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[Nov. 5th, 2009|07:23 pm] |
Hi everybody,
I recent finished my first real comic in a long (LONG) while. It was written by my good friend Dorian Lang, and I'm pretty proud with how it turned out.
I hope you like it!
( The rest is under the cut! ) |
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[Oct. 6th, 2009|12:35 am] |
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| |  tired | ] |
Hey guys, I did a thing:
I got a request to draw someone's character, and it was some much-needed practice. Doing this made me realize how long it's been since I colored anything (digital or otherwise), but luckily Jordyn gave me pointers. She is an epic-level Photoshop wizard.
Things have been fluctuating a lot lately and I'm slowly getting back into something resembling an art groove. I think. I'm starting to work on a new comic while starting to color an old one. So, things are happening, gears are turning. |
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[Aug. 18th, 2009|03:36 pm] |
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| | montreal! | ] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| |  hot | ] |
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| | loudon wainwright - the swimming song | ] |
Um, hi internet! Yeah, I probably shouldn't talk about when I expect to update from now on; bad luck, maybe? Jordyn and I have finally left Vancouver for Montreal. This city is big, old, and beautiful; it's a good atmosphere for us. I'm particularily looking forward to experiencing a real winter again (with snow and huge jackets).
The point of moving was to start fresh, so hopefully productivity will go up. I think it will (after all, I AM updating my journal). I can already feel the creative areas of my brain stirring from their year of hibernation. After graduation, I was so burned out from my grad film (and Jordyn's film the year before) that I kind of shut down for a while, and broke the one of cardinal rules of being an artist: don't stop making art! It's a slippery slope and I am starting to claw my way back up from the bottom. And what better remedy for the no-art blues than some nerdy fanart??
I've tried drawing lots of Final Fantasy characters, but Locke is the only one I'm ever happy with.
( Okay, here's some other stuff too, most of it is also nerd-related. ) |
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| Grad Film trailer!! |
[Dec. 10th, 2008|06:01 pm] |
As you may or may not recall, I disappeared off the face of the planet for a year to make a film for my animation degree. Me and Jordyn worked really hard on it, night and day, for a whole year. We also got some other folks to help out, including the wonderful ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) galsan and heathertoes. It was what you call a labor of love. After graduation we took a nice, long break from it, and now we're gearing up to work on it again, to make it harder, better, faster AND stronger. So, we cut together a trailer for it, which we now unveil for your viewing pleasure:
Soon to come: a fantasy comic I drew during the summer, and possibly other stuff?? |
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| ohmagahd, i'm back again |
[Sep. 22nd, 2008|01:23 am] |
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Hey peoples, I'm going to give this 'being active on the internet' thing another try.
Since my last update, I finished my grad film after months of non-stop labor and a few nervous breakdowns, finished school and got my degree. Now, I've been cut adrift and am currently floating through outer space, pondering the meaning of life and my place in the universe. I've also been reading a lot of Heavy Metal comics and cheesy fantasy novels. Those two sentences pretty much sum up my life right now.
Work has been slow-going, but I have started a comic which was in a small anthology that me, yfrontninja, and galsan put together called 'Tri' that was on sale at Comix & Stories in August. I think that comic is some of my best stuff so far, so I'll post a couple of preview pages soon. Until then, here's some scraps I've churned out:
( (s)craps ) |
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[Feb. 17th, 2008|01:38 am] |
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| | tired | ] |
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| | buck 65 - blanc-bec | ] |
Hey guys, I'm back again.
Things have been pretty busy lately, since I've been trying to make a film before the end of the year, and that is going okay (I guess) but does not leave much time for things like updating my journal. But, I am going to try to keep up with whatever I can now, in an attempt to be slightly less invisible than I usually am.
Also, here's drawings.
( What I've been up to ) |
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[Sep. 1st, 2007|01:47 am] |
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| | accomplished | ] |
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| | scissor sisters | ] |
Remember the days when I, like...posted stuff? On livejournal? Now it's weird and foreign to me, a bunch of people defriended me, and a bunch of people I don't know friended me, and I generally don't know what's going on anymore. Such is the case with a lot of things, I guess.
