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It was a bit hard for me to make a new entry; I really liked that Mario skin!
But I want to ask, casually. Some might remember a while back I made a 7 page satirical shoujo comic, Unclean, for a contest. I had it up in my portfolio, but now the contest's over I made it so it's nowhere to be seen. I was thinking of putting it up in my gallery and blog. Any thoughts?
Otherwise, well, I sent off Christmas Yet to Come to a literature and art periodical. Don't know if they'll accept it--don't know if I'll know if they have until their Christmas issue comes out! But please pray they do!
Working on a big painting commission, attempting Old Master style. Whilst starting that up, I had the great fortune and misfortune of coming across the work of Teresa Oaxaca. teresa.fineartstudioonline.com… Waah! It's like Rubens combined with Caravaggio combined with Rembrandt, only Gothic Lolita!
And she's three years younger than me! It's weird, sometimes impressive artists fill me with inspiration, sometimes with discouragement. I'm sure it's that way for many people. Sometimes it differs from day to day with the same artist; sometimes it depends on the artist. If their attitude shows they have a big ego all over the place they cancel out any inspiration but also cancel out discouragement and envy, because no matter their talent and skill, their attitude makes them pathetic. But Miss Oaxaca's attitude in her blog writing doesn't give the impression of a big ego; it's very personable and matter of fact, and she still approaches art as her having a lot to learn. Helpful too; I've adopted some of the techniques she describes using. So yeah, pretty cool.Also started reading Homestuck. I'm not up-to-date, so anyone who's read it, NO SPOILERS, but I am blown away. I haven't been so sad and worried for characters since 9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors, so scared since a Peddler of Lavalaira chapter that isn't written yet, so confused since Tsubasa, so overcome by revelations since Lost, so bowled over by a Christ figure since the Hunger Games Trilogy, so attracted to a hot male character since Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth, and so heart-pounding-can't-breathe-turning-into-sad-and-joyful-sobbing since Reichenbach. No lie. And the complexity of it is sheer staggering. And I am told I'm only about halfway through what's there, and it's not even complete yet! And it's really interesting medium-wise. In Making Comics Scott McCloud talks about how we can't even imagine the possibilities for comics that the internet and other such interactive technologies would open up. Reading that the first time I didn't think it would be much; just putting comics online and on e-readers and phones and such, and it didn't sound too exciting. But this, this is what he was really talking about. Overall I'd say it's a comic, but it's also animated videos, video game sequences, long prose, and the website itself, and even the way the dialogue usually works is unlike any comic I've ever seen. This is new media, and no way else could the story be told so expressively.
That all said, I do not recommend it to most of my friends here, as there are a lot a lot a LOT of obscenities, including some people describing some pretty darn disgusting perverted hypothetical scenes in humorous fashion. But yeah.
It will be mostly Lay of Leithian/Tale of Tinuviel
I just finished reading The Silmarillion for the first time and I want to draw a bushel of illustrations. The condensed form of it, as opposed to the novel form of The Lord of the Rings, really spurs one to want to fill in what isn't described in great detail with what one imagines. And I want to use a style that's very different from how people usually draw Tolkien characters. Almost everybody these days is influenced by the look of Alan Lee's work and the Peter Jackson films. Now I have no problem with that, but it's not at all what I want to do. Since The Silmarillion really surprised and delighted me with how much it wasn't just noble high fantasy, it had many parts that were very fairy tale, even whimsical, I want to go for the look of a fairy tale storybook for children; plus influence from 1980s illustrations of toys for girls, like Lady Lovelylocks and Peppermint Rose; and just a touch of 1970s psychedelic graphic design. I don't know whether Tolkien would approve, but it's
Well that explained NOTHING
I'm being hyperbolic. It did explain a few things. I'm speaking of course, of Layton Brothers: Mystery Room, which I just finished playing. For a long time, I vehemently refused to consider playing this game, and rejected it as part of the Professor Layton canon. And I developed a personal animosity towards the character of Alfendi. How dare he claim to be the Professor's child, which he couldn't possibly be? But then along came the Katrielle Layton game and anime, another character making the same claim. And as it turned out, these were absolutely wonderful, and explained in a totally satisfactory way how Katrielle is the Professor's child. So I grew willing to give Alfendi a chance. I knew, however, from basic descriptions I'd read, that Mystery Room does not explain how Alfendi could be the Professor's child. So I came at it with the specific goal of settling, based on whatever information the game did provide, on a theory. Possible theories, both acceptable and unacceptable
Where once was Walden
I have a secret sewing and lolita fashion blog, purposefully hidden. There, I've made fanciful allegories of various web platforms as buildings. Tumblr I described as a city of strip clubs and public gallows, now mostly empty since the strippers were outlawed. Livejournal is an abandoned library--not a majestic classical library, but one like the public libraries of my childhood, with office-industrial tile and carpet and glass-block wall segments--in a forest, with ivy growing into it. Instagram is a fun-house mirror-lined carousel whose round-and-round motion spirals down into a consuming vortex. So what is Deviantart? The obvious answer is an art gallery, but imagine being in an art gallery: quiet high-ceilinged rooms of well-lit paintings, carefully curated and organized. It's not like that at all. No, I think it's a shopping mall, with all that implies in our cultural context: it was once fun, full of teenagers both dippy and angsty, with arcades and subculture-based clothes
Listening to fireworks from a garret room
A year ago this night, I was working frantically on the last page of Issue #2 of Clockwork Dancer, and I finished it as 2021 rang in. Many people were adamant that 2021 must be a better year than 2020, but on a certain level it has been much worse, as genetic agents are injected, poisoning the hearts of many, and become the basis for totalitarianism. But even as things fall apart and people reveal their true colors, both years have been very good to me personally, particularly in time spent with nieces and nephews. Once again, I'm working on the last pages of Issue #2 of a comic. This time, it's Bovodar and the Bears. But I'm not likely to finish by midnight. I'm away from home on this New Year's Eve, and I don't know how long I will remain so. It's for a good reason and I'll miss it when it's over, but I don't have much time to work on art. When I do, it's an hour in the early morning, by the windows in a garret room. If and when I return home, I hope to resume a rigorous work
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That artist is impressive. Thanks for sharing!
Homestuck?
I don't like the art style, I don't like the fandom, I don't like some of the fandom products. Maybe, I'll try to read more... hmmm.
Homestuck?
I don't like the art style, I don't like the fandom, I don't like some of the fandom products. Maybe, I'll try to read more... hmmm.