An Introduction, Of Sorts

Apparently, It's the start of the academic year. At least that's what the diary I bought told me.  So, lets start this off.

Hi, I'm Ben and I'm a mature fine art student.

Or at least I will be, once September rolls around and I'm enrolled and all that good stuff.  So, I'm starting a blog, using a name I've had kicking around forever.

Before September, however, there is the small matter of TFNation to attend, a convention in Birmingham that I'll be tabling at.  Third year this time.  Odd to think that.  If I'd started a degree then, I'd be done now...

But anyway. Some background.  I've been drawing Transformers for a while now.  It's the only real geeky/nerdy thing I'm into.  But I've been painting for most of my life.  Stopped for a while, after Real Life got in the way.  But now I'm back and ready to try again.  My second attempt at getting the BA Hons Fine Art.  It should be interesting to see how much better I cope this time around, if at all.  I already have worries and fears, as an older person than most of my soon-to-be-peers, and the fact I've been out of academia so long.  We shall see, I guess.  But like I said, in the meantime I have a Transforming Robot Convention to deal with.  So today, and most of the rest of this week, I'll be working on my last print.  No idea if I'm going to do a run on these, or just keep it for myself, but that's a bridge to be crossed at the printers.

Sneaky peak: here's the pencils:

So, If I come back here to blog before the convention, expect it to be mostly robots, and then we'll swing back into the fine art stuff afterwards, and start to ramp up to being an actual student again.  

Til next time.