Anyway, things that have not been in this journal in the past nine or ten months:
-I helped Jordyn work on her grad film a lot. I think we did a good job, but I would still say it's not finished. Even with two semesters of work, it's pretty much impossible for two people to finish a nine-minute animation.
-Me and Jordyn (officially) moved in together a few of months ago. We have been together almost a year!
-I won a scholarship at school that will send me to the Ottawa International Animation Festival in September. I am pretty excited for that. It will hopefully give me some much-needed inspiration for my grad film.
-I am starting to think that my life's ambition is perhaps not animation, but rather, staying home and playing Super Nintendo.
-Went to Edmonton, to see Colleen/galsan get married!
-Worked on my beard some more.
Okay, here are drawings.
( DRAWINGS. ) |
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| animation humor |
[Nov. 17th, 2006|04:10 pm] |
something I've been meaning to post:
me: I have lots of boils to go
more boils than I could possibly want
jordyn: ha ha ha
that sounds itchy
me: I'm seeing a doctor about it on tuesday. |
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| obligatory 2-month update |
[Nov. 16th, 2006|02:20 pm] |
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| |  uncreative | ] |
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| | yo tengo un novio que me lleva | ] |
Things you've missed out on:
-new icon
-I've been spending lots of time with my special lady
-swamped at school
-my drawings suck
-emily carr is screwing me over next semester
-playing wind waker and metroid prime, finally
-thinking about zombies a lot
Update complete!
Other updates will come when I have drawings I'm not so ashamed of. All I have for now is this, which I did for experimental animation. 159 drawings, and I didn't test any of it until it was finished (meaning, I didn't know whether it was going to synch at all). Considering, I think I did okay...
See you in 2 months? |
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| droarin's |
[Sep. 16th, 2006|06:01 pm] |
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| | uncomfortable | ] |
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| | joel plaskett - a job worth doing | ] |
( let's do it! ) |
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| another glorious return to los internados |
[Sep. 13th, 2006|01:32 pm] |
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| | modest mouse | ] |
Alright people, I'm back on the internet. Here's what you may have missed in the past two weeks:
-moved into my new swingin' bachelor pad. You should come and see it!
-back to school, got into 5 out of 6 courses, not too shabby
-injured my back (the cause is still not entirely clear), and have hobbled around like an old man for the last 4 days. However, the doctor has given me scary drugs, so my problems will soon be over.
That's it. Now you're all caught up. Maybe drawings later, but I don't have much to show, and most of people that care have probably seen them.
Also,
( interests collage meme--NSFW )
Why are there so many naked ladies in this 'collage'?? I don't know what to make of this!!
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[Aug. 30th, 2006|12:52 am] |
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| | polysics | ] |
Updates
-Moving in approx. 36 hours
-The comic I made for comix and stories, 'The Legend of Calamity Jack', seemed to go over pretty well, so I might start doing short strips regularly
-does anyone need computer speakers? Lief is giving me a new pair of speakers he doesn't need, so I don't need my old ones. They're pretty not-that-great, but they do the job. Any takers..?
-that's pretty much it. Here's Jack:
!!!
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| Wooo! |
[Aug. 18th, 2006|03:39 pm] |
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| |  jubilant | ] |
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| | johnny cash - cocaine blues | ] |
-I am so very done with work now. My last cheque comes next Thursday, and it includes an extra $100 worth of vacation pay!
-I am one credit check away from having an apartment in Vancouver!! It's small, it's expensive, but it is, essentially, mine.
-I am about two hours away from going on a two-day camping trip to Cape Breton!
-I am almost exactly one week away from being in Vancouver!
-I am waaaaay behind on my comic. :/
That's it for now! |
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| haiku time! |
[Aug. 12th, 2006|11:05 am] |
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| | chipper | ] |
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| | dfa1979 - romantic rights | ] |
( Garth...that was a haiku! )
Reasons for being in an awesome mood:
-For the first time since I started work, I have the entire weekend off!
-I only have three more days of work!
-I only have thirteen more days in Nova Scotia!
