Things
It seems like I wrote on here some time
ago about collecting old comic samples (high quality scans) for
reference. If not, I've been collecting old comic samples for
reference. For probably five or six months*, at least, maybe more.
And I've been using Tumblr almost exclusively. Tumblr really is one
of the more useful sites for images.
Pretty much, as soon as I started using
Tumblr for that, I decided to officially use Tumblr for
my images. Eventually, probably instead of a gallery page. But I
haven't pulled the trigger on it yet. It seems like a waste (mostly
of my time) to just upload old stuff. There are a few random
drawings I plan to do when I get around to them, but right now, I'm
just drawing the comic and a project that, for now, I'm just
referencing as a secret. I guess, whenever I have one of those
random, unrelated to anything drawings, I'll start using it.
I keep going back and forth about that
secret project too. It's a series of drawings, probably 24-ish when
I'm finished with them, maybe 26. I've completely finished six and
I'm currently working on three or four more. I'm not really sure what
they're going to be for. I'm sure I'm going to make prints at least,
when they're all finished. And they have to be photoprints. I've
already had the first 6 printed and quality is extremely important-
they're made at 600PPI. They have to be printed at
that. Less than that and they're too blurry and all the fake old
style doesn't show. I've ordered from an online photo printing
company and had some printed from photo kiosks. The prints from photo
kiosks in stores are far too crappy. The ones from the real photo
printers are gorgeous. And comparing them, I can't believe how crappy
the kiosks are.
But anyway, I keep going back and forth
on whether or not to dump
upload a couple of those. But, they're a series, so they're all
somewhat related, and it would kind of blow what the rest are. So I
feel like I should sit on them for a while.
I'm really glad I started them though.
These last couple, I've really started to nail the process. I've
talked a little about how the secret project started- I was heading
in a direction, had an idea or two, then just chipped away until I
had something I liked, that stood on it's own, is for
something, and is against what I think is stupid crap. I don't think
I mentioned before, but I'm not leaning on stuff that isn't mine. Or,
should I say, isn't characters, images, or properties owned my major
companies and corporations. Fan art is great and all, but, I mean,
geez. There's only so many drawings you can look at of characters
taken from the latest popular movie. Heath Ledger Joker. Loki. That
snow princess movie or whatever it was called. Probably, I don't
know, Maleficent now. Whatever bandwagon's there for people to jump
on.
I don't know, I guess that's just me. I
don't mean what I'm about to say as derogatory as I think it's gonna
sound, but I think I just grew up. Artistically, I mean. Again, fan
art's good and all. And I mean, that sketchbook I did was nothing but
that stuff. And I plan to do some drawings of my favorite childhood
characters I used to draw, just to see how I can draw them now. But,
I think, at some point, your inspiration has to come from within. Or,
internalize the inspiration, digest it, reprocess it, so that what
comes out is unique to you.
Or, I don't know, at least hide your
sources better.
[Bottom half edited for being unrelated. It went sort of rant-y about all the how to's I see.]
*I looked at my reference folder, and I
started collecting them in January. So, officially, just over six months.