Wednesday 21st October 2009

Tuesday 20th October 2009

Monday 19th October 2009

Drawing drawing drawing... and for a wee break from that: sketching for the 'draw Johnny Alpha in 15 minutes' compo over on the 2000adonline website. It's quite handy to sketch at speed, actually, as it helps to identify areas of weakness like perspective and consistency in line. Or it just shoves my own ineptitude in my face.
One or.

Sunday 18th October 2009

Today:

Darned if I'm putting it on the blog, though.

Drawing continues apace, watching and Batman less so.

Saturday 17th October 2009

No boozing tonight, sadly.
Just fiddling about with greytones to see what works in between bouts of Uncharted 2 and catching up with my manga reading. The draughtsmanship in Nausicaa is quite impressive, as is the scale of the story. A lot of fun.
Yotsuba&! has been praised elsewhere so I shan't bother adding to that - instead I'll offer that this is the kind of manga that could benefit with more investment in the reprint quality and cultural appropriation of the western text, as it's certainly an accessible work if you're already deeply into manga, but if you're coming to it cold, the flipped pages throw you out of the story in the disparity between the flow of text and art. Which is a pity, as this just the kind of book that could encourage a new or younger audience of the joys of reading and storytelling, but here that's lost in favor of chasing a cheap buck and pandering to a notably elitist and obsessive body of fans several years beyond the age group that would most benefit from a good translation.

Friday 16th October 2009

Watching: Glee, NCIS:LA, the Middle, Bones, Mercy
Listening: Spawn OST, HUAC testimony, War Rocket Ajax
Playing: Batman: Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 2

Thursday 15th October 2009

Drawing one panel in particular, I'm worried that I've lost touch with what constitutes 'wankers' these days, in case I don't draw what's in the script. These are the things that keeps bizarro-Bryan awake at night - the real Bryan is too busy stressing that Knight Rider never went to a second season.

I mean, seriously - what is up with that?