Child's Play

and finally to sum up my month of november i booked a bag of voice work :) first gig which is still ongoing is for a Canadian's kid show called Dino Dan. my job is to describe what's happening in the scene, professionally called video description. call me ignorant but it didn't even occur to me that blind people "watch" tv. any who i absolutely LOVE it! i get to be my animated self and part of something so wonderful.

the next gig was for a bunch of children's audio books! and not to mention a few New York Times Best Sellers all up in the mix :) my absolute fav book was Jazz Age Josephine! i can't wait to get my copy. my only "meh" moment is how little fun i got to have reading the books. for the younger aged books i had to read in s-l-o-w motion! something i am definitely not used to. and i felt like such a robot...put the inflection here, read it again, anunciate the "t", yadayadayada! by the end of it i had no idea how anything i was saying could possibly make any sense. but then again i'm a perfectionist and it was definitely an interesting learning curve. now for the photos...

and that pretty much sums up my busy month of november. i feel like i'm back in my creative groove and am definitely looking forward to january when i'll have more time to create fabulous works of art

ADHD effect

i am back in full ADHD effect! i'm finally taking the necessary steps to get MY studio up and running. yes MY studio :) and it's about time. i'd like to find an affordable studio/office space by the fall that caters to all things work/art related in my life. in the meantime i'll be working on branding and finding a good rep to assist on the promotion front since i haven't been very good at self promotion :S but having said that i plan on getting better and that starts by reclaiming my name. i've branded my name as a photographer however i do more than just photography and would like my name/site to reflect my world :) so....i'm brainstorming studio names to move my photography to and using my name for Maya's real world :) exciting much. it's been a dream of mine for sometime to have a studio...so of course some photo inspirations:

in addition to stepping up my game i'm STILL working on my script and producing/filming shorts. currently a music vid that's 1.5 min with the theme NY HUSTLE. as well as a follow up video for cousin Jeigh. He was in town for Apollo and Rent auditions however the video will document his legend in the making rise at the Apollo. twins:

and here he is in line for nearly 4 hours, cold, and the greatest cousin ever along side filming :)

i'm finally revamping my voice demo. cousin Mathias updated my look now i just need to re-record a few spots and burn some DVD's but it's a comin'

home renos!!! with the weather warming up i'm planning on painting the floors grey, organizing my closet space and finally moving forward with buying big purchases like a couch and other amenities. but oh yeah...my ADHD self didn't update ya'll on the bathroom so here it is:

i need to put some artwork up above the toilet but otherwise it's pretty sweet if i do say so myself. mind you the flash is making it look slightly better than it really is. remember how it was before? trés prison cell:

oh we've come a long way and still further to go. i still haven't installed the kitchen cupboards yet which is super lame. i keep getting distracted with the million other things that have to get done but i'll get there...eventually :)

in living colour!

i know, i'm super sorry this time :)
maya's world is too crazy! i've been running around town trying to finalize this CD to get it off to the animation houses, which i finally did today. my agents were laughing at how ridiculous i am. i go all out baby! i was at the printers for 2 hours trying to get my girl's chocolate complexion right. next on the list is organizing shoots for both saturday and sunday. everything will go smoothly i'm sure. more post following.