Getting my Artistic Ass Kicked

[dolari]

I've sprained my Artistic Nerve. It hurts! Over the last month, i've begged for money, and gotten a few comissions to come in. I'm down to one major comission, but about THIRTY smaller ones. On top of that I have two comics to draw, and thank you art for everyone in the DOR.

There have been three major (greater than $100) projects. I've managed to plough through 2.95 of them, and'll prolly finish #3 before the hour is out. To get these done, I'm literally waking up, rolling over to my desk, drawing, and rolling back to my bed to sleep.

I looked in the mirror today, and boy I didn't like what I saw. Wow, this comicking stuff is HARD work, but your body just sits in a chair for 16 hours a day. And I look horrible, No wonder my interview went so badly.

I need to get out more, move around, do something. Go on an all sand diet, something. how many calories in toilet paper?

I did finish the Carrie XMas image...and also took invisible_gurl's offer to color it as well. So we both worked on it at once.

Who did the better job? Decide for yourself:

MINE

INVISIBLE GURL'S

And it's okay to say hers is better, cause it kicked my ass. :)

I've been doing cel shaded comics for so long (since the 80s) that I have no idea how to do some of the really nice stuff with Paint Shop Pro or Photoshop. I just select and bucket fill. I think onbce AWFW ends (In, I dunno, four years?) I'm gonna try a new style. Something less anime and more painted, like Mage was.

I got four years to practice....

And, as I have to be up in less that 24 hours to get moving to Houston, i've decided to simply not sleep today, and get some art work done. By tonight, I should be exhausted enough to fall asleep and wake up at 9AM for a shower, and a trip to Houston.

I'll be at Super Happy Funland at 2PM - minus the golden white pickups. The shindig ends at 6. I'm up for anything afterwards, folks. :)

Of course, now that I said that - I'm tired. But, anyways, JEEVES! ONWARD TO ADVENTURE!

Comments

[directorsg.livejournal.com]

Who did the better job? Decide for yourself

I don't think one is necessarily better or worse than the other, they're just different. Invisible_gurl's style uses softer shadows and looks more 3-dimensional as a result, but the colors are a bit more dull. Yours uses harder shadows but the colors pop more.

[zaecus.livejournal.com]

Wow, what directorsg said. Almost exactly.

[debbie-ann.livejournal.com]

I think they are both nice, two different approaches to coloring the same image. I like the brighter red for Carrie's hair, but I think Invisible Gurl's coloring works a bit better for the detail in the guitar, as it isn't so dark as to cover up the guitar strings. The two versions show off the influences of the artists coloring them. Yours has a more anime look to the colors, while hers looks more like the way comic books are colored currently. And before I forget to mention it, I also like the drawing, too.