West and the moon...

[secondlina]

ilikebigtoes  and elle_white  have already posted this, but since this journal is pretty much a dumping pile for all fairy tale things and animation things I find awesome, i'll post it too.

Ex-Disney employees (EDIT : They don't work there. But they are clearly talented enough to do awesome stuff) made a video  "animation" of a storyboard for a scene from a potential "Wicked" animated adaptation. This would be an adaptation of the musical or course, not the book per say. First off, I love this video and this idea. "Wicked" the musical had a very Disney-esque quality to it (despite the storyline itself being more the type of scenario Dreamworks would pick up). This would make a great animation. And the people who did this story board clearly know that. The tracks used are from the "Hunchback of Notre-Dame" and "Wicked".

Click image for video.



I love this type of thing. Animated storyboards? Love it. I adore this type of crude animation with a voice-over. It's so simple and beautiful. "How to train your dragon" had 3 animated storyboards and I think i've watched them all 10 or so times. The worse part is, I could totalyl make this type of thing. This requires no knowledge of animation programs. Just some good old pencil drawings, a basic editing program and a soundtrack. So why didn't I EVER do this? I guess I need an idea and a song/dialog.

I'm kinda amused by how many guards Elphaba is tossing aside with a BROOM. One of the recurring gags in the Oz books is that fact that the Emerald city has barely any guards. I guess they all quit after getting their ass handed to them by a broom. It's pretty embarrassing.

Aside from that, what is new? Well, I pretty much spent the weekend recovering from my horrible, stressful week. I'm never doing that much stuff ever again. I also realized i'm way behind on stuff I need to do, emails, rps and coloring drawings. I need to make a to-do list again. I want to try dividing my time more. I want to see people (so i'm not quite so horribly lifeless and boring) while still keeping enough time to draw.

Pascal really wants me to find a part-time job and invest more time into becoming a comic artist. It was a plan I had formed myself, but like most plans I make, this one seemed to translate into a bad idea. I didn't really like the idea of cutting back on work. It made me feel like I was irresponsible or ungrateful, since so many people seek full-time work. But Pascal says I should try to develop my artistic career while I can and make the monetary sacrifices while it's still actually possible. He's right? I'm right? I don't know. I would love to be able to draw more and focus on really getting into the comic world. Maybe i'm afraid to take on the part time job because i'm also afraid it officially means i'll have to really start being a "professional" artist. And that's a lot of work and scary things.

What do you guys think?

Well, as a random finishing touch, I drew some sailor moon. I'm really unhappy with these sketches... But I like the feel of them, so i'll post them anyways. For some reason, I seem to adore the pre-destruction-silver-moon-millenium-kingdom. Why could they not give us more scenes from that?





Over and out.

- Isa

Comments

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Oh, you'll succeed!! You already succeeded. You were named on a bunch of blogs as "super-awesome-upcoming-artist-of-2011" (you can't hide it! I saw it all! :D). I have no doubt that you will be successful. I believe in you and so do a ton of other artists! In your case, part-timing or trying to live off the art is a perfect and inevitable plan. Please go for it! I have so much faith in what you do and your delightful imagination, it's crazy! :D

I'm fairly unknown, which is one of the reasons why I think focusing on the art more is a potentially bad idea for me. My style might be original, but it's not getting noticed much... or maybe i'm not going to the right places? Curse you networking, and your tricky trickiness.

Thanks for leaving the comment though, it makes me so happy to see i'm not the only person suffering froma bad case of nerves over this! I really appreciate your support.

[sockefeller.livejournal.com]

Pffaaaahhh! haha, thank you! I'm super new to all this stuff though, so I'm still feeling it all out (and I've never really made any money off my drawing before in my life -- er, which is still true). But likewise, totally! You've got a really great work ethic and a really appealing style, you should definitely give it a chance and get a book out there. :)

Are you on twitter? I've met tons of people through that, and it's a good way to get your links and whatnot spread around.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Well, you're still getting great buzz for your art, and that's a really good step forward. Try presenting stuff to editors! :D

Thanks for all the compliments! I'm really touched!

I'm on twitter. I don't update it much, or use it for research, which is very bad. :( It's secondlina there too! http://twitter.com/Secondlina. What's yours?

[sockefeller.livejournal.com]

I'm at "emilyterrible"! Just added you. And there are tons of cartoonists and comic folks on there, it's really helped me find people and share work.

[secondlina.livejournal.com]

Wow, you have a ton of artists following you! Hah, I told you people though you were awesome! :D Because you totally are!

Thanks for adding me! :D