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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
no. everyone to their own bioclock. i write anytime but best at night. just write when your body tells you to,
Finished my concept from yesterday.
Working on a character of mine named Kipp Farthingsworth, a space detective who is oblivious to most things.
Here’s the different stages from beginning to end on the Harry Potter I did the other day.
A glorious fuck-ton of perspective angle references (per request).
[From various sources.]
Sources:
- Perspectives Tutorial by DerSketchie
- TUTO - male reference pose by the-evil-legacy
- tuto - women ref poses by the-evil-legacy
- Foreshortening Practice by Bambs79
- How to Draw Manga vol. IV - Dressing You Characters in Casual Wear
- HUMAN PROPORTION: SIMPLIFYING THE FIGURE USING GEOMETRIC FORM AND GESTURE by The Helpful Art Teacher
- Basic comic interpretation - different camera angle by diaemyung
- Foreshortening tips by scruffyronin
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Tempting to double dip on these Japanese editions of Jim Lee X-Men comics.
I’d be all over those.
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Giveaway Contest: We’re giving away ten vintage classic books by Sylvia Plath, Albert Camus, Harper Lee, Ken Kesey, and others. Won’t these look lovely on your shelf? :D
To win these classics, you must: 1) reblog this post and 2) be following macrolit. (Yes, I will check. :P) I will randomly choose a winner on August 15, at which time I’ll start a new giveaway. And yes, I’ll ship to any country. Easy, right? Good luck!We’re choosing a random winner next week, so reblog now! Remember you can reblog this up to five times, but any reblogs beyond five will not count in the random selection process. Good luck! :D
Okay, I think I’ve deciphered this. It’s going to be sometime in the future, most likely during a month.
The hardest part of writing, is not using too many words
My favorite part of editing, is trimming the unnecessary, leaving the most precise thought.
TOP 10 REASONS WHY I HATE MARVEL
1. Squirrel Girl and frikkin’ Hawkeye get more exposure than my favorite character! How dare you?
2. Actually, you’ve killed my favorite character off! Stop making me angry, Marvel! You wouldn’t like me, when I’m angry!
3. Your comics don’t cost 15 cents anymore!
4. Because you don’t allow Mike Deodato Jr. to draw every single one of your comics!
5. M.O.D.O.K.
6. Why is Star Wars still not 616 canon? HOW MUCH LONGER DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOR MY DARTH VADER VS DOCTOR DOOM FIGHT?!
7. Oh, so now you want me to believe, that Adam-X can’t stop the Incursion all on his own? Well, excuuuuuseee me, but I believe to know my Marvel comics a little bit better than you do!
8. STOP HATING ON THE X-MEN, GOSH!!!
9. She-Hulk’s muscles turn me on big time. That’s weird.
10. Just admit already, that Hulk would beat Odin in a fist fight! He is the strongest one after all!
God damnit Marvel, get your **** together once and for all, or I’ll punch a puppy in the face!I also hate you for the story I made up in my head based on a teaser image you released once!
You didn’t allow my favorite character to be the cause or reason for saving the day in a team book they aren’t in.
Well when I was working on that daredevil I was also writing ultimate Spider-man, ultimate team up, alias, powers, and if I’m not mistaken the last few issues of Sam and twitch. not to mention the unproduced screenplay for goldfish and torso for Miramax and a few other things.
so, for me it is not a matter of workload. I know my limitations. I know that I actually do far more focused work with multiple projects to bounce back and forth from. that’s not for everybody. I have friends that can only do one book at a time and they are quite baffled by my system. but there are many creators like me who thrive with multiple simultaneous projects. having those projects to do at the same time actually help each other. sometimes if you are totally focused on one thing you to lose your center. but with multiple projects you come back and reread what you have written with fresh eyes and can make better choices. but that’s not for everybody.
but as far as my workload standing in the way of you or other writers getting their chance… that’s not how it works. one of the reasons marvel has me under contract is that they can count on me to deliver on this level on a consistent basis. in the crazy wacky world of freelance work for hire it is nice for the companies to have certain players that they know will deliver.
and here is the rub, on my best day I only write four titles. four titles out of the 70+ titles that Marvel produces. so it may make certain people feel like if I would just step out of the way there would be more room for them, and I remember as a kid having feelings like that about other creators, but that’s not how it works. if this is your goal you need to create material that catches the eye of Marvel or DC and then they will come looking for you. they want you. they are always looking for you. always.
but only worry about you. no one else. make your work so special it becomes impossible to ignore.