Forgiveness for huge lack of updates or submissions recently, I hope this will explain stuff!

Basically, I'm not really enjoying my course at university for a multitude of reasons and as such I have had zero creative juices for the last 4 months.
I love to create art but as you fellow deviants will all know, you need to be happy and comfortable to feel creative - its like Maslow's hierarchy of needs I suppose.

The ironic thing is that I'm going into this degree to be an illustrator, and doing the degree is destroying every creative impulse in my body - I don't blame the course, but I think it's better to go into it with a bit of financial security and work experience, not straight out of sixth form when I feel so insecure about it. This is a disaster waiting to happen too I'm young to make huge life choices and wont continue like this unless I feel 100% sure of myself.

We've split for Christmas so I am having a long hard think about things and will probably be taking a gap year, in which I can steady myself, earn some money, get some decent work experience. I think its better for me in the long run. I've spoken to many tutors and ex-teachers about it and they seem to all think I'm doing the right thing.

So basically, I'm having Christmas at home with friends and family, then in Jan handing in my final module essays and sorting out the paperwork for my gap year and getting a job to support me for the next few months. Hopefully should be feeling better when all that is out of the way.

Merry Christmas!