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That's it folks. I'm down to two pages left, and two illustrations left. Then i'm going to scan the beezejus out of these pages and be done with it.

HAHAHAHAHA.

I gotta give myself a little pat on the back. 25 pages in 2 and a half weeks? I think that's pretty darn badass. I am the drawing version of Batman. woo-hoo-hoo.

Okay, done tooting my own horn now.

I want to take a little moment to talk about Romeo and Juliet.

Romeo and Juliet is the story that kinda inspired Rose, i'm not sure why. I'm not a huge fan of the Sakespearian play. I mean, for a french person, it's barely readable. I'm not a big fan of the really famous movies for it either. the 80's one was cheesy as hell and the modern one with guns was confusing (load battles over confused, complicated text. Yeah, that's easy to follow!) so I don't know. I guess I just like the idea being Romeo and Juliet. I mean, it's the story behind every story - two lovers and two sides. It can be used as a metaphor for so many things. However, a few people argue that this story could not happen in modern times (they could have just texted each other, or sued their parents, etc.) I think as long as there are people who can hate each other and arguments, there will be Romeos and Juliets.

Just watched Anastasia again. I know this movie is completely innacurate history wise but GOOD GOD is the animation AMAZING. All the little subtle movements.....ALL OF THEM. I think that is the main difference between Disney style and Don Bluth. Disney kinda exagerates movements (like a punch will be a nice, long, fluid swoop). Don bluth also exagerates them, but he exagerates all the little movements that define the action (a punch with be the character shifting from side to side with footwork, followed by an hesitant, then wide punch, then his weight follows the punch and he looses balance.) I think I like Don Bluth better. I love all the little motions. You can see a few of them in some of the disney movies he worked on (like the fairies in Sleeping Beauty.)

In unrelated news - Lo and behold - the banner I drew for

the_flowergirl . Colored by a braver soul then me (I hate coloring). It looks great in colors!

Also - HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO JESS FINK. Artist of the awesome (erotic) webcomic Chester 5000. If you don't mind the sex (It's...frequent...) it's a fun read. Very light a beautiful drawings. Plus, robots (sex-robots) in a victorian setting is really interesting...

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When I think of Don Bluth's style specifically, it doesn't look realistic to me. He always had the really rounded edges (like noses, teeth, etc.). Very fat looking characters. You see it briefly in The Fox and the Hound when Tod is just a baby (nursing on a bottle) and also when the widow is milking her cow. It's stamped all over a lot of his older movies as well, but not so much the newer movies. I loved Secret of Nimh, but that's taken right from a book. They actually changed the plot a bit as well, but that's nothing new with movie adaptations.

I don't know about the culture in West Side Story being too English American. I never grew up anywhere near a city with gangs, but I still like it. Kind of funny though since we had to watch the beginning ALL THE TIME in my music classes as a kid. We seemed forever doomed to get to the dance house scene, only to watch up to that point the next time as well. I just think it had a really strong message to it about gangs and people defying the stigma against inter-racial relationships. When Maria gets up at the end of the movie and walks through all of the gathered gang members and isn't harassed at all, that's really powerful.

But Grease...bleh. Decent movie, up until the very end where it teaches you that it's not up to the guy to become a decent member of society to get the girl! The girl just has to abandon her morals and become a skank to win the guy! XO (Never ever watch the sequel.)

""But Grease...bleh. Decent movie, up until the very end where it teaches you that it's not up to the guy to become a decent member of society to get the girl! The girl just has to abandon her morals and become a skank to win the guy! XO (Never ever watch the sequel.)""

I hated that, too. Grease's 'moral' is basically: "Peer pressure is awesome! And if the popular people don't like you, then you're frigid and you need to change! And if you give in to a cute bad-boy's harassment to have sex, he'll totally love you (and ONLY you) forever!"
....sorry to rant but good God I hate that movie SOOO much!

No no, that's exactly how I feel about that movie. Just what were they thinking? I guess the whole thing was originally a play, but still...way to totally screw up any sort of message for people! (I'll stick with West Side Story. Sure, one of the main characters gets killed, but it has a better message to it at least..)

Man, reading your summary of the movie just reminds me of all those real life crime shows I've watched where the woman does lower her standards for a guy and ends up paying for it with her life. Just because a sleazeball is attractive doesn't mean he's anything more than a sleaze...

My hatred of that movie has only enhanced since my recent time spent living in a dorm with co-workers around my age. I was under CONSTANT pressure to go out to bars and I refused both because I can't drink alcohol (it makes me sick) and I was disturbed that they all drank to get plastered, came back to the dorm at 3:00AM, and did scary things while under the influence.

""Man, reading your summary of the movie just reminds me of all those real life crime shows I've watched where the woman does lower her standards for a guy and ends up paying for it with her life. Just because a sleazeball is attractive doesn't mean he's anything more than a sleaze...""
Yeah. I knew so many girls in high school who gave into their boyfriends' pressure 'put out' and most of them ended up miserable. Either their self-esteem plummets or, surprise surprise, their horny boyfriends end up cheating on them and breaking their hearts. :P

Oh sheesh, reminds me of the few months I worked down in Florida! A lot of my coworkers thought a good time meant going to bars after work to get plastered and be idiots, get little to no sleep, then drag themselves from bed with hangovers just in time for work. I think I shocked more than a few people when they realized I was of drinking age but refused to drink. (Religious reasons for me, but I come from a family of people who cannot handle alcohol or any type of drug well anyway, so it's more incentive to avoid the stuff.) One of the guys apparently lost it in a custodian closet at work but would never admit to it. I was the lucky one to come across it... XO

In any case, kind of sad what it says about our society now, isn't it? Live fast and loose, but be completely taken by surprise when things fall apart.

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