Sac-Con, Outlines, and Archeologists

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Another season, another update!  Sorry it's been so long!  ^^;  Been spending some time sorting a lot out and working on some freelance gigs.  Some news!

First...

Sac-Con - Dec 9
I'm going to be a guest at the next Sac-Con next Sunday on the 9th.  I'll have new prints and a few copies of Narcissus left.  So stop by and say hi!

With that out of the way...


Blind Follies: Eros & Psyche Comic
OH MY GOSH, guys…  I just finished this very moment writing the entire, scene for scene, action for action, detailed, and descriptive outline of my ENTIRE multi-issue graphic novel series!  Five years of research, a practice comic, and total reboot…  The last thing to write was the following quote…

"Love to faults is blind,
always is to joy inclined.
Lawless, winged, and unconfined,
And breaks all chains from every mind."

~William Shakespeare

It's going to be quite the epic, I can assure you.  And now to work on the art...


On Archeologists
Like many artists, I tend to struggle with a sense of worth in the big and ever-changing world of commercial art.  It can often be a very scary and intimidating venture when studying and aspiring for improvement.

At lunch today, my husband and I were discussing my ability, or inability as it were, to find myself in my work.  I explained the feeling of being lost, afraid of failure, breaking free from imitation, and trying too hard to rediscover "my style."

In response, my husband said the following (and I made him repeat it so I could write it down)...

"You're not going to find yourself hiding somewhere like in the back of a closet all at once.  An archeologist never finds a complete dinosaur fossil all in once place.  They find bits and pieces of it spread about across one hundred acres and have to work hard to fit the pieces back together.  And it's not always easy, because often times, they're finding many different parts of many dinosaurs.  But through constant digging and brushing and cataloging, in time, they discover an entire dinosaur.  In that same way, through constant drawing, you WILL discover those bits and pieces that, when assembled, are you as an artist."

Anyway, I thought it was brilliant and wanted to share.  :)

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KyberKitsune's avatar
That is a fantastic quote! ^-^ It reminds me of a quote from 'Whisper of the Heart'. Only, that quote involved a geode, but same idea. I always watch that movie when I'm feeling bummed about having to work so hard for a good paragraph.