i bought a new marker today that i got really excited about
the tip is really flexible, much like a real brush. i loved it at first, but now i'm wondering if it isn't TOO flexible/wimpy. you can't get very agressive without, it just kind of falls over itself.
anyhow, i've been working with copic markers a lot:
the above is a narrative in which i was driving, and then decided to turn right. end of story... i want to do a wordless comic--a "day in the life" comic that's told just with the actions of my hands.
i don't think i mentioned this to you, but at this new journal that i'm going to start writing for, the editor said she "loves my illustration work", and was asking if there's any way i could bring it into my reviews (!). i didn't think i had illustrations, or an illustration style, i've just thought of everything as sketches. but maybe i could pull something out of them that would be worthwhile to include to flesh out a review. i'm going to practice this weekend.
btw you are so damned good at storyboarding. just that little punctuation of color with your hat, creates such a nice rhythm. i should start listening to the smiths again too
about your comment, on how all the work is about 'loss'...dunno if that's true of your stuff. but mine definitely is about that sort of thing--i am a one trick pony. even when i was doing experimental drawings, in laura's class, she remarked at how much the stuff i made seemed to be about loss, retrieval, etc. as for it being a "beautiful sad" thing...i wonder if that's a Romantic/beautiful/sad thing? and i always have to stop and think, what does the word "beautiful" mean.
i'm teaching a portraiture class on March 1 -- glances at inter-species friendship calendar-- holy shit that's next Thursday. any suggestions for books to use/exercises for my students to do?
final update: I'm lookin forward to taking my little friend to the portland art museum tomorrow. it's free fourth friday.
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