AnimeCanuck wrote:
Hi Bryan!
Your little side rant.. (ha! Little my ASS!
) almost made me cry.
The Rich Rock is such a CUTE idea! I want cute, loving little kids like you were!!!!! ^^*
Kids are very very adorable. And it's scary how they seem to know a whole lot about people. Everyone should think about when they were kid. Yes we did stupid things, but we also did some good things, and sometimes it takes a little thought and a little excavation to find them. My propensity to include "return to innocence" themes in my comics will reappear in SoC's 5th episode a bit.
I wrote down the numbers,.. and when I turn 18 I think I might use them for my first ticket, do you (and your mom?) mind? They'd be for Canada's Super 7 (which means I'd have to add a 7th number in there... 7!) If you don't want me to, that's cool. I'll use Biblical numbers! (It worked for some woman in the Maritimes on TV!)
No, I don't mind at all. My mom doesn't know, but I'm sure she wouldn't mind. Go hog wild with those numbers. But if you win big, you have to buy me the Tenchi Muyo perfect collection.
Anyways.. Yeah! So cute! *hugs*
And...
You said "...that my lovingly fast-food cultured brain is frequently hard to start up when I want to draw more, and I end up procrastinating before the long and enduring task of making one single page; SOC is a grueling piece to draw!"
I know exactly how you feel. I often feel like that with Thermalyte, and even with J-Force, which is still only in the EARLY PRE-Production process right now. I mean.. I don't even have my 3 main characters!
It's really hard for people nowadays to stick to a large task at hand. Sometimes it is because we don't like what we're doing. I wonder how we figure out whether that's what it is or if we're just really lazy. But I am confident you have a passion for drawing. I think everything has phases where we feel to tired to go through with it; sometimes we need breaks. Sometimes just have fun with drawing. Every so often I like to just draw stupid random things just for fun. I should actually be doing that more; it encourages creativity.
Joy, the girl.. I know how I want her to look, and I like her name.. Then there's to be two guys.. I think I know how I want one of them to look.. But I haven't got a name for either of them. I have a basic plot and the first few strips vaguely floating around my mind.. but that's it.
That sounds good. As I've said before, incubation is a wonderful thing to do before taking on a big project. Because if incubation proves fruitful, it probably means you truly want to do it. The latest comics I am doing and planning are basically the ones that haven't left my mind after all these months. LNSD is in need of tons more planning before I start, but I do want to start soon.
And for a while.. (a long while, actually) I DID have the first page of Pelolos: Death and Rebirth in my head.. but now I kinda forget it, so it's not as funny. Besides, I had NO idea what to do after that, and you didn't even finish ACR yet! (ie: I'm waiting! *taps foot like sonic* ^_~)
I know..actually, I've been drawing Pelolos quite a bit lately. I'm almost near the end. Don't worry. It'll end soon.
I am so WAAAAAAY behind with Thermalyte.. She should have been in SPACE by now... *sigh*
And I'm also far enough behind with Nafta. I'm a horrible lazy-assed bitch!
Wow, that's a lot of harsh words to describe yourself. Have more confidence, hon!
And last week, I was reading some of your SoC archives, and I came across one of your rants where you said "Christine CAN draw! I know she knows I know it!" Or something like that. And that put me into a depression for most of that day. I was really sad, thinking.. "No.. I can't. I suck SOOOO terribly!" But not just 'cause of my artwork, but 'cause my lack of persistance, determination, artwork, character definition, sureness, and the fact that at THAT time, I lost my will to draw! (Aaaah! How horrible!) It's passed, now. And I feel better about my art now.. but some of the rest of that list still stands. (like lack of motivation)
I wish I knew a way to motivate you to draw. If I did, I would. But everyone is different, and they get motivated to draw in slightly different ways. Part of my motivation to draw is that I want to see things , ideas I have manifest themselves. Even all these crazy ideas I come up with for Couches of Love stem from all these different things I want to try out artistically. Learning is definitely one fun part about drawing, as it is to see the final product.
I also wish I was more motivated at times; but I guess now that I'm doing 3 comics simultaneously, I'm not doing too bad. Still, I wish to do more, learn more effectively, improve faster. Anyway, motivation is something that is really interesting and elusive to me; if you have any ideas, let me know!
Yesterday, I had the sudden URGE to draw up some Thermalyte pages! (YAY!) but I couldn't, 'cause I still wasn't done the CoL strip yet.
And if you look at it, you can SEE why I think I can't draw.. CAN'T YOU?
(Although, I really do like my last two "frames" with all the blood. Hehe. ^_~)
So, yeah.
Well, what I can see from your last page, that it's not that you can't draw, but it doesn't seem you are spending as much time as you'd want on the details. I don't know how long it takes you to do one page, but for me, one page of COL or even SOC takes up to 8 hours. 8 hours is one heck of a long time - to get the most from it, I make sure I'm always learning how to do something. Trust me, I draw very very slowly. And COL is supposed to be a "side thing" for me, and now I'm spending almost as much time on it as I am with SOC, and definitely more time on it than Pelolos and LNSD combined. My advice is make some goals that you want to achieve in your page (artistic goals), and hopefully that will get you motivated. Then spend 8 hours on it. Of course I can't expect you to do that because you are a busy person. But if you do, and you still don't like what you see, then I'll see what I can do.
I hear ya.
Just keep at it, 'cause I personally think that YOU ROCK, and your art and storytelling ability is FABULOUS, possibly the best out there.
And you know that Pelolos: PTEMAI- ACR is STILL my favourite online manga out there, right?
You are much too kind. And I know that ACR's still your favorite. Hey, after I finish, I want you to do something: look at the first few pages and then the last few pages. That's three years of my life to improve! And I think I did quite a bit. Those first drawings look totally weird to me.
You have such GUSTO! Such UNQUIVERING hands! (er.. faith!)
And a wonderful stick-to-it-ive-ness!
And I admire you for that!
Oh, I've got quivering hands. That's what photoshop's for, to fix it
(and WHOA, can you COLOUR! Teach me, oh Bry-sama! PLEASE!)
That's why you got eyes, sweetheart!
Sure, feel free to ask me for advice, tho' I think I'm no pro at coloring.
YOU HAVE WHAT'S KNOWN AS A RICH HEART!
You know how to color my face red. Thanks for the kind words.
