So yeah as the journal title says, I wont be having my internet back for the whole summer. It's a really big issue to me and my family and I need it. The reason it's gone is well... because of me. since I haven't found a job things that we're privileged to me are being taken away. Anyway, I am going out today to Ikea, Target and I was thinking about BestBuy but, I'm not to confident in working there. I don't know, somethings wrong with me . It's 11:29am here... I'll have to be going soon because my aunt has to go to an appointment at 2pm. Yes I'm using her internet, shame I know. I need to get moving .

Since I wont be on dA as much, please make it easy for me and do not send a lot of messages. I really don't want to burden my aunt by using her internet. *In fact I was thinking about paying her back in cash for all the times I came here * Just keep that in mind. Emm, while I wont be on the internet as often I still am drawing and painting in the mean time.

June 22, 2009
23:05pm-23:46pm

Hello my name is Aaron; I am 20 years old living in Philadelphia. I am unemployed and lost in my mind. More info to come…

Today was spent working on an old project of =UrBubbleFace’s character Twilight Kin (Tk). I’m pretty sure Tiffe doesn’t know how much I like her character. No I’m not obsessing over anyone’s charater . Anyway earlier I was thinking about something a friend of mine told me on MSN IM. I don’t remember what started the conversation then but I remember him mentioning to me about drawing or painting 50 pictures of high quality. While I was playing around painting Tk on photoshop (Ps) that thought kept playing back in my mind over and over again. I thought to myself “Is it really possible someone like me could make 50 decent pictures?”, “could I make a good challenge like this to kick-start my own unique art and get noticed?”.. While I was thinking and asking myself a whole array of questions, I was painting Tk’s background unconsciously but, still conscience. Three hours later I’m still thinking about the conversation and I just finished the painting. I get up walk over to the refrigerator to get ice, walk back to the sink to grab a plastic cup to drink out of it.. the second I turned around to look at my computer screen I saw what I have done.

I. was. speech-less. Literally my jaw dropped as I looked at my own revamp work of Twilight Kin. You compare the results and tell me you’re not surprised. Sure I knew how to do simple things like making “realistic” water and using light in paintings but, I didn’t think I would do it… ever. I thought about the conversation again for one last time and I said to myself “I’m doing it”. I don’t care how long it takes me to complete this challenge but I’m getting it done! So here it is, the start of The 15 High Quality Picture Challenge begins now! I know I said I was going to do 50 pictures but, think about it.. that's 150 days for 50 pictures meaning 3 days per picture. That's A LOT! Soo I broke it down to 15 pictures to make it still challenging and easy to do.

Honestly I have given some thought about making it a challenge. Now is when I really wanted to do it. I didn’t have the confidence before.. I believe I can do it. So to who ever I had that conversation with, thank you.

Z.Aspen Designs,
Aaron Massas