Today and letters.
First, a summary of the last two days...and then some things i write to other people on Deviant art. Their part of the conversation is not included, so it might seem all mixed up and outta context...but still, they're my thoughts, they're in type, and some of them might be somewhat interesting...so they belong here.
Couple days ago: did some paintings of Smaug and Bard. Then spent some time over at Will’s place discussing project related topics, and then we went out for Thai food. If all goes without mistake
I went in for more interviews today, and they all went well.
. I’m nor horribly excited about it, but I am excited about the new stream of money that will be making it’s way into my bank account.
The obvious result of this is that things that would have been extravagant, such as a new pair of shoes, turn back into necessities. So yes, I bought shoes. It’s a must when the tread is starting to fall off.
Met a friend from UCSB at the Beachside restaurant. I only mention this because it may prove to be a significant encounter at a later time.
Correspondence:
So, what did you feed this gerbil to promote such long life? I have the tendency to feed Tumblers a lot of crap (because she likes it so much), but I try my best to give her things that are healthy. I really don’t want to see her blimp up with tumors, or suffer needlessly from any other degenerative malady. Speaking of which, I should get her spayed. That’s supposed to help, or so I’ve heard.
Oh no! I used to have guinea pigs too, and they all suffered horrible deaths. For their size, they’re very fragile beasts. I still have the memories though; the way their eyes always used to bug in two directions, the chuckling sounds they’d make when they were happy, and the squealing…I’ll even miss the squealing. Ueeee Ueeeee!
Yeah, snakes are very efficient ratters. I love the way the can just sit there for the longest time watching the rat, moving so little that it’s beyond perception. And then BOOM! The little squeaker is locked in the deadly coil of teeth and muscle faster than you can say “tinder and flint”. Certainly not a very comfortable death…but I think the giant millipedes would be a worse way to go. A snake just crushes the rat, whereas the millipede holds it fast and immediately starts to grind into it with it’s jaws.
I certainly hope you do! You have a wonderful touch, and it’d be a shame if you stopped producing. Art can be a very healing thing. It has been for me a number of times over the past year. Hard times--- your art is something that’s bigger than all that, and it will certainly outlast it.
Haha, I dont know how I could be nostalgic. I’m neither Russian, nor have I ever been to Russia. I’ll admit that the whole country intrigues me; the writing, the architecture, the language, this sadish history, the landscape. All very interesting. In what part do you live?
I probably wouldn’t want to live there, but I really don’t know enough to say anything like that.
That’s a good school from what I’ve heard. I went to a UC, and I’m not sure that was the right place to go for art. Stylistically, I was the oddball. Not that the other students didn’t like my work…it was about 75% of the professors. The grade givers. They thought my Hobbit/ Fantasy paintings were “kitsch” or just “illustrations”. The outcome of that was a 3.0 GPA. In my defense, I didn’t think I’d be an art major. I was fairly certain that I‘d earn a dependable degree which would put me in line for a very dependable sort of job. We can thank Lord of the Rings for screwing all that up.
I’m glad it fooled you! I suppose that says the drawing/painting holds up well ….but I’m not so glad that I cheated. Backgrounds are such a time-sapping part of a piece-sometimes it’s easier to fake it. What do you think? Did that cheapen the work for you?
I suppose my goal should be to either bring everything up to photo-quality, and make the composite aspect of the work be the major feature…that or just make the backgrounds a bit more painterly…but, as it is, there’s still a little bit too much of a gap between the photographic elements and those that were fabricated.
I really do hate abandoning projects, because it’s often more than just a project. You’re abandoning characters that you’ve grown to like and places that you’ve grown to love despite the fact that they’re completely fictitious. You know, you’ve invested so much energy into every aspect of the story that it begins to feel more like a vivid memory of something real than a pile of paper and boards covered with paint.
The problem’s with this story were simple; it was to complex. I had already written so much that I didn’t want to compromise anything. A catch 22. Aside from the character diagrams and paintings, the story still exists as a rough heap of about 300 pages. Maybe sometime I’ll have time to renovate it…but for now, I have been using the story for spare parts. I abduct my favorite characters, tweak them, and then work them into the story that I’m now co-writing with a friend. Actually, we haven’t put down a hard sentence; it’s still all very conceptual. But it’s coming…you can see some of the concept art in my later deviations (villain, leviathan, sunshine dragon). Anyway, thanks for your comment, haha, I’m glad the look of the story appeals to you!
