I have nothing. NOTHING. I am so hopelessly behind now it's scary and I seem to have forgotten how to draw. I've been seriously struggling with Saturday's page since THURSDAY and it's still right it has been all along....barely a layout. I have to do three pages today in order to be caught up and I can't even get one. I'm so screwed.
Time just hasn't been on my side....Usually i can get most of a page done at work, but last week we were super busy....this weekend I had no time to myself at all and today...all motivation has died. I have been trying and trying and everything I've done is crap.
....ugh.
When I dream, everything is backwards.
Monday, November 19, 2012
Friday, November 16, 2012
NaNoWriMo update 9
Aarrrgh! I'm no longer far ahead. I barely got anything done yesterday at all, just the layout, text and some sketches for tomorrow's page. So now I have to work like a fiend to get it done today because tomorrow I'm not going to have time. So I'll be behind again *sob*
But anyway here's today's page
Page 13!
LOL that middle panel cracks me up for some reason. Alex looks really girly on this page.
I had to bring in pink and a dark red for this page because it just looked too blue. I'm not sure why. I think the extra color is definitely a plus. And again, white-out pen and sliver pen are love.
But anyway here's today's page
Page 13!
LOL that middle panel cracks me up for some reason. Alex looks really girly on this page.
I had to bring in pink and a dark red for this page because it just looked too blue. I'm not sure why. I think the extra color is definitely a plus. And again, white-out pen and sliver pen are love.
Thursday, November 15, 2012
NaNoWriMo Update 8
I need a title for this thing =_=
Page 12
Scary!! While I was drawing this page I didn't actually think I'd ever finish it. And my markers are running out...which sucks. There is no way this is ending at 30 pages....I'm way too long-winded.
Page 12
Scary!! While I was drawing this page I didn't actually think I'd ever finish it. And my markers are running out...which sucks. There is no way this is ending at 30 pages....I'm way too long-winded.
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
NaNoWriMo Update 7
With page 11!
Which is actually today's page!
Tomorrow's page is finished too, and Friday's....not even started!!
Drawing Alex as a child is...weird. I don't usually do it. He's so little!! He'll get littler. I'm going backwards. I've done some research over the years of what children, especially boys, wore in the 1800's. I've come up with pretty much what I expected lol AND some funness I didn't expect. Like boys dressed like girls for years until they were about 9 or 10!! Who knew?! All this time when I put Alex in dresses I doing it right. I'm totally embellishing the wardrobe btw. IF/when I get to the adults in this thing they'll be doing a steampunkish style that I can make up as I go along so I don't have to worry about accuracies so much. I don't really care tbh. I just want to draw what I want to draw, which is Alex in dresses and striped stockings. He's cutes dressed like that.
Other stuff...
The original concept of Boo I drew a million years ago. He hasn't changed much...
and as he "grows" These are concept sketches, I'm not sure how he'll look finished, but I better figure it out cause I think he'll be in the next page D:
**Just a quick not on Boo. He's not a child. He's not human and he has no gender. None at all. He's a thing. I call him a "he" because it's easy, and because he "grows" using Alex as a model, so in some ways they're similar.
Alex - both as an adult and a child. That's the first sketch I did of him around that age. I've drawn him younger, but not around 8-10.
and...
D: D: D:
Rocky does not want me to work. RAWR. Ebil cat is ebil.
Which is actually today's page!
Tomorrow's page is finished too, and Friday's....not even started!!
Drawing Alex as a child is...weird. I don't usually do it. He's so little!! He'll get littler. I'm going backwards. I've done some research over the years of what children, especially boys, wore in the 1800's. I've come up with pretty much what I expected lol AND some funness I didn't expect. Like boys dressed like girls for years until they were about 9 or 10!! Who knew?! All this time when I put Alex in dresses I doing it right. I'm totally embellishing the wardrobe btw. IF/when I get to the adults in this thing they'll be doing a steampunkish style that I can make up as I go along so I don't have to worry about accuracies so much. I don't really care tbh. I just want to draw what I want to draw, which is Alex in dresses and striped stockings. He's cutes dressed like that.
Other stuff...
