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Re: What's everyone think of this site? |
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Marianne Wade |
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Jan 23, 05 - 11:06 PM |
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rodeogal10@neo.rr.com |
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 gldeneagle5 |
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http://www.shortstuff05.bravehost.com |
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Yeah, I feel apologetic sometimes to my characters. I'm like, "Sorry, guys. I bet you're wondering what's gonna happen next . . . well, technically, me too . . . but anyways." Yeah, I'd pretty much say that my mind's packed up and moved out. *tells pink and green floating elephants to shut up because I'm trying to think*
Last I wrote, Alexander and his sister left Grandfather's house, and I'm not sure what to put next. I think the blizzards that sent Alexander home from his hunting trip are going to come to the village sometime soon. Yeah . . . I think that might be what happens next. Okay cool.
Haha, concept art homicide. It can be difficult, especially the people! It took me forever to learn how to draw faces, and then art class happened this year. The FIRST THING we learned was how to draw faces. I was like, "Oh! Is it really that simple?" Now it's my favorite thing to do. Especially the eyes. I hate doing hands, feet, and legs. Arms I'm okay with, but it's the HANDS. Those are the worst. Alexander's all tall and muscular, but his hands look like a 3-year-old's. Marcus' hands look AWESOME, though. Then Fawn ('nother character, you'll meet her later) looks exactly like that hypochondriac I was telling you about *shudders*. I think I'm gonna redo her. I haven't done any of my other characters yet. Some of the smaller roles I'm not gonna do, like Alexander's parents. The hardest part of concept art, though, is getting the locations and props from your head onto paper. I have some AWESOME images in my mind, but my fingers won't listen when my brain tells them to draw what it's picturing.
One thing about concept art is that it can give you a guilt trip. I was laying on my bed one night trying to brainstorm on what to put next in the book, and my sketchpad was open to Alexander's picture. I looked up at it every now and then. Big mistake. Those dark eyes were staring up at me, and he had a determined look on his face . . . I couldn't stand it. I was like, "WOULD YOU STOP LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT?" and slammed the sketchpad shut. That felt good, hehe. Gosh, I need a pyschiatrist or something . . .
HAHA, a stick pony into a toilet brush? That's hysterical! I love that.
Yes, Napolean Dynamite was just about the funniest, most random waste of time I've ever seen, lol! (Well, with the exception of Monty Python and the Holy Grail . . . haha) I enjoyed it, but it's not something I HAVE to buy. It's fun going, "GOSH!" and "IDIOT!" though. I've had a few friends ask me what I was doing over the weekend and I'm like, "Whatever I feel like, GOSH!" Everyone at school has seen that movie so we all act like a bunch of angry nerds at each other, haha. It's fun. My youth group has problems with movie references. We refer to that one and Corky Romano almost all the time. "Hey guys, ya want some . . . cookies?" (That was our tagline for a bake sale we had once) "Hey guys, wanna go commit some hatecrimes?" Good times, good times. |
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