Back to My Roots

After an inspiration-lull, I finally decided to hit the ground running again today.  I started off working on a perspective sketch in photoshop.  It was going really well, I was loving what I had.... and then the worst happened.  My computer crashed.  And, of course, when I'm on a roll I get in a horrible habit of not saving...which means I lost it all.  I hate this computer and am anxious to buy myself something that actually works and doesn't give me heat rash.  But that's a whole other story.
So, frustrated with technology, I decide to take my skills a different direction.  Let's go back to sketching.  I loved my drawing course in college, so I figure it's a lazy Sunday to try to hone my sketching skills.  I didn't get too far.  It was a little difficult remembering what to do and actually getting into it.  But once I did, I found it to be really tranquil and therapeutic.   So here's an image of what I've accomplished today:

I'm hoping to finish it and maybe marker render it.  (Sorry the image is small and the line weight is light).  I'm not sure I'm absolutely in love with where I was headed in this sketch....but maybe this is what I needed : a visual to see some ideas on paper and find what I don't like and what needs changed.
It's all a learning experience, and even though I'm out of college I still feel I'm learning everyday.  I'm also in the process of learning what I really want to do with my design life.  But that's still to be revealed to me in future.  I'm, in a way, my own client.  I feel like right now I'm in the programming phase: where do you want to be, what do you really want to be doing, where do your strengths lie.  Needless to say, I'm ready for the next phase, but I know it takes time.
Learn from the past, treasure the present and design your ultimate future.
Amanda