T.R. McLeod

work in prot for a new cover.  A sketch. I have been doing just a little at a time to keep my head away from anxiety. It has been a challenge. But I think I am managing it. Being away from social media. Has helped a lot. I didn't know how much my anxiety has spiked since this pregnancy started. I'm hoping that a few month after both I'll be back to normal and with a much thicker skin I will be able to be active online again. If not it won't bother me as much..

It's been a while since I have taken time to write with consideration of publishing my thoughts. But in light of everything that is happening in the world I really need an outlet. Although this blog is public but at the same time there is a slim a less chance that anyone will find it or care about my thoughts. So, I guess it's like I'm speaking to myself.   I also want to become a moderately proficient writer.  I usually talk about my art, work and family life (this one with minimal detail). My art usually takes the front stage when I am sharing anything online because it's something that at I hope others will enjoy. Art I am working on Crystal Visions again and taking it at a much slower pace with a re focus on publishing a print version of the entire completed story. That means that I need to sit down and thumbnail/ edit the script so that when the time comes for lettering I can get someone to do it for me. Or if I need to re ink everything then there will be a docume...

Things are going well with me. I am still adjusting to getting things done while being a new mother. I’m still trying to figure out how my mom got things done while having three children and working full time. I’m only working part time with one baby and it seems like there is just  not enough hours in the day. It’s all about trial and error. Work I'm happy to say that I am now in the field that I got my degree in.  I’m learning so much and I am beyond grateful for the opportunity. I honestly felt like giving up and changing careers to something that would be a soul suck. Glad I stuck with it. Now my main goal is to take my engineering in training exam. For that I need to study. So I am going to dedicate an hour each day this summer to studying. I plan on taking it before fall season  TV shows are back. I have to be realistic with myself, I won’t study when my shows are on.  So wish me luck. Art Well I have been taking things s...

Finding time for my art is a challenge. There is very little time in the day after life tasks, chores, and work. Now that I have a baby I have even less time than before. The most difficult things were learning how to make time for myself. Believe me it was hard. I had to strategize the best time to take a shower and brush my teeth while taking care of a newborn baby. The next challenge was figuring out how to manage other parts of my life and manage my other projects. I realized I had to change a few things I had to ask myself if a project/task was worth doing.  I have a lot of interests in many areas. I love learning and experimenting with different art styles and media. Those areas specifically included digital art, watercolor, gouache painting, acrylic painting, animation and the list can go on forever. I was just doing too much and unfortunately, all of them required time. Although I like learning about all these different subjects and topics, none of it was pr...

If you are reading the blog right now you are my dream reader. I hope to share and inspire you to take a look at my art and be inspired to create or continue creating your own. I have so many projects in my head. It’s a great feeling to have a blog as a speaker box to just through all of them onto as see if you or anyone likes them. I want you to see the finished works, work in progress and experiments that go towards my goal of becoming a published creator of art and literature. I greatly appreciate the time you take to pause and appreciate my work. Thank you, Tiffany McLeod

Like most children I have always drawn. All children have to draw something in elementary or primary school at one point or another. However, I stopped around Middle School to Highschool about the time that I started homeschooling. This was mainly due to my father. He did not believe that there was any fundamental need for art. That included all art. I was not allowed to listen to music or watch TV other that PBS and I was not allowed to leave the house. The first comicbook that my mother bought me was from Malibu Comics. She also told me not to let my father find out that I had it. Unfortunately, my father eventually found out a few months later, tore it up in front of me and tossed it into the trash. The man was insane. Also, my homeschool education was kind of shitty compared to others. Halfway through around maybe my second or third year of highschool that he gave up and left me to my own to study and create my own curriculum. I remember the exact moment that happen...

Its been a while since I’ve posed anything here. Got overwhelmed with work school and everything in between. I doubt you want to hear how busy I’ve been. I’ll tell you about how in all of that I was able to take a break. So, I finished school…mostly. I have one class to take and that is in February. February is also my pregnancy due date. I have no idea how I am going to accomplish finishing that class. I’ll think of something.

Well I had originally started a blog because I wanted to practice writing every day. So far I have not kept up with doing so. I’ve had my mind on so many things lately that journal about some things didn’t make sense to do at the time until I figured things out. Art Well I closed my account on DeviantArt. The plan was to make things during the year and then come back later and upload a tone of stuff. However, while I was doing so I realized that I was making a lot of progress with doing rather than following. At the same time I went back to Facebook and found a lot of artists there. I had a thought then that between Facebook, tumblr, and twitter, I’m covered in the whole art networking world. So yeah…. School I finished my capstone and now I only have one more class to take. I have to wait all the way until August to take another class but luckily I am officially done. I’m a master. I don’t plan to go back to school until later years (I’m talking about between 40 to 5...

So this is my first blog post on WordPress. I had tried to do the daily blog at Tumblr but I found myself getting extremely distracted. There is a lot of activity on Tumblr. This is a good thing but man is it loud. I would want to post something and then I get distracted and all of a sudden I forget to update my tumblr with my content. I was also thinking that maybe original content on tumblr in word form isn’t the best way to learn how to write. That site is very visual and I don’t believe that it is okay for writing. I decided to move my domain name here to practice blogging before I get my own site. It was cheap about $13.00 and I don’t mind the ads. Nothing in life is free. Until next time. ***I recently switched back to Blogger due to the fact that I don't have the time or money to maintain a hosted blog.