Yay comic Coloring!

This is a shot of one of the bottom panels i'm doing for Drowtales' manga contest.

It's been a real Learning experience so far.

And i like how faster i've gotten since i got commisioned to do an animation. I did this panel in maybe 2 hours?

It might not be the fastest but i was really pleased, i could see my little XP bar crawl one step closer to ding as i did that panel.




This hasn't really gotten alot of attention but i am incredibly pleased with this face set. This is actualyl what triggered me coloring in the style i've been using, just look at how nice it looks! Much better than what i've been doing up tot his point, in my opinion.



And this was just awesomesauce to color. Yayyyy!! I lvoe the outfits, and i lveo the pose.


Anyway that's enought tooting my own horn for a day.

LARP

My first larp was awesome. I was pulled away to be an NPC, a sort of hydra head. It was awesome.

Then, because i was late and got all turned around with jeff, we had to make my character while the game was going on. It was fine, I basically am playing an 'iredeemable' (super bad) Sloth angel, and am crazy. I can suggest things to people when they sleep and other crazy powers liek that, but basically i'm like the crazy evil witch, or the evil river tam of the group.

I started a blog about my character,t hinking since she's BRAND NEW to the world and everything, (not just gnereally, we made her green as grass), i could take a comedic spin on what she's learning and the like.

heres the other blog, strictly just for my character.

http://kcdane.blogspot.com/

New Tablet

The generosity of people astounds me, you hear about it on the news, but, i dont know, have you ever had someone do something so randomly awesome for you ever?

a new, shiny white tablet.

for free.

for me.

....


this is the nicest thing anyone has ever done for me, ever. I dont think ryan dika knows how much i appreciate his generosity.

it's like...

i've been so broke. I owe money to everyone- have credit people after me and everything. my computer has been broken- so i've had no access to my fiels or my music of my drawing programs like photoshop.

when i broke up with jeff i returned the tablet. It was just the thing to do.

and while i love how i've gotten in touch with my traditional art, i miss doing animation and being able to color digitally.

being able to color.... adding life to my drawings...

beng able to do art again the way i used to, not having to worry about money or buying a new tablet.

i've missed it so much, but i've put it off,t hinking, i wont be able to do it for awhile.

now i can. now i can color again.

thank you ryan, for bringing color back to me.

Happier thoughts, hee hee

:D

i'm doing good on my pages so far, and eating macaroni currently. :3

I just thought i'd post some happier thoughts since the last two have been complainy.

Getting Impatient

I've been struggling with my diagnosis. I don't really beleive i'm so messed up i need 'intense therapy' or being used a guinea pig at the u of a psychology department. I don't really beleive i need the medicine anymore, and i don't really feel like i need to keep relying on the government for money.

I guess what sparked this post today is the new song by metric. It really hit home, it feels like they're talking about me. I guess that's silly, but sometimes you hear a verse come through the radio and you're like, 'wow. yeah...'

anyways... i'm tired of relying on government money. I want to get money so i can go back to school, because i'm angry and am impatient. Fuck therapy. Fuck everything i've been doing for the past few months. I want a job and i want an education.

Is there an equilibrium between the real world and me?

Comic book work is getting more and more detail orientated for me. But i've been worrying about the economic crisis and my dream to go to vancouver.

The news that 800 students got laid off really worried me, and so i've put off going for another few years, losing the money i've already put into it with a guarantee by word that somehow my money wil still be there if i ever deicde to re-apply. which sounds like bogus but w/e...


anywyas so i've been looking at upgrading academically, and trying to find a niche in the world of smart people i like. So far i've come up with herpetology/zoology/biology, and a bachelor of arts.

Truth be told i'd just really like to keep drawing...

Animation

Well, all the way into 12 seconds of animation, finished. with a hell of a lot of raw. But it's coming along great! The faerie girl got turned into my introduction part, where, i originally was just using her as the only-viewable-at-1200% part. you know, a background movement, nothing else.

But i couldn't help it. I found myself making up this story of her and her people and what her favourite food was and yeah, just ended up getting bigger. So, not wanting to abuse my muse i went with the flow.

and let me tell you, it is working out great! can't show you yet. top secret. but here's a screenshot.