The original concept of Boo I drew a million years ago. He hasn't changed much...
and as he "grows" These are concept sketches, I'm not sure how he'll look finished, but I better figure it out cause I think he'll be in the next page D:
**Just a quick not on Boo. He's not a child. He's not human and he has no gender. None at all. He's a thing. I call him a "he" because it's easy, and because he "grows" using Alex as a model, so in some ways they're similar.
Alex - both as an adult and a child. That's the first sketch I did of him around that age. I've drawn him younger, but not around 8-10.
and...
D: D: D:
Rocky does not want me to work. RAWR. Ebil cat is ebil.
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
NaNoWriMo update 6
Today's actual page! :D
Which means I'm totally on track. I have Thursday's page about half done. If I finish it tonight I will def start Friday's page. I have plans all weekend (again) so if I can get ahead by as much as possible I need too.
Page 10
I love this page. I had so much fun with it...I just kept adding stuff! lol Plus all the depressing stuff is over for now....so I can move the story along. What story there is.
I think I need to buy more blue markers. The one I use the most is about dead D:
Which means I'm totally on track. I have Thursday's page about half done. If I finish it tonight I will def start Friday's page. I have plans all weekend (again) so if I can get ahead by as much as possible I need too.
Page 10
I love this page. I had so much fun with it...I just kept adding stuff! lol Plus all the depressing stuff is over for now....so I can move the story along. What story there is.
I think I need to buy more blue markers. The one I use the most is about dead D:
NaNoWriMo Update 5 (NSFW)
WARNING
There is mature and (IMO) disturbing content ahead.
I got a LOT done this weekend. I only half-assed worked on stuff Sat and Sun, but then finished everything up to Monday on Monday, plus today and tomorrow's pages. :)
So I'm ahead by.....well two pages, since today is finished and I'm starting Thursdays page already. I think if I can keep this up I can make up for the story change and get those 5 pages back. *crosses fingers*
I'll only post up through today so I have something tomorrow...but here are the weekends pages.
They're....awful. I cried. Don't judge me...Alex is my baby. I've always known this happened but I've never drawn or written it.
Page 7
Page 8
Page 9
I'm not doing a great job of cleaning up my edges in PS.
I really like coloring by hand with marker and colored pencil and water color pencil with marker. I think my style is less consistent like this...but I am spending much less time on each step than I normally would, so I'm not shocked.
Look for another update later with today's page!!
There is mature and (IMO) disturbing content ahead.
I got a LOT done this weekend. I only half-assed worked on stuff Sat and Sun, but then finished everything up to Monday on Monday, plus today and tomorrow's pages. :)
So I'm ahead by.....well two pages, since today is finished and I'm starting Thursdays page already. I think if I can keep this up I can make up for the story change and get those 5 pages back. *crosses fingers*
I'll only post up through today so I have something tomorrow...but here are the weekends pages.
They're....awful. I cried. Don't judge me...Alex is my baby. I've always known this happened but I've never drawn or written it.
Page 7
Page 8
Page 9
I'm not doing a great job of cleaning up my edges in PS.
I really like coloring by hand with marker and colored pencil and water color pencil with marker. I think my style is less consistent like this...but I am spending much less time on each step than I normally would, so I'm not shocked.
Look for another update later with today's page!!
Friday, November 9, 2012
NaNoWriMo update 4
With the next few pages.
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6
Woo! I'm doing more color. Alex needs color. He does. So there.
So now we have Boo. I've been wanting to do a story with Boo and Alex for years. I've started it several times and done sketches and planned it out and not liked any of it...so this time I'm jumping right in. Alex has had several therapists in his time, this is just the latest. I literally drew all three of these pages leaving the panels with him in them blank because I wasn't happy with his design...then went in and filled them in after. I'm still not thrilled, but hopefully he'll get better as I go on.
There will be no update until Tuesday as I'm off on Monday and have no scanner at home :P
I'll be working though! I'm already nearly done with tomorrow's page and the next two are penciled. I want to stay as far ahead as I can.
I am...seriously debating weather or not to post pages 8-9. Drawing them is hard, emotionally, not art-wise. They look really good so far but the content is...awful. Anything with Alex in it is automatically going to be kinda dark, but I didn't mean for it to get this bad so quickly. Oops. I probably will post, but there will be a srs warning. Or I might make this post friends-only or something....we'll see.
