| Doujinka Festival 2009! |
[2009年10月11日|02:02 pm] |
I wasn't planning on participating in the Doujinka Festival this year. The Fine Arts department was planning a trip to New York City on the same weekend as the festival, and if I were to choose between the two, there's no doubt I would choose NYC. The last time I was there was in 2000, so it was exciting that I would be going again. But as it turns out, there wasn't enough interest for it to be warranted, so it got cancelled. :(
But looking on the bright side, it did open up the possibility of going to Doujinka Festival and that's what I'm going to do. ^__^
I'm aiming to get two new books done for the festival. They're both going to be on the short side (roughly 16 - 20 pages for both) so it shouldn't be too much trouble. More than 50% of the work was done before I even decided to make them into books, so they'd better not be any trouble! XD
The first book is going to be a D.Gray-man gag doujin with some illustrations and maybe some 4-koma thrown in. The second is an original comic, tentatively titled "Supercell Mini", that will be an introduction to the two main characters and "Supercell" as a whole once I get around to making that comic.
If I can get these two books done, I'll be so happy! lol |
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| "Gemstone" Composition |
[2009年8月22日|03:21 pm] |
Here's a little something I did last night while listening to various psychedelic podcasts.
I consider this like a sketch, not so much a finished work. I don't really like the big "blob" at the bottom there, but I really like how those "hoop" formations came out, so I might concentrate more on that sort of thing in later drawings. |
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| Square Foot Paintings! |
[2009年8月7日|06:27 pm] |
Tomorrow I'll be off to Toronto to drop off my paintings for the Square Foot Show. Here's a preview of what I've been working on for it.
( Square Foot Paintings )
I still have to gesso the sides so they'll be nice and presentable for the show. I think I'll get to that right now... *runs off* |
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| Musings on "Endless Eight" |
[2009年8月6日|03:28 am] |
Don't know if anyone here has been following the new episodes of Haruhi Suzumiya, but after reading the comments on an ANN article about the "Endless Eight" episodes, it looks like no one gets the point of it at all.
( Cut for Spoilers )
Forums are so stupid nowadays... -_-;; |
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| The God Who Wasn't There |
[2009年7月27日|03:49 pm] |
I just happened to stumble upon it while cleaning up my DA inbox, a documentary called "The God Who Wasn't There". It questions the existence of Jesus and examines the Christ Myth theory, as well as Christianity as a whole.
I found it to be very interesting and it jives really well with my thoughts on Christianity and organized religion as a whole, i.e. it's nothing more than a mind-control tool. It's either believe in Jesus or you go to hell. What marvelous encouragement and motivation, huh? >_>
One of the interviewees, Ronald Sipus, who runs the Village Christian School, kept on spouting that there is "a lot of historical evidence that Jesus was who he said he was. There's a lot of historical evidence that proves his resurrection...", and so on. If I were there, I would've said: "What historical evidence?"
And another thing with this guy, if there were any children that came to the school that didn't believe in Christianity, he said that was okay! But! they had to write a position paper arguing that their position was correct with supporting evidence. The Christian children didn't have to do this. You see anything wrong with that picture? Talk about a double standard... They're almost coercing you into believing, which I find disgusting.
Mr. Sipus eventually walked away from the interview, saying that Brian Flemming (the maker of the documentary) was being dishonest with him. LOL! And that really is the problem with having conversations with people like this about religion and faith. They have this baggage that they can't shed away and if you question it, their only reaction is to accuse you of "being dishonest" or other horrible things. Heh.
I could go on and on talking about this, but it's probably better if you go see for yourself. :) |
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| AWOL Paintings; Hajime no Ippo &hearts |
[2009年7月25日|12:33 am] |
Working on a bunch of paintings, three of them for the AWOL Gallery Square Foot Show. And speaking of AWOL, I'm supposed to have received a confirmation reply from them, right? Well, still waitin'. :P
Haven't draw a whole lot on the computer lately, but here's a little something I did a bit ago.
Makunouchi Ippo from Hajime no Ippo. This series has trumped Bleach as being my favourite shounen series of all time. I'm not sure what it is that's so compelling about it... but at least one thing's for sure: it doesn't drag itself out to shreds (one upside to not having an anime adaptation 2-3 years after serialization begins ;). I want to draw a lot more from this manga, maybe even do a portrait project in the spirit of BBCP. I've already got an awesome idea for a poster print.
One thing I hate about Ippo though is his hair. Why does it have to be so damned hard to draw?! >_<;; |
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| Anime North 2009 Report! |
[2009年5月26日|02:32 pm] |
This was the first AN since 2003 where I didn't participate in the artist alley, and I have to say it was really refreshing! :)
Instead of getting a table and sitting behind it for the entire convention, I opted to go with the art show Gallery Momiji and showcase and sell several of my works on canvas. Up until the night before the convention, I was frantically working away on them, wishing I hadn't wasted so much time weeks before... O_o;;
But, in any case!
( Anime North 2009 Report! ) |
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| The semester's over! |
[2009年4月10日|12:51 am] |
I should've said this a week ago, but I'm done this semester! \(^o^)/ No exams to worry about either, which is always a big plus (fine arts courses are awesome that way ^^). The picture above is one of the paintings I did this term. I diverged away from landscapes and concentrated my efforts on this sort of "abstract, but not abstract" mode of painting using certain surrealistic techniques.
It was really interesting reading up on the various techniques the surrealists employed to generate new imagery. One was taking a brush loaded with ink and blowing onto a piece of paper and discern what the "image" is. The one that I used was related to ink blotting, but instead of ink I used acrylic paint. With one blot, I extracted five or so paintings from it, heheh. :) There was probably more, but time constraints but a stopper on that. There's always the rest of spring and summer to paint them though. ;)
I'll make a post with all the paintings I did and photos of the studio sometime soon. |
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| Anime North Comic Market |
[2009年3月17日|01:05 pm] |
Didn't get around to posting this 'til now, but...
