Glimpses into Fantasies

My apologies for going on a rant about my love life previously.
This week has been eventful; I went to three dances last weekend, and let me tell you, it kind of messed up my biological clock--but I did get some benefits out of it. And on that note, I was also set apart as the Family History Consultant for my apartment this week! I should've figured that would happen to me sooner or later...
So, how's my day? Eventful, that's for sure; I woke up this morning with only half an hour before my first class and, after the necessary preparations, managed to arrive on time with about five or so minutes to spare (better than yesterday; I had only fifteen minutes before first period when I woke up. It was a good idea to shower the night before), but after that, things went swimmingly for the next few hours. My psychology class was odd; to learn about operant conditioning, we had to train a baby chick to peck at a red dot. I've got to say, the little birds were cute, but that's the last time I work with chickens.
This evening I attended a seminar--type thingy for a Disney College Program. I'm really leaning towards that, but I'm going to talk to this guy here at BYU-I to get a good idea of whether or not it would be a good idea for me to apply. If I do, I won't be able to apply for an animation class/program (for another year, anyway), but I might as well shoot for a character performance gig (total anonymity. That would be awesome).
So, enough blabbing on about my life, I bet you wanted to see some new art, huh? I'm going to be straightforward; I've been running a little dry as far as new ideas for sketches are concerned--which sucks, considering I've started new sketchbook. I guess it's a sort of "in the moment" thing, huh?

 This one made my mom proud when she saw it; seriously, she posted it on Facebook, saying "Look what my boy can do!" It kind of makes me feel like a little kid again. I came up with the concept back in the mission and even did a little rough sketch of the idea. Fortunately I managed to save it, and I was able to pick it back up when I got home. What makes this one especially cool is how I got to use markers with varied sizes of pens to fill in certain details; I couldn't have done a lot of this with your typical sharpie pen. I'm trying to get around to coloring this on Photoshop here on campus.
Anyway, I think this would be a cool cover for a new edition of "Alice in Wonderland"; she comes back out of the rabbit hole with all of her weird experiences, and with the key invites the viewer to share the adventure.

 This one I completed back on the mission. If you look closely (and also depending on whether you're a good art history student or not), you can see quite a few references to Salvador Dali, one of my favorite artists. I also threw in a subtle reference to Douglas Adams, if anyone cares.

 This seemed like a real fun idea at the time, following a group of boys as they go hunting for giants, not realizing that what they're looking for is right under their noses--literally. Looking at this, I could've gone into detail way more, especially on the trees, and make the place a real old growth forest.

 This one's had a bit of a mixed history; I originally set out to go with one background, but then I realized that wouldn't have worked out, and so I went in another direction, but the core characters remained the same.
I hope you guys get some sense of irony from this piece. Just go into serious analysis mode, and see what I mean.

 As you can see from the note, this was done as a birthday gift for a good friend that was away in Germany at the time. I got the idea for it after listening to Katy Perry's "Firework" song, and just wanted to put into ink and colored pencil the emotions that were being expressed.

And now, for the first time ever, a sneak peak at one of the pages of my upcoming children's book!

  And that's all your going to get. Have a good week!