Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Monday, 26 October 2015
Monday, 19 October 2015
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
ACTION PLAN
okay so i got an email like half an hour ago from the thoughtbubble people saying there have been cancellations so if i still want it i can have a table now
so now i need to plan how to do this in a month
it is exactly a month from today
but i hadnt timetabled it into my life obviously
and ive no idea what im gonna make
i think ill have to do fan art
even though i hate fan art
well i hate the idea of fan art
or more the fact that people will only buy fan art
because its stuff they recognise
and they dont give a fuck about things ive put effort and authorship and all that into
so
fan art?
what do i like....
i like buffy,
i could make buffy fan art without getting too sad
so if this can count towards one of my significant briefs for 603 which i hope it can, that means i can use tuesdays to make thoughtbubble work, but theres only like for tuesdays left so thats no where near enough, maybe i'll have to use mondays and do more ppp after thoughtbubble, and weekends, weekends are necessary.
oh god they couldnt have decided this sooner could they
goodness sake
okay so what do i need to do
i need to make some fan art
but i cant make only fan art or ill cry at night
so i could make i comic of the little three panel heady leggy comic strips i started doing
and i can sell the zine were selling on the college table
coooll..
what about the old comics
i dont know, maybe they just need recovering and reprinting
i can do that
postcards?
maybe buffy postcard packs
IKNOW
my friend joe asked me to draw a picture for him the other day that was mulder and scully busting the breaking bad people by their rv and theres like a meth addicted t-rex bursting out and like a tardis flying past for no reason
that seems like the perfect fan art
because at once it appeals to the buyers of fan art, and i think its absurdity subtley reflects my cynicism for fan art
im going to pick his brain for more nonsense
okay so as long as i do equal parts cop and thoughtbubble i think i can basically do just those two things until thoughtbubble, its only a month so i wont be behind in ppp and i will be ahead in 603, and maybe, just maybe, ill actually make a profit this time
ahahahaha
ha
kill me
so now i need to plan how to do this in a month
it is exactly a month from today
but i hadnt timetabled it into my life obviously
and ive no idea what im gonna make
i think ill have to do fan art
even though i hate fan art
well i hate the idea of fan art
or more the fact that people will only buy fan art
because its stuff they recognise
and they dont give a fuck about things ive put effort and authorship and all that into
so
fan art?
what do i like....
i like buffy,
i could make buffy fan art without getting too sad
so if this can count towards one of my significant briefs for 603 which i hope it can, that means i can use tuesdays to make thoughtbubble work, but theres only like for tuesdays left so thats no where near enough, maybe i'll have to use mondays and do more ppp after thoughtbubble, and weekends, weekends are necessary.
oh god they couldnt have decided this sooner could they
goodness sake
okay so what do i need to do
i need to make some fan art
but i cant make only fan art or ill cry at night
so i could make i comic of the little three panel heady leggy comic strips i started doing
and i can sell the zine were selling on the college table
coooll..
what about the old comics
i dont know, maybe they just need recovering and reprinting
i can do that
postcards?
maybe buffy postcard packs
IKNOW
my friend joe asked me to draw a picture for him the other day that was mulder and scully busting the breaking bad people by their rv and theres like a meth addicted t-rex bursting out and like a tardis flying past for no reason
that seems like the perfect fan art
because at once it appeals to the buyers of fan art, and i think its absurdity subtley reflects my cynicism for fan art
im going to pick his brain for more nonsense
okay so as long as i do equal parts cop and thoughtbubble i think i can basically do just those two things until thoughtbubble, its only a month so i wont be behind in ppp and i will be ahead in 603, and maybe, just maybe, ill actually make a profit this time
ahahahaha
ha
kill me
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Monday, 5 October 2015
copying the past to be original in the present
so i saw this picture of a new yorker cover from 1930
it reminded me very much of that painting of dogs that ping zhu did
i wonder if it was intentional
if so it opens up a potential to take ideas from the past that most have long since forgotten and use their framework to quickly make work thats impressive to a current audience because its different to other work being made. because its from the past. but developed and finely tuned to be suitable in the current market, which the old image probably wouldnt be.
somat to ponder.
all hail ping zhu.
it reminded me very much of that painting of dogs that ping zhu did
i wonder if it was intentional
if so it opens up a potential to take ideas from the past that most have long since forgotten and use their framework to quickly make work thats impressive to a current audience because its different to other work being made. because its from the past. but developed and finely tuned to be suitable in the current market, which the old image probably wouldnt be.
somat to ponder.
all hail ping zhu.
