I could watch this kid forever.School and art and everything are being sort of stressful right now. So... sometimes you need to take a step back into something beautiful to get your mind off of everything you're doing wrong. Took a serious listen to Radiohead's In Rainbows today. I love how layered this band's sound is. While at first a few songs ( Read more... )

I haven't really drawn anything for a week. I don't know what's wrong, but I need to stop being such a wuss about art ( Read more... )

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 ( Read more... )

( the same thing as usual. )

Got seven minutes to spare? Go watch MUTO, an animation by a graffitti artist named Blu (Joey, you'd get a kick out of this if you haven't seen it yet). It's captivating and surreal and all sorts of amazing ( Read more... )

Things are okay ( Read more... )

I've been worrying about the line between compliments and sycophancy, and whether I've been stepping over it a few times or not. I always try to add something thoughtful or constructive in my comments about what I like in people's writing or art, but sometimes I'm not sure if it comes across as such or not. Maybe I'm thinking about this too much ( Read more... )

I finally caught up on One Piece.

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Mostly because people have been talking a lot about Moleskines lately, I've been thinking about sketchbooks. I draw mostly on loose computer paper (and sketch on some truly atrocious fax paper, though the perforated hole punched lining looks kind of cool), torn into half sheets and shoved into red manila folders sorted according to how scrappy and ( Read more... )

I am amused at how anal retentive I get about my characters sometimes. Today I made a chart detailing the different heights, builds, hair, skin, and eye colors, etc., on top of the stats sheets that I do for all of them anyways, to make sure that I'm not doing the same design over and over again. It was fun, and easier than doing full reference ( Read more... )