Harpy Gee is a gorgeous comic by Brianne Drouhard (www.harpygee.com). 
I think fanart is a great way to stretch artistic muscles and see where I need to improve, but without feeling too much pressure. Very relaxing way to spend a cold, rainy evening ^_^

A few snaps of where I work from home, complete with stunning view. For anyone interested!
The desktop background is taken from Steven Universe (gorgeous show). Also, my desk is set at an angle, which I like for drawing (as I personally dislike drawing on a flat surface), but means I have had to tape my 2nd monitor to the desk (with a small block underneath to level it). It works surprisingly well! Though I do have to check it every so often to make sure it remains sturdy.
What you can't see is the old bedsheet acting as a curtain - it gets put into action only when the light is too bright for me to comfortably work at my desk. The window, and room itself, is arched, which we really need to get a proper curtain rail for...

So my last day at Ko Lik was just over a week ago (23/01 to be precise). The current production was wrapping up, but hopefully this won't be the last chance to work with them! It was such a great experience to be working there with a bunch of great people. I learned a lot about working on a real animated production, improved my storyboarding (draw faster! Draw clearer!) and even learned a totally new skill in compositing. Going to have to wait a bit before I can show off any of my work at Ko Lik though.

Last week I used as a wind-down - tidying up the flat, getting some things in order that I've felt I haven't had the chance to while I was working (looking back at my previous post, I sure did whine a bit about lack of time!). Now is the time to update and polish the CV, look around for some new opportunities and work on some personal art. I'm excited to get to work on something I've neglected - digital painting! Cracking out the old issues of ImagineFX and going to just go for it. Also finding that listening to art and animation related podcasts and videos is really motivating and inspiring right now - right this moment I'm going through Stephen Silver's Youtube videos.

Cheers for now ^_^