Page 4
Page 5
Page 6
Woo! I'm doing more color. Alex needs color. He does. So there.So now we have Boo. I've been wanting to do a story with Boo and Alex for years. I've started it several times and done sketches and planned it out and not liked any of it...so this time I'm jumping right in. Alex has had several therapists in his time, this is just the latest. I literally drew all three of these pages leaving the panels with him in them blank because I wasn't happy with his design...then went in and filled them in after. I'm still not thrilled, but hopefully he'll get better as I go on.
There will be no update until Tuesday as I'm off on Monday and have no scanner at home :P
I'll be working though! I'm already nearly done with tomorrow's page and the next two are penciled. I want to stay as far ahead as I can.
I am...seriously debating weather or not to post pages 8-9. Drawing them is hard, emotionally, not art-wise. They look really good so far but the content is...awful. Anything with Alex in it is automatically going to be kinda dark, but I didn't mean for it to get this bad so quickly. Oops. I probably will post, but there will be a srs warning. Or I might make this post friends-only or something....we'll see.
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
NaNoWriMo Comic project update 3
As of today I'm two days ahead. I did three pages today! Plus some outlining for the next few. I have plans.
So this is the new story.
I'm happy, it's going well...Art is ok, but with this it's a little better than I expected, so yay! No title, not even a working one, so right now it's just...Boo.
Page 1
I've wanted to draw something like this forever. Kinda happy I finally got too it even if it's not a labored over illustration.
Page 2
Using markers instead of digital tone is much harder. Especially since I'm not using copics and my colors are kind of limited. And I am literally doing all of this in my sketchbook so it's not even close to marker paper.
I may get a few more markers this weekend and keep adding more color to the palate. I messed this poor page up like mad but I like the result. My white-out pen is my new best friend.
Page 3
I love how this page looks.
I'll post the next three tomorrow...Then I'll have some time to work on the next pages.
So this is the new story.
I'm happy, it's going well...Art is ok, but with this it's a little better than I expected, so yay! No title, not even a working one, so right now it's just...Boo.
Page 1
I've wanted to draw something like this forever. Kinda happy I finally got too it even if it's not a labored over illustration.
Page 2
Using markers instead of digital tone is much harder. Especially since I'm not using copics and my colors are kind of limited. And I am literally doing all of this in my sketchbook so it's not even close to marker paper.
I may get a few more markers this weekend and keep adding more color to the palate. I messed this poor page up like mad but I like the result. My white-out pen is my new best friend.
Page 3
I love how this page looks.
I'll post the next three tomorrow...Then I'll have some time to work on the next pages.
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
NaNoWriMo 2012 FAIL!
Already!! I just started!!!!
So basically I got behind over the weekend, started yesterday all ready to do a million pages to catch up....then totally scrapped the story I was working on and started fresh.
Yep. FAIL
Here is the before promised page 2, and what I had done of page 3. I also layed out and started 4, 5 and 6 over the weekend, but didn't get far enough to post anything. Between all of that, and what I did yesterday, I'm officially caught up and a little ahead (til today when I plan to fall behind again lol), but doing a different story all together.
Page 2
Page 3
Neither are bad...I actually like both and was trying to think of a way to work at least the first two pages into the new story (still might, but we'll see), but the backgrounds for this thing would have killed me. NO WAY was I going to be able to handle the next three pages in one day each let alone future pages. I need more skillz. Yo.
So I am working on something set in Forgotten Children's time with futuristic crappy bgs that I'm used too, and set waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day with woods 'n' stuff. So it's going to be - let's face it - easier. I'm not too proud to admit it, I took on more than I could do.
Anyway I have three pages left to upload but I'll probably do it later. Since it's a new story and beginning I figure it needs a new post.
So basically I got behind over the weekend, started yesterday all ready to do a million pages to catch up....then totally scrapped the story I was working on and started fresh.
