Roll Out, Homies
For the few that check this blog AND my dA account, you’ll be happy to know I’ve kicked my own ass into drawing (since no one else will). Yes, ladies and gentlemen, I’m spewing shitty art like some kind of Dadaist geyser who hates sunlight.
I get an idea, I slap it down faster than the idea can be completed and if I like it, I keep it. If not, I move on. It’s like a fucking factory line in my brain right now. The Illustrator ideas come slower because I DO technically have Illustrator, but it’s on my lappy. And since my desk/house isn’t big enough for two computers, I have to use the lappy (named “Tinkerbell”) in the living room and either lean from the couch to the coffee table or wear my ass out on my wood floor with the screen somewhat above me. I do have more ideas, but screaming a mechanical pencil across a piece of recycled computer paper is much…much faster.
I’m thinking of compiling an artbook with these newer images I deem worthy. I don’t know how to publish or anything (at least without screwing you guys over), but if anyone has any ideas…
I was actually sitting at my desk today and I felt an aneurysm coming on. My brain was screaming ideas, but three other halves were busy telling me that I wasn’t any good, I should work on my comic or I should try and do something experimental. Before they could come to a vessel-rupturing crescendo, I put the brakes on. I want/need to experiment. I want to have my characters involved in backgrounds or do random characters I’ve never drawn or want to draw again (THAT’s almost impossible which is why you see so many recycled characters…I love my babies…). I want to be that person people say “hey I WANT to buy something from you!”
So far, I fail.
BUT I guess my goals are founded or something. I was hoping people could give me ideas, free commissions as it was, but nobody’s really interested in that because there are better artists to draw their fursona humping some tickle-foot fetish raccoon elsewhere. Go figure.
As for the comic, I actually did do some inking on it a week ago at the laundromat and I probably will again this week at the same place because it’s a good environment. Nobody really bothers me and can see I’m a talentless hack so I don’t get interrupted with dumbass questions like “if I gave you a picture of my grandson could you draw him so I could get it tattooed on my ASS?”.
Also, I’ve been consuming music like it’s going out of style, which, if you know my music, is.
July 20, 2008 at 6:55 pm
Sitting on the floor hurts alot, yeah. What I’ve found may help, and is almost inexpensive, is either one of those T.V dinner trays to sit in front of; or a ‘bed tray’ or a laptray (one of the ones that looks like a mini beanbag chair and a plastic tray melded together) that you could use while sitting on the couch; or a beanbag that could cushion your butt a tad while on the floor, as well as raise you up a bit. Tho I guess there are also laptop raisers to let the airflow continue while it’s resting wherever.
I’ve done alot of drawing/sketching, tho I know I’m not that great at people. What I did was borrow a bunch of anatomy books from the library (though it only helped me with seeing positions rather than ‘how to’ draw them better) and sit down with a bunch of paper, and try out stuff. Depending on how you draw, this may work out for you. I’m not one to sketch light lines for an outline, and then draw over them darker, to create the finished thing. I tend to draw and erase the finished thing first… makes it harder at times, but it’s how i grew up drawing. I don’t have any way to draw on a computer as of yet – only draw on paper and scan it in – so I’m not sure what other steps to help better can be.
I… already forgotten what else i was gonna say, except for good luck
~ H
July 21, 2008 at 7:15 am
Thanks for the advise. I used to use a beanie bag lap thing for drawing when I was younger but it seemed to bend too badly to work with lines too well. I typically draw on my lap with a clipboard my brother got for me from a junkyard.
The laptop thing isn’t such a big deal. It’s holding me back only as much as I hold myself back from sucking it up and just DOING it. I hope to have another piece of art done in Illustrator this weekend.
…do you think I should be posting some of this on my main site?