May 2012
8 posts
aaaaaaaaggghhh I LOVE DOING ART FOR A JOB
pollums:
HOLY FUCK!!!!!
April 2012
5 posts
1 tag
About ten years ago...
I am a new journal entry. Fueled by the power of the frightening, life-giving sun, I am written with a minimum amount of fuss. I am composed largely of words. And potassium. And Boron.
March 2012
13 posts
HE WALKS AROUND WITH A WEDGE OF BRIE IN HIS POCKET.
Flavor Cats (In The Comfort Zone): Chuck Jone's... →
animationbits:
All living creatures, fictional or not, have anatomy. Equally true of an amoeba, an angle worm, a mastodon , and a Grinch.
If you want believability in your characters, you must have visual consistency. In animation, each character must move according to its own anatomical…
BEN DRAWS LIFE: On writing short stories, etc. →
beckycloonan:
So on twitter @benrankel just asked me a question that I need a lot more than 180 characters to answer!
When writing a comic script for yourself do you follow a standard comic scripting format or do you have your own process?
It’s true that most of the time I work off a…
Kyoko has a blog: Relax. →
brain-food:
I know it’s easier said than done, but honestly, you need to. Just settle down. So many people I follow on here, and even my friends are constantly worried about the future. “What if i don’t have a job,” “what if we don’t work out,” “what if she says no,” “what if i will never be happy,” “what if…
February 2012
14 posts
“When we started we HAD no style, no understanding of ourselves or what we were...”
– Teller, of Penn and Teller, in a letter at http://shwood.squarespace.com/news/2009/9/21/14-years-ago-the-day-teller-gave-me-the-secret-to-my-career.html
Strangely, advice as good for writers or musicians as it is for magicians.
(via neil-gaiman)
Hello, is it me you're looking for?: Addiction and... →
kimyadawson:
I am not going to assume how Whitney died. Maybe it was drugs. Maybe it was illness. Maybe it was sadness. Maybe her heart failed her. Maybe it was a combination of things.
Regardless of HOW she died the fact is she died AND she was an addict. When addicts die the shit talk becomes thick and…
Jokes about Dorian Gray never get old.
ohsweetdeath:
I am still fucking laughing at this.
Jokes about Dorian Gray never get old.
“The only copy protection I need is the fact that tomorrow’s comic doesn’t exist...”
– RStevens on Kickstarter explaining why he’s releasing his forthcoming Diesel Sweeties ebook DRM-free. (via dianakimball)
January 2012
7 posts
“When the web started, I used to get really grumpy with people because they put...”
– Neil Gaiman on Copyright, Piracy, and the Commercial Value of the Web (X)
“Make good stuff, then make it easy for people to buy it. There’s your...”
– Jonathan Coulton is wise.
http://www.jonathancoulton.com/2012/01/21/megaupload/
(via neil-gaiman)
I wish I had summed it up so smartly. But you know me: talk talk talk.
(via areasofmyexpertise)
December 2011
8 posts
“Think about the marks you want to make on the paper in front of you… the ones...”
– Some great illustration advice and questions answered for students (and non-students) in Jillian Tamaki’s new FAQ (via drawnblog)
3 tags
oh well maybe we can all agree on one thing
railgunner:
shut up and do more art and if you don’t like to do art then go pet a cat and if you don’t like cats pet a dog i do not care