Yep. FAIL
Here is the before promised page 2, and what I had done of page 3. I also layed out and started 4, 5 and 6 over the weekend, but didn't get far enough to post anything. Between all of that, and what I did yesterday, I'm officially caught up and a little ahead (til today when I plan to fall behind again lol), but doing a different story all together.
Page 2
Page 3
Neither are bad...I actually like both and was trying to think of a way to work at least the first two pages into the new story (still might, but we'll see), but the backgrounds for this thing would have killed me. NO WAY was I going to be able to handle the next three pages in one day each let alone future pages. I need more skillz. Yo.
So I am working on something set in Forgotten Children's time with futuristic crappy bgs that I'm used too, and set waaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day with woods 'n' stuff. So it's going to be - let's face it - easier. I'm not too proud to admit it, I took on more than I could do.
Anyway I have three pages left to upload but I'll probably do it later. Since it's a new story and beginning I figure it needs a new post.
Friday, November 2, 2012
NaNoWriMo Rebel! Black and Blue page 1
Page one is finished! I'm on track! For now, lol
I'm really happy with it, especially since I didn't even attempt to think about this whole story til yesterday. I am fighting a cold and had other stuff to do and just...didn't. But I knocked it out anyway, started the second page and will hopefully keep going as well as I can. the weekend scares me...I'm usually busy and never do anything...we'll see.
I thought about it a little yesterday and divided this story into four parts. I have to come up with a good title for both the whole story (the working title is Black and Blue, but I didn't want that as the final title) but for now it's "Alex Wakes Up".
...
Actually, considering what should happen, that's not too bad. Maybe I'll keep it. I tend to keep my WTs anyway.
I love drawing Alex in bed...he's such a lazy Mo' I should really do it more often but I don't. His "morning" routine is something I've wanted to do in detail for awhile, but this will be a very abbreviated version. This thing is going to go way past 30 pages as it is.
I realized something horrible last night...I have to hand-draw all his stupid tattoos. STUPID ALEX!!! I have a vector file of almost all of them, so I usually just plug them in after I'm done inking...but since I'm doing everything by hand from start to finish (except for the text - I want people to be able to read this thing) I have to draw them. Alex sucks. I hate his tatts. Why'd I ever make them up?!?!?
At least most of them are easy...he doens't have the wings yet so the rose and his stupid name with be the worst. He'll be wearing long sleeves the rest of the time. lol
I'm putting a border around these pages. I didn't do that with what I did of Raw, and I regretted it. I need borders.
Must work on page 2...wish me luck!!
EDIT: I thought I should mention this will not be updated on the weekends unless I can find a scanner somewhere. Since I only have one at work, anything I do will have to wait til Monday...
I'm really happy with it, especially since I didn't even attempt to think about this whole story til yesterday. I am fighting a cold and had other stuff to do and just...didn't. But I knocked it out anyway, started the second page and will hopefully keep going as well as I can. the weekend scares me...I'm usually busy and never do anything...we'll see.
I thought about it a little yesterday and divided this story into four parts. I have to come up with a good title for both the whole story (the working title is Black and Blue, but I didn't want that as the final title) but for now it's "Alex Wakes Up".
...
Actually, considering what should happen, that's not too bad. Maybe I'll keep it. I tend to keep my WTs anyway.
I love drawing Alex in bed...he's such a lazy Mo' I should really do it more often but I don't. His "morning" routine is something I've wanted to do in detail for awhile, but this will be a very abbreviated version. This thing is going to go way past 30 pages as it is.
I realized something horrible last night...I have to hand-draw all his stupid tattoos. STUPID ALEX!!! I have a vector file of almost all of them, so I usually just plug them in after I'm done inking...but since I'm doing everything by hand from start to finish (except for the text - I want people to be able to read this thing) I have to draw them. Alex sucks. I hate his tatts. Why'd I ever make them up?!?!?
At least most of them are easy...he doens't have the wings yet so the rose and his stupid name with be the worst. He'll be wearing long sleeves the rest of the time. lol
I'm putting a border around these pages. I didn't do that with what I did of Raw, and I regretted it. I need borders.
Must work on page 2...wish me luck!!
EDIT: I thought I should mention this will not be updated on the weekends unless I can find a scanner somewhere. Since I only have one at work, anything I do will have to wait til Monday...
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