Poster redo + plotting thoughts
Yeahhhhhh, I dunno, looks like maybe I improved in the past six years. hahahah I can't even believe how messy and undetailed the lines were on the original piece. I know what was running through my head: "I'll just put the details in and clean it up on the computer" but... I think when you have messy, vague lines, something about that still transfers over and takes away from the art even if you try to fill things in digitally. PLUS you won't have a pencil piece that you can even be proud of. The new one just makes me feel better in so many ways!
2009 2015
Hm.... so what does this post mean, exactly? I don't know what I'm doing. After what I've been through, I'm easing back into whatever I feel like, whenever. Just happy to have art and writing that came from me for once, after so many months of... different things happening to me than what I'm used to...
I have seen that I have five delivery shifts this week, which means my paycheck is only going to get fatter. I am actually making twice if not more than I used to, and it's hard to wrap my head around. I was thinking what expensive thing I really wanted but couldn't seem to save up for, and it was an Orlok coat, it's just... I think I'd appreciate it more if I were more involved with that fandom again, and at the moment I'm not. I actually would like to be writing He's There and doing more alt-universe Wonderland fanfic on the side. Soooo... I guess it will have to wait.
I don't know how I will get myself plotting again, but it probably would benefit me if I had some really cool (new!) elements to throw in that could contribute to a structure, which is what I seemed to lack in that second arc which is causing me so much trouble. Might be to my benefit just to feel out that situation in my head, and not to stress about it. This is such a key time for "Erik" to make his case - I'm sure that he's got plans. I'm sure he's aiming to impress her, intrigue her, maybe even come off a bit intimidating to her. Although she will begin to see him in person, and that generally has a way of peeling the mystery off of somebody who has just been sending notes, he would want to find a way to actually cause her more confusion and fascination.
I think a lot of that confusion in the second arc is going to come from his involvement with the theater, and the strange things that happen there, as well as the intensity of his "roleplaying"-- which she doesn't first understand is often him opening up to her. She thinks he's going overboard, thinks he might be doing something illegal and involving her in a careless way. Oh, and of course, once he had been invited into her life, it suddenly seems like he could be anywhere, and indeed he does pop up in places she's not expecting, at the wrong time. This is the arc that hooks up with one of my soundtrack songs about them. (Inspired by some truly fucked up things that happened in the first draft, too.)
Well... work from 10am-3pm. I had better go and put my face on. ;D
-J