything. What you see in the engine demo is what I've managed to do by myself. It took me hours to sprite that small backdrop.
I could use some help on seamless backgrounds, sprites (ground or character ones, you can even try to "beef up" the tiger girl already on there if you want,) music, Concept art, logos, and artwork and buttons for the main menu.
You don't have to do all. Just choose what you want. You don't even have to do this if you don't want to.
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