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Getting New Sketchbooks Makes Me Feel Awkward =(
Mon Sep 28, 2009, 9:20 PM
* Mood: Excited
* Listening to: "Dancing in the Moonlight"-Toploader ver
It really does. Maybe it's because I mostly draw manga and the fact that I'm still mediocre when it comes to realism and other art forms...I'd feel better if I could make my sketchbook(but I don't have the right paper for that, since I'll be painting in this thing, too). The fact that my mom is being critical of me throughout the whole trip, like saying "the paper is the same" or "those aren't sketchbooks"(when they really are). The best sketchbook I could find, since the bookstore was the only place open right now, was one with one of those wooden-drawing-figures in the corner of it...it practically screams "I'M GONNA DRAW, SO I'M GETTING THIS STEREOTYPICAL SKETCHBOOK =B"...I'm self-conscious when it comes to things like that. Like carrying around educational books to make up for the pile of manga I have in my arms...well, back then--now I read everything online, so that's not really a current problem.
Anyway, tried to draw BoA from a reference shot(not in the sketchbook, on a piece of paper...with blue crayon), and it wasn't very good =( I'll scan it in later--there's so many mistakes in it DX
I'm gonna go decorate my stereotypical sketchbook now =D BAICAN'TWAITFORMYFIRSTAPSTUDIOART2DCLASSTOMORRO W<3
-KF
Line Art
Thu Aug 6, 2009, 1:48 PM
* Mood: Dazed
* Listening to: "Torn"-Natalie Imbruglia
* Eating: Vanilla yogurt with chocolate syrup
Been doing line art since last night, I'm on page 4's now. I'm killing myself because I left parts blank during the draft, so while I'm darkening the lines so I can see them easier on the light table, I'm also filling in the blank and incomplete panels. On the bright side, it's going faster than I expected.
I just wish I wasn't such a night person sometimes. Night, like 9pm and onward, are my working hours--so I never get sufficient sleep during school if I want to do well in my classes. Unless I'm in a classroom, I can't concentrate at all(but even in a classroom my mind tends to wander).
How do you guys get yourselves to work? I mean, it's kind of ridiculous if I can't bring myself to work on something I LIKE to do...
-KF
Cosplay?
Sat Aug 1, 2009, 4:57 PM
* Mood: Screwed
* Listening to: "Jerk"-Huang Yida
* Eating: Celery with peanut butter and raisins
* Drinking: Orange Juice
It hit me this morning when I was watching Ranma 1/2--I need to figure who else I'm cosplaying for Chibi-Pa. The first day, Judd and I are cosplaying boy- and female-type Ranma(Ranma 1/2) and the second day I may/may NOT be dressing up lolita. The third day, I don't know who =( Or I can just dress up in otaku gear. HELP ME!!!
Oh, then there's also the fact I need to have some kind of martial arts into me if I'm cosplaying ranma--GO ANYTHING GOES MARTIAL ARTS!!
PS-Still comicking.
-KF
Comic Full Speed Ahead!!
Thu Jul 30, 2009, 2:42 PM
* Mood: Not Impressed
* Listening to: "LIFE"-Kimaguren
* Eating: Celery with peanut butter and raisins
* Drinking: Orange Juice
Full speed ahead, since I only have about two weeks left to finish the line art for the pages. Started working on the new cover last night, but Minto and I still think it could be better...I don't have any other good ideas =< I'm aiming for finishing three pages today, to bring me up to page 13; then another 3 pages tomorrow.
When I'm done with the line art for the new cover and a line art of an alternative cover, I'll upload both and will beg you guys to say which you would be more likely to pick up. Please cooperate =D Because, I have a feeling Minto wants to get this done more than I do <3 Good thing she's my editor, or else I would've done absolutely nothing regarding this promo. Thanks, Mo!
-KF
Pain...
Wed Jul 22, 2009, 2:54 PM
* Mood: Distracted
* Listening to: That Purin song from Welcome to the NHK
My dad got mad at me this morning because I didn't want to wake up to do my training today. On my part, I really could have survived 2.5miles with 4hours of sleep, but I was still in pain from the previous days. Hey Mo, remember those sit-ups I showed you when you slept over? The kind where you twist your body from one knee to the other? I'm doing those practically upside down now =( And I'm still nowhere close to a split, so flag practice tomorrow's gonna be hell for me--I need those panels by tonight so I can start the lineart for the comic!! DX
Pyrofire2007 is helping me figure my way around commissions; I'm very thankful =3
I've been going back and forth from my virtual school to comic to something else that's not beneficial to me at all, and back to virtual school. Speaking of the comic, a classmate texted me and said he'd pay $10 for my $5 comic, even though I told him it was only $5 to begin with--this is good =D I don't know how to price the comic, though. I talked to my older brother and V-chan about it, and they said $10 would be reasonable(since it's around 30pgs)--but since graphic novels are the same price it'd seem kind of expensive...but since we're printing and binding at home(my brother has one of those special staplers and we have a laser printer)going a bit more than $5 may be alright...I'll lower the price as the days go on for Chibi-Pa I guess.
The comic is coming along nicely--a couple of my peers have read it so far and love it, although there are some parts that seem unclear(I guess that's what I get for watching so much fast-paced anime based off of 4-5 paneled manga and slice-of-life). Minto said that we actually have more done than we did last year =D My only problem is, I can draw fast...I'm just so freaking lazy. Then sometimes I spend too much time on one thing so it takes longer to complete a page. Mo, thanks for being my assistant/editor or else I couldn't have made it this far (TAT)/
Shut up KF and get back to work >=O
-KF
