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For someone who says that they don't like much manga, I've sure been reading a lot of it lately. Went through all of Bleach last week, and in general I give it a solid pretty good. Not as gorgeously epic as One Piece or as well-thought-out and clever as Fullmetal Alchemist, but the story is entertaining and the characters are endearing, and it could be a lot worse. The art's not bad either, though I've noticed that Kubo's backgrounds are often blank and that a lot of times his pages have too few panels so the story moves slower overall. And, uh, I hate the way that he draws ears. And some of the zanpakuto designs look really useless. But that said, he's good at drawing pretty much any kind of intense negative expression, and making dudes with long hair still look like dudes (most of the time). I like a lot of the characters (Isshin, Kon, Ikkaku, Renji, Ichigo, Hiyori, Kensei, Hitsugaya as of now) but not quite the same way that I love my favorites in OP or FMA. Baby, it's not you, it's me.
Also caught up with Supernatural. Though my first reaction to the season finale involved a lot of flailing, I am completely relaxed about it all because it's not like he's not gonna come back or anything. It's just a matter of seeing how that happens.
Went to the movies for the first time in forever this weekend and saw Iron Man! Insert incoherent happiness here.
Art has been going very poorly these past couple of weeks. I'm sort of in a constant state of panic about my art and everything I draw just looks off and awkward and really amateurish to me. I try to remind myself that I'm only seventeen and have a year of high school left to work on this shit before I go to college with it, but it's hard not to compare myself with other artists I've seen online who were simply amazing (and still are) when they were my age or younger. I get discouraged so easily, but damned if I'm not going to give up. There's nothing to do but try, though sometimes bitching about it now and then helps.
The only thing more annoying than biting the inside of your cheek is having bleedy blisters on the back of your ankles.
Also caught up with Supernatural. Though my first reaction to the season finale involved a lot of flailing, I am completely relaxed about it all because it's not like he's not gonna come back or anything. It's just a matter of seeing how that happens.
Went to the movies for the first time in forever this weekend and saw Iron Man! Insert incoherent happiness here.
Art has been going very poorly these past couple of weeks. I'm sort of in a constant state of panic about my art and everything I draw just looks off and awkward and really amateurish to me. I try to remind myself that I'm only seventeen and have a year of high school left to work on this shit before I go to college with it, but it's hard not to compare myself with other artists I've seen online who were simply amazing (and still are) when they were my age or younger. I get discouraged so easily, but damned if I'm not going to give up. There's nothing to do but try, though sometimes bitching about it now and then helps.
The only thing more annoying than biting the inside of your cheek is having bleedy blisters on the back of your ankles.