Well, at least I save money on movie rentals.

[secondlina]

My brain is WEIRD. Whenever I dream (may it be a nightmare or a good dream), there's always these overly complex plots with character development going on. For instance, yesterday, I had two really elaborate dreams. In the first, I was in the 1920's in a big steampunk-ish city. A songstress had hired me to protect her because a dangerous secret admirer was on the loose. So I was a weird bodyguard/superhero called "Mysteria" that had a purple batman-esque suit. The admirer turned out to be my brother. It was weird.

The second dream I had started in a circus. Two brothers worked there (and they had a serious Alphonse and Ed from Fullmetal Alchemist feel). The circus master decided it was time for the boys to go to school since they were super smart (which pissed off another apprentice that wanted schooling as well), so the brothers got dropped off at this weird academy in a steampunk-ish city (yet again). They make friends with a gloomy girl and a fun-loving boy, who turned out to be a princess in disguise. The brothers ended using their super awesome circus skills and epic smarts to save the princess from being wed to a an epic, sword-gun-canon-thing wielding dark knight.

I'm not really sure what these dreams mean, aside from maybe i'm reading too many comics.

I picked up contracts again. Why? Because I miss working on children's books. My drawing stuff is weird. On one side, i've got my morbid and strange printed comics. On another, i've got my watercolored children illustrations. On another again, I have Namesake, that isn't quite happy or quite creepy. It's like i've got a full range of very different things to draw.

I LOVE IT.

For some reason, the things I love always seem to be either youth literature, or strange, or both. Creepy things can come up in kid's stuff though. Kids like to be scared.

Sketch of a girl and a wolf for said kids drawings. I love the loop in her hair.



- Isa

Comments

[earthstar-moon.livejournal.com]

It sounds like those dreams would make interesting comics. XD

You're not alone in liking youth stories, I read them a lot at well. ^_~ I think the thing with children/youth stories is that there is such a variety now and it can easily be creepy (in a cool way). Just look a Coraline and the Goosebumps series. As you said, kids just love being scared.

[ichiban-victory.livejournal.com]

I'll take your dream over mine! Mine included, among other things, a supposedly "clean for the environment" company actually being devious and polluting the environment...and they stole my car and left me with a tricycle. I don't understand!

That is one fat wolf with the evil eyes. ^_- The girl is very simplistic, but cute. How I envy your people skills!

[elfgrove.livejournal.com]

Sorry, off topic, but LOOKIT LOOKIT LOOKIT!
Fandom secret! Namesake. 103.
*dies*

[spankingfemme.livejournal.com]

Having a change up in art is always refreshing :)

Where can you pick up contracts? Do you have to have a publisher send them to you?