-My friend's birthday party is tonight! And I don't have to work tomorrow! Gettin' druuunk!
-Next weekend is my last weekend in NS, so we're gonna either have a 'beer lottery' party, or a road trip! Gettin' druuunk!!
-Gonna see Ashleigh (sewprecocious) this week after not seeing her for a year or two!
-I found out that the mp3 I had of 'Romantic Rights' was some weird, boring-er version, but now I have an awesome-er version. Awesome!
Reason for being in a not-as-awesome mood:
-Still no apartment for Vancouver (but I'm getting closer)
-Look like I won't be able to finish my Sonar Gang comic by the deadline, but it will definately be finished within a week! I'm almost done sketching it all out. I hope people like it. I do. I wanted to make it self-contained, but I keep coming up with ideas for more comics with this character. Maybe I'll do more with him, if I have lots of extra time this semester. Speaking of which:
-I still don't have any animation courses! GAH!! |
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| Captain Fredericksen and Co-pilot Reuben |
[Jun. 1st, 2006|12:55 am] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | stressed | ] |
I finished inking a page! I'm trying to finish a short (9-page) comic by Friday, called 'Olympia Station' (for now, anyway). I needed to take a brak so I thought I'd post this. It won't look so flat once it's toned. Maybe I'll post something else once I have everything finished...?
I'm kinda stressed out right now. Back to work. |
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| another one |
[May. 31st, 2006|12:39 am] |
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| | joel plaskett | ] |
item one:
Happy (4 days late) Birthday, Jordyn! I mean 'crazy cat lady' in the nicest/awesomest way possible. I'm sorry that it doesn't really look a whole lot like you.
( There's another doodle behind this here cut )
item two:
I've decided (tentatively) that my grad film is going be about (in some capacity) abandoned buildings. Maybe it will have some kind of narrative having something to do with physical/emotional abandonment and will try to be metaphorical but just end up being confusing? Probably.
item three:
So, guys? My birthday is coming up? Eh, I guy can dream... |
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| shit! |
[May. 30th, 2006|10:46 pm] |
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| | worried | ] |
ATTN: people that make comics
Does anyone know how to make screentones in photoshop? Or know of a site to download screentones that are not screen resolution from? Or know basically anything else about screentones, because I've never used them before but want to use them and need to learn before Friday?
Eh?
Guys? |
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| WOOOOO |
[May. 29th, 2006|03:19 pm] |
| [ | Current Mood |
| | pretty okay! | ] |
| [ | Current Music |
| | of montreal - tim, i wish you were born a girl | ] |
Guys! GUYS! I seriously don't even have to go to work today! I went to their website to find their phone number, only to discover that, much to my delight, they're closed on mondays! So as long as they don't call me up and berate me for not going to work for the third day in a row, this is offically an awesome day. I have taken this oppurtunity to get some good work done on my comic, which has to be finished and sent in a manner of days, but I think I can do it now! I just need to think of a title. Another reason I'm glad to not be at work: I'm still kind of sick and achey* after drinking a whole lot with my siblings and spending most of yesterday more or less hung over.
Other quick things:
-The new Scott Pilgrim is pretty awesome!
-I also got a copy of the Free Comic Book Day Scott Pilgrim! You might be able to get one, too! If you want!
-ruddeh may be able to get me a job at Electronics Boutique? Selling video games? Maybe?? Awesome???! (Note to self: email Brendan!)
-I have been listening to almost nothing but Devo since I got back to NS. As well as some Rancid. Can anyone suggest new music? I need new music!
-Happy (2-days-late) Birthday, Jordyn! I have a drawing to post for you, but it really kind of sucks right now and I'll post it when it looks nicer.
-That's all I got? I'm really kind of missing Vancouver a lot right now. I wanna get back to animating, and seeing people, and, you know, not living in my parent's basement.
*Edit!: I thought this acheyness was in my shoulders, but has somehow morphed into chest pains, so I think my lung (or lungs) is acting up again. Maybe if my lung collapses again I won't have to go to work!? I would seriously rather have a collapsed lung than go to work. It sucks that much. |
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