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Not a tutorial.

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I've mentioned a while ago, maybe  definitely a few times, that I've been trying to get a... I don't want to say vintage  because I think that word gets thrown around a little too often lately. Classic comic book look. I started working on a mock cover for the first comic (there is no real issue one of the comic, it'll be printed all at once as a thick book) , and I'm not sure at what point, but I realized I'd need to color it, and decided it should be colored like an old comic. ( old  being an early 80's comic cover. I saw one, and it hit me that I liked the process on it more than any comic that was being produced today, barring a select few.) [The comic was Uncanny X-Men #142 and it definitely inspired the cover. That, and old EC covers. It's already drawn, but I need to ink it and finish it.] When I decided to pick a classic look, I scoured the internet for any available leads on how to proceed in that direction. And when I say, " pick a

Drawing Lines

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or, Artistic Frustrations Anyone can become angry- that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way- that is not within everyone's power and is not easy. -Aristotle Lately, I've been trying to articulate, mostly for my own benifit, vague feelings and attitudes I've had for, what seems like, a very long time. I find myself in situations that, well, irk me, and when asked why, I can't exactly put my finger on why. I have trouble explaining certain frustrations. I'm going to vent some frustration about making art. Whatever I call what I do, people lump it with everything else under that bland, meaningless, empty word. I don't like my automatic association with everyone else that does "art" . Actually, usually, whenever someone compares me to anyone else that does "art" , it offends my sense of devotion and skill to what it is that I do.