I'm a firm believer in flip-flopping.  People should change plans when circumstances change.  So that's why I'm fairly certain I need to quit my 30AD project.  I don't have much time and I really think that the limitation of having only 30 minutes to come up with a painting is helping me as much as my other options.  I'm still going to try to spend at least half an hour working on my painting, but I want to work on pieces that are more difficult and interesting than my current projects.  I'm still going to take snapshots in half hour increments, and post those with the final project to "show my work".

Honestly I miss doing my sci fi stuff, but I simply can't design a character, create a composition, and paint it in 30 minutes.  Something had to change, and I decided to bring back the aliens.  Hopefully new and improved.