Baby, i'm prone to darkness...

[secondlina]

Okay, finally, an update. May the crowd cheer!
I decided to color a drawing on photoshop, just for kicks again. Those of you who might recall my valentines day entry might 
reconize here my demon and angelic characters again (I rather like drawing those two) except here I tried to use a different style 
(which I kinda like!)
Aside from that, things are going well. Obviously, it's the exam period and i'm being graded by every living thing in my school, but
soon it shall be over. And when that's over, i'm getting down with some serious cleaning, much needed, yes yes.
I also got my hands on Runaways 5 and Chrono Crusade 7. Runaways was pretty funny as always, despite the Wolverine appearance 
(God, why is wolverine so overused? Well, still looking forward to that x-men movie) however, the ending of chrono crusade just doesn't look
like it's going to meet up my expectations. The 7th book feels a lot like the writter as creating a really complexe story in his head with a zillion characters but is only giving us the strict minimum. Like all those Magdalene order guards popping outta nowhere...They all look really cool and worked on and yet we know nothing of them.
I'm also currently working on a compilation of all the comics I drew using myself and my friends as characters. It sounds natural to do such a thing
but I realised lately  I used to hate using myself as a character. I kinda saw myself as plain and boring. Back in the day, the closest thing I had done to drawing myself was creating a sorceress alter-ego going by the name of Isabel Ashton. She was however only loosely based upon my personnality (she's a lot more fiesty and strong)
Oddly enough, I think I only really started drawing myself around the end of college. The birth of my numerous self portraits concide with the birth of my love life and also the birth of me, actually using other drawing styles then manga. Funny story: the actual creation of my new styles was caused by my boyfriend who commented that all I could draw was manga and that diversity would not kill me. I took that comment pretty bad but instead of doing what most manga-based fans do (which is claim that manga is holy, stick to it and suggest that the boyfriend in question goes to get his eyes poked out by volptures) I decided to prove him wrong by polishing up my drawing diversity for the following 6 months. I then showed it in is face, quite proud of myself and satisfied with the idea of proving him wrong (well, not wrong. But at least proving him good.) I never really said it, but I think i'm quite thankful for that. I now have a more diverse palette of styles so I can choose the style I want for the story I want (and I haven't dropped manga either). Not to mention that those 6 months where fateful for my comic persona since the main thing I was drawing in order to polish up my style was...myself.
It's crazy how little things can lead to very important things...

Though, I don't think that would have happened if my boyfriend hadn't been so blunt or me so stubborn.
Heh. If one day I write my memoirs, i'll let posterity know it was because I was a genius, and now because I was ticked off. *laughs*

Comments

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

Your boyfriend is very wise. I like the manga look well enough, but when that's all a person can/will draw it is very limiting. I'm glad that I was already drawing and sort of had my own style before anime came along. (All it's really influenced is my cartoony cats. I liked how cats could be so simple, unlike when I draw in my more realistic style.)

Never underestimate anger as an influence, either. It can be the proper motivation for many things. (Usually it's things like turning fear to anger when a man tries to harm you, but it can be used in much more healthy situations as well, such as yours.) ^_^;

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

hehe, anger is a good fuel for things, and god knows that boy can push my buttons!
Actually, I used to have an independant style before manga came along: believe it or not, when I was younger, I hated manga! I only liked european comics and said manga was crap (mainly because the only thing I knew was tv sailor moon, and even hardcore fans will admit that the english re-edition of the series made it very stupid)
However people kept telling me my stuff looked like manga, and so, when I discovered it, I indulged in it. Basicly, if people where gonna say my style that had nothing to do with manga looked like manga, might as well convert compeltly.
It is very limitating though, and i'm happy he got me to evolve...Hell will freeze over before I tell him to his face though. I do have my pride *laughs* But if he's reading this, he'll know.