Couple days ago: did some paintings of Smaug and Bard. Then spent some time over at Will’s place discussing project related topics, and then we went out for Thai food. If all goes without mistake
I went in for more interviews today, and they all went well.
. I’m nor horribly excited about it, but I am excited about the new stream of money that will be making it’s way into my bank account.
The obvious result of this is that things that would have been extravagant, such as a new pair of shoes, turn back into necessities. So yes, I bought shoes. It’s a must when the tread is starting to fall off.
Met a friend from UCSB at the Beachside restaurant. I only mention this because it may prove to be a significant encounter at a later time.
Correspondence:
So, what did you feed this gerbil to promote such long life? I have the tendency to feed Tumblers a lot of crap (because she likes it so much), but I try my best to give her things that are healthy. I really don’t want to see her blimp up with tumors, or suffer needlessly from any other degenerative malady. Speaking of which, I should get her spayed. That’s supposed to help, or so I’ve heard.
Oh no! I used to have guinea pigs too, and they all suffered horrible deaths. For their size, they’re very fragile beasts. I still have the memories though; the way their eyes always used to bug in two directions, the chuckling sounds they’d make when they were happy, and the squealing…I’ll even miss the squealing. Ueeee Ueeeee!
Yeah, snakes are very efficient ratters. I love the way the can just sit there for the longest time watching the rat, moving so little that it’s beyond perception. And then BOOM! The little squeaker is locked in the deadly coil of teeth and muscle faster than you can say “tinder and flint”. Certainly not a very comfortable death…but I think the giant millipedes would be a worse way to go. A snake just crushes the rat, whereas the millipede holds it fast and immediately starts to grind into it with it’s jaws.
I certainly hope you do! You have a wonderful touch, and it’d be a shame if you stopped producing. Art can be a very healing thing. It has been for me a number of times over the past year. Hard times--- your art is something that’s bigger than all that, and it will certainly outlast it.
Haha, I dont know how I could be nostalgic. I’m neither Russian, nor have I ever been to Russia. I’ll admit that the whole country intrigues me; the writing, the architecture, the language, this sadish history, the landscape. All very interesting. In what part do you live?
I probably wouldn’t want to live there, but I really don’t know enough to say anything like that.
That’s a good school from what I’ve heard. I went to a UC, and I’m not sure that was the right place to go for art. Stylistically, I was the oddball. Not that the other students didn’t like my work…it was about 75% of the professors. The grade givers. They thought my Hobbit/ Fantasy paintings were “kitsch” or just “illustrations”. The outcome of that was a 3.0 GPA. In my defense, I didn’t think I’d be an art major. I was fairly certain that I‘d earn a dependable degree which would put me in line for a very dependable sort of job. We can thank Lord of the Rings for screwing all that up.
I’m glad it fooled you! I suppose that says the drawing/painting holds up well ….but I’m not so glad that I cheated. Backgrounds are such a time-sapping part of a piece-sometimes it’s easier to fake it. What do you think? Did that cheapen the work for you?
I suppose my goal should be to either bring everything up to photo-quality, and make the composite aspect of the work be the major feature…that or just make the backgrounds a bit more painterly…but, as it is, there’s still a little bit too much of a gap between the photographic elements and those that were fabricated.
I really do hate abandoning projects, because it’s often more than just a project. You’re abandoning characters that you’ve grown to like and places that you’ve grown to love despite the fact that they’re completely fictitious. You know, you’ve invested so much energy into every aspect of the story that it begins to feel more like a vivid memory of something real than a pile of paper and boards covered with paint.
The problem’s with this story were simple; it was to complex. I had already written so much that I didn’t want to compromise anything. A catch 22. Aside from the character diagrams and paintings, the story still exists as a rough heap of about 300 pages. Maybe sometime I’ll have time to renovate it…but for now, I have been using the story for spare parts. I abduct my favorite characters, tweak them, and then work them into the story that I’m now co-writing with a friend. Actually, we haven’t put down a hard sentence; it’s still all very conceptual. But it’s coming…you can see some of the concept art in my later deviations (villain, leviathan, sunshine dragon). Anyway, thanks for your comment, haha, I’m glad the look of the story appeals to you!