Hallo everyone, apologies for the very very brief blog post, but I’m rather ill again and yet I still have plenty to do before I can hit the hay. I’ll try and come up with something interesting to say on Monday!
Enjoy today’s page!
M.
Hola, all!
I thought, in response to my decidedly depressing post on Friday, I thought I’d counter that by just compiling a little quick list of things that are awesome right now!
– The weather’s been good enough that I’ve had to get a tower fan (which is awesome and I love more than is strictly plausible)
– I managed to get rid of all the flies in my flat
– I’ve managed to build the Elf Blood buffer up a bit, to the extent that I’ve managed to start back work on my Lemon Candies print work
– I’ve managed to get a bit more general art work done, which is nice and therapeutic
– I tidied up the flat a bit, and it really helps clear the mind, for some reason
– I had some watermelon, and watermelon is awesome.
– Work’s going not too badly.
– It’s almost time for a visit back to Glasgow!
Hola amigos!
I do try and make these posts as informative or thought-provoking as possible (when they don’t just spiral into rants about whatever I’m currently annoyed at), but this time round I thought I’d just muse on stuff that has entertained me this week!
I think I’ve discovered a new medium that I desperately want to explore. Black foamboard, meet white gel pen and acrylic pen. IT IS SO SATISFYING TO DRAW ON. With the gel pen, you can get some really nice sketch effects, while the acrylic pen gives a mighty, well-defined and bold stroke useful for doing thick outlining. Plus, the starkness of the white on the black background really helps what you’ve drawn stand out; because people are so used to black on white for sketches, it really draws attention when you invert that.
I’ve had the server up for just under a week, now, and y’know what? I’m glad I moved hosts. It’s faster, it gives me more for my money, it gives me more control over the site, and it no longer goes down for an hour every day.
It’s not just beneficial for you guys reading the comic; It’s a massive burden off my shoulders as well. Because I no longer worry about the actual functions of the site, I can focus my efforts on writing the next storyline, on drawing the next page, on finishing the other work I’ve got going on. It’s amazing how much more positive I feel about creating and creativity; to be honest, before I pushed myself to migrate the site I was having a serious think about what I was doing with my life. Was it really worth chasing a creative dream when I could invest that time in, say, climbing the career ladder, finding a partner, raising a family?
Hola!
I’ve not been sleeping properly these last few weeks; nothing major, just part of ye olde depression-and-anxiety mood cycle! But, rather than sit around allowing it to get to me, I decided that I’d take today off and do something completely different to what I usually do (as well as get a good night’s rest to reset my body clock).
To that end, I’m going to give abstract painting a go. So much of what I do is surprisingly limited: I write a lot, and must restrain myself within the bounds of logic and reason (well, it’s my overall goal anyway :P). I draw a lot, but it’s always within the bounds of form, aesthetic, panels, paper.
For one brief, horrible moment there, I thought I hadn’t done a page for today! Then I remembered I had, and it was aaaaall fine 😛
Anyways, I have a plan to migrate to a different ISP: The current one has done alright over the last few years (I’ve been with them ever since my very first website in high school), but I feel I need the resources that a larger webhost can offer, in order to continue delivering a quality comic for everyone! It’s not going to be an instant thing, but just brace yourself for a little potential roughness. WordPress being awesome and magical, however, has a method by which I can actually preserve the site, posts, comments etc. so hopefully the transition should be reasonably smooth! I’ll announce it properly, when I’m actually carrying out the migration.
So, they’ve revived 90s TV Gameshow Catchphrase. For the non-Brits reading this, Catchphrase is basically pictionary in gameshow format, and was staple evening viewing during the 90s for kids and adults alike. It was fun, and everyone could pitch in to guess what popular saying was being portrayed on screen. It’s well worth looking up and having a go yourself!
But, like I said, they’ve revived the show. Except it’s.. Different. No, they haven’t changed the format. Yes, they’ve changed the presenter and the graphics, but that’s not it. Well, okay, the graphics are genuinely horrendous, compared to the humorously grotesque renderings of the original, but that’s beside the point.
Hullo everyone, just a brief update today as I’m feeling quite ill and must drag my carcass back to bed. That’s dedication, I’m willing to roll out of my deathbed to furnish you with quality entertainment 😛
Cheerio, and see you on Friday!
M.
Hello all! As promised, another short story from last week’s workshop! Quite looking forward to tonight’s writing group, as I’ll be presenting the final few pages of the script I’m writing for submission. It seems to have been well-received thus far!
Anyway, have a great week, and I’ll see you on Friday!
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Story Prompt: A character has to escape from an abusive partner.
“I’m sorry, that’s my decision, and we’re going with it.”
So, roughly how awesome is The Hobbit Pt. I now that it’s been released on DVD and Bluray?
SO AWESOME.
Watching it again has made me think, without Tolkien, how much of modern literature, film, comics etc. would exist? Certainly, this comic would probably never have been developed in the direction I’ve taken it. Hell, if it even existed, it would probably still be about vampires and nowhere near as good! (If that statement confuses you, ask and it shall be explained).
Tolkien had an incredibly scholarly approach to his storytelling, with a capacity for worldbuilding that few of us could ever DREAM of possessing. This attention to detail, and fabricating an entire world’s history within which to establish an epic, sweeping story is something that I hugely admire about the man’s work and strive to emulate with every universe I create. I remember being fascinated as a child merely by the maps of Middle-Earth, and tracking the heroes’ journey across the land. Never quite got round to the Silmarillion, though, but I suspect now in my adulthood I would find it absolutely fascinating. I think it’s safe to say that, when I buy my own house, there will definitely be a place on my bookshelf for Tolkien! It can sit beside the shelf for Masamune Shirow’s stuff 😀
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