MADE YER LOOK
we went to see made you look at hyde park on thursday
i found it very engaging and frequently helpful, as was the following panel discussion
my favourite part was where ian stevenson described twitter as like shouting into a cupboard
the whole thing stirred many thoughts which i shall attempt to write now
-should i run away to the woods and live of the berries i can forage and only draw with twigs and animal blood
-no probably not
-but should i stop spending so much time looking at screens
-what is the practical purpose of candy crush and if i cant find it why am i still inclined to play it
-do i need the internet to live
-because technically no i don't, but i am of a generation that has grown with the internet and technology, i don't know anything else
- what would the effect be, mentally and physically, of quitting it all
-is it even wise to quit these things, especially at this formative time in life where online communities are a valuable source of feedback and word of mouth and a valid way of gaining an audience
-how did people do stuff before internet, like get people to see their work, or find a picture of a dog to draw, did you actually jsut have to go and find a dog? or a dog book? things must have taken forever
-i need to communicate with more humans more often, the reliance on the internet has robbed me of this skill with it no longer being necessity
-what is my process, i dont think i have it down yet it seems to change every time i do something, does it need to be consistent?
this could go on but im going to go and do something else now
i found it very engaging and frequently helpful, as was the following panel discussion
my favourite part was where ian stevenson described twitter as like shouting into a cupboard
the whole thing stirred many thoughts which i shall attempt to write now
-should i run away to the woods and live of the berries i can forage and only draw with twigs and animal blood
-no probably not
-but should i stop spending so much time looking at screens
-what is the practical purpose of candy crush and if i cant find it why am i still inclined to play it
-do i need the internet to live
-because technically no i don't, but i am of a generation that has grown with the internet and technology, i don't know anything else
- what would the effect be, mentally and physically, of quitting it all
-is it even wise to quit these things, especially at this formative time in life where online communities are a valuable source of feedback and word of mouth and a valid way of gaining an audience
-how did people do stuff before internet, like get people to see their work, or find a picture of a dog to draw, did you actually jsut have to go and find a dog? or a dog book? things must have taken forever
-i need to communicate with more humans more often, the reliance on the internet has robbed me of this skill with it no longer being necessity
-what is my process, i dont think i have it down yet it seems to change every time i do something, does it need to be consistent?
this could go on but im going to go and do something else now
Friday, 2 October 2015
im in love im in love
with maria kalman
our values are in sync
i want to live her life
ive said about 8 times this week
all i want to do is walk around and look at stuff
and collect it mentally
well she does that but paints the things she loves and its nice
and i read these books
and they read like her mind seems to work
her paintings look theraputic
theyre playful and they arent attempting to prove anything to anyone, about her skill or creativity or talent
theyre very ernest and intelligently naive and playful in a logical and well read way
and its images with words, put together to acheieve what neither could alone, but not in a stilted structured way like comics. theyre like a livestream of thoughts. enlighteningly so. i want to sit and paint with her and discuss the shoes people wear and the cheerful colours of the buildings we see.
our values are in sync
i want to live her life
ive said about 8 times this week
all i want to do is walk around and look at stuff
and collect it mentally
well she does that but paints the things she loves and its nice
and i read these books
and they read like her mind seems to work
her paintings look theraputic
theyre playful and they arent attempting to prove anything to anyone, about her skill or creativity or talent
theyre very ernest and intelligently naive and playful in a logical and well read way
and its images with words, put together to acheieve what neither could alone, but not in a stilted structured way like comics. theyre like a livestream of thoughts. enlighteningly so. i want to sit and paint with her and discuss the shoes people wear and the cheerful colours of the buildings we see.
Thursday, 1 October 2015
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