Some personal notes and a wallpaper

[galathea]

I know I have been MIA these last few weeks and some of you may wonder if they will ever get to read my episode reviews for Two Minutes To Midnight and Swan Song or if they will ever get to see the result of their fanart requests – or any new fanart from me for that matter. Now, here’s the thing: After the S5 finale I really needed a break from the intense focus on Supernatural and so I threw myself into non-fandom related activities for a while. Then, just when I was ready to resume writing/arting about SPN, I was unexectedly offered a new job, and I decided to take it, mainly for financial reasons. As some of you know, I have been working part-time these last couple of years, which obviously left me plenty of time to pursue my fandom activities and spend days on long-winded episode reviews or wallpapers.

My new job, however, is a full-time employment and at the moment I am not only overwhelmed by the amount of new content I have to learn, but also by the immense changes in my personal time management. So, that’s why there has been so little activity at my journal lately. I hope that I will get into a routine at my new job fast enough to at least finish my outstanding reviews and some art during the hiatus, but most importantly I hope that I will be able to keep up my reviews when S6 starts to air. At the moment I am not sure I will manage that though – at least not in that much detail. Only time will tell, I guess.

Just before all hell broke loose in my life, I managed to finish one wallpaper, so I thought I at least post that one as a consolation. :)



Fireworks: So, this is obviously a very simple episodic wallpaper for the wonderful fireworks scene in Dark Side Of The Moon. This is one of those pieces that started out with half a dozen of images to capture the mood of the scene, but then I gradually removed most of them again, because in the end the main image of Sam and Dean hugging set all the mood I needed and everything else was only distracting from it. I hope you all like it. :)


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Comments

[bowtrunckle.livejournal.com]

Congrats on the new job! It's tough starting something new. And I sympathize with the whole "learning new ways to manage personal time".

I hope you continue your meta next season, even if it's on the occasional episode that tickles your fancy.

I love the wallpaper. Sam and Dean hugging makes me feel better after the season finale.

[galathea-snb.livejournal.com]

Thanks! Yeah, I am so used to structure my day around my own needs and have all the time in the world for my interests that I feel a tad restricted at the moment. I just need to find a new balance I guess.

I really want to continue my reviews. I love writing them. I might need to limit myself a bit though, maybe only write about the aspects of an episode that interest me the most. We'll see. :)

Thank you! Sam and Dean hugging makes the world a better place. ♥ I still can't even think about 5.22 without tearing up. /sigh