I.. I.. GOT MY TABLE! \(^o^)/
I was one of the VERY lucky ones who was put on the waiting list for the lottery, then two hours later miraculously ended up with one of the lottery tables! So all in all, I'm quite pleased. :D
Looks like I'll need to finish off a comic or two in time for AN though... DX |
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| It's the end of February already... DX |
[2009年2月27日|10:33 pm] |
Got through one tough week. Had a midterm critique of my paintings, and two presentations to tackle. I'm terrible with presenting stuff, so I'm so happy they're finally over with! Things look a lot brighter now, heheh. ^__^
I think I'm gonna start doing quick sketches everyday and putting them up here. This first one's of Takasu Ryuji from the anime Toradora! It's such a fun show! I still have to catch up with it, even though I've got up to the latest on my laptop. I'll get to it sooner or later. :)
Oh yeah! I was at Con-G as an artist last weekend. For a first-time anime convention, it was pretty nice. The best thing about it was the artist alley being in the same room as the events, so there wasn't any dull moments! I would definitely go back next year, but I don't think I'd go as an artist. |
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| Some random goings on |
[2008年8月27日|02:19 am] |
[big brother 10] Anyone else watch this? I don't think I've been more involved with the show than this summer. The After Dark show, when I first watched it, made it a lot more real than what you usually see in the regular episodes (not to mention a million times more interesting). It's best when Dan, Keesha, Renny, and Memphis are seen chattin' away and playing games and whatnot; but it's crap when you see Ollie, Michelle, and Jerry complaining about how "unfair" they have it, swearing left and right, and so on.
I was a little pissed tonight when all they did was concentrate on the sore loser trio, and give the people I care about barely any time to breathe. I find it much more enjoyable listening to, say, Keesha talking about her Japanese aunt, than Michelle blubbering over how there's no wine to drink. >_>;; So that's why I'm back at my computer typing this up.
Dan, Keesha, Memphis, and Renny for the win! \(^o^)/~
[fan expo] Didn't make it out to Fan Expo this year (no surprise there). Not like it makes much of a difference. The only thing I would've gone for would've been Kikiwai's Japanese manga deal of $3 per book, and maybe perusing the artist alley. But other than that, the rest of the con'd be one big BLAH.
But to make up for it, I went out today and bought more than I planned to! *haha* The one thing that I really wanted to get, the first issue of Yen Plus, I finally got at Chapters. They had a whole bunch of copies at one end of the magazine stands. So I snagged a nice lookin' copy and scurried off to the graphic novels, heh. XD My mom saw the second issue somewhere else and bought that for herself (I got her hooked ^^).
The manga I picked up: Tsubasa 17 & 18, Negima 17 & 18, Fruits Basket 20, and Vampire Knight 2. Now I can finally catch up with Tsubasa and see what ×××Holic referred to in volume 11. All that manga should keep me somewhat busy 'til school hits two weeks from now. ^__^ At HMV, although I wasn't really looking for it, I got Utada Hikaru's latest album "Heart Station", and the first box set of Busou Renkin (love that show!).
You may think I'm crazy, but I'm really looking forward to school! Hah! XD |
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| Doujinka Festival |
[2008年8月17日|04:52 pm] |
Yesterday was the Doujinka Festival. Although it was a pretty small gathering, it still was fun talking with everyone about art and whatnot. ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) softlily came along to help me out, and also to keep me company, heheh! Thanks Kristina! ^__^ The really nice thing about the festival being small, is was a lot less noisy! I could actually talk with people and hear what they said. And I actually had time to draw without any distractions, the sketch above being one of the better ones.
Although it wasn't the main intention, I did manage to break even and make a bit more than expected, so that's always great. The seven doujins I sold were more than enough to cover the registration cost alone!
Really hope that there's a Doujinka Fest next year. By the time it would roll around, I'd have a lot more books to sell. :D
Oh! And thanks to everyone who bought something from me! ^__^ |
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| The comic's coming along! |
[2008年7月26日|03:19 am] |
The storyboarding's been going really nicely these past few days! I've got 40 pages laid out now, so there's not too much left. I'm definitely going over my previous estimate from before though. Let's see if 48 will do it.
( Rough draft of page 19 ) |
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| One-Shot Comic in the Works |
[2008年7月24日|12:20 am] |
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Not sure if I've mentioned this before, but I'm in the middle of writing my first full-blown original one-shot comic. I'm slowly working away at the storyboarding at the moment. It can be really fun to work on, but still pretty frustrating at the same time. It'll be a big relief when it's over with though, heheh.
The estimated page count I've come up with thus far puts it around 45. I hope it doesn't go up any more than that. I don't think I'd make my deadline if it did... -_-;;
Just letting people know what I've been up to lately. (It's really just an excuse to update this thing.) ^^
Now back to work... >_>; |
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| D.Gray-man Doujinshi Preview |
[2008年6月20日|12:20 pm] |
The first day of summer... it's also happens to fall on my birthday this year. So, happy birthday to me, I guess. :P
Also, I wish softlily a very happy birthday as well. Happy birthday, Kristina! ^^
Making steady progress with my new D.Gray-man doujinshi. If I don't waste any more time doing other things, I should have it finished by the end of the month or some time in early July. I still think it's a little early to be giving previews, but giving a preview I still will do. ;)
( D.Gray-man Doujin Preview )
Oh! I should add that I made a huge art post of my BBCP portraits over at ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/community.gif) kurosaki_clinic, so go on and check 'em out! |
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