under18carbon

After years (has it been that long?) I've decided to can the place I've called home for a better part of my childhood, having started, learnt and influenced a great deal about vectors and illustrating from all the people here.

If you wish to follow my work and occasionally read my silly writing, you may opt to do so by liking this page (yes I've whored out for facebook):
www.facebook.com/Shan-Vellu-17…

As you can see the link is all fucked up without a proper title because it really is THAT new. Impressive, right? No? Okay, I wasn't either.

I also hang around here a fair bit:
www.behance.net/shanvellu

Thank you for all the support over the years and the good times, friends.

Some of you might remember the little 6-poster series I did to illustrate the first verse of Slash's tune Baby Can't Drive back in 2011.

A friend of mine suggested I animate the poster, so in between projects over the combined course of three or four days, it came to life.

Baby Can't Drive in motion.

Two days ago my car was stolen.

Life sometimes really kicks you right in the face multiple times doesn't it? I don't even know how to feel any more about things at this rate. Shit happens, I know. I hope this is as low as it gets this year. All things considered, I am doing okay albeit feeling rather emotionless. But I'll be fine.

So I guess I should say that I got robbed a week ago. Actually, less than a week ago if we're being specific. I lost my phone, and due to carelessness and an incredibly bad set of decisions and circumstances on my end, I lost a rather significant amount of money as well. I do walk away with my life, which I guess is a good thing. Sometimes I do wonder if it would have been worth risking getting hurt in order to save myself. I was really angry and very upset that this happened. But at this point, there's really nothing I can do except not think about it too much and just move on, which will always be easier said than done.

March has been quite literally the worst month of my life thus far, so fuck you March.

Edit - Just letting some of you on here who have my contact details - I just got a phone again, and I've retained my previous number. If you would kindly drop me a text and let me know who you are so I can build my list again, I would appreciate that. Cheers people.

But highly inactive, yes.

I feel like a complete stranger on here. It'll be nice to have a sanctuary of sorts, I suppose.