Like Dreamers Do.

I find this is very true. If I have a crazy dream and I want to remember it I try my best to backtrack and go through the whole dream in my head that way I’ll be able to recall the little details. If I get up right away the dreams kind of trickle out of my head and they are gone (at least until some random event sparks my memory). Sometimes I have to get up right away, especially if I’m late, so a lot of dreams are lost in the process. I remembered a dream I had at least 10 years ago a few nights ago, not sure what triggered it but it was pretty bizarre.

So we have my advice to you all who have trouble remembering dreams is this: lay in bed for as long as you can recalling, but whatever you do, don’t sit up, it will all leak out.

Listening to: I’m Just a Singer (in a Rock and Roll Band)- The Moody Blues

Dancing in the Dark

I really felt this worked better without text. All I remember about this dream was running on a narrow ramp with someone in a creaky old wheelchair following me. Supposedly this hallway was haunted and this person, whoever they were, was mad at me for trespassing. There was people in front of me, and I guess they made a leap of faith also, but unfortunately the hallway ended and I had no other choice but to jump, so I did.  Then I woke up. Very weird, as usual, some of my dreams have been so strange and disturbing I couldn’t draw them. I added the high contrast last minute–for fun?

 

I like them both, I guess. I’m out of practice with my dream comics! Whoops. The high contrast was mainly due to the lack of nice art in the last two panels. I leap like a crazy person, I suppose.

Listening to: Do the Math!- Kupek

Sketch Dumpage?

I realized I posted a lot of things elsewhere (like twitpic), but not on here! Silly me. Here are some things I’ve posted in the past that for one reason or another never made it here.

Nothing much, just sketches, the last one was for a project I had to do for my book illustration class on some of the more successful movies of the year. Just going on word of mouth since I only really saw Harry Potter this year, and Star Trek, which was the cover feature.

Anyway, thanks for looking!

The Protagonist

So, here we have the main protagonist of my current unnamed comic. She’s a upperclassmen at her high school, wears frumpy sweaters and has the occasional pimple or two.  She’s actually my first blonde protagonist, usually I stick with brown hair or redheads. This is a pretty big project, nothing huge, but it will probably span to be 100-135 page Graphic novel. It’s probably geared more towards females, but who knows. I am going to attempt to pitch this, so I’m in the process of getting it together, which is why things are going slowly with other projects.

Anyway, this is just a little preview of things to come, thanks!

Few and Far Between.

My dreams have been few and far between, this has been one of the reasons: I haven’t been sleeping super well.  Just lots of stuff on my mind, basically a lot of school stuff as my college career is quickly coming to a close. Next semester I will be student teaching which will basically be me paying my school to work a forty hour week! Crazy, but I’m excited/nervous. I want to try to keep a daily journal comic about it along side with the written notes I need to take about my experiences. Should be fun.

Anyway, yeah, so I haven’t had any good dreams! Wish for me to have good dreams to draw about! I haven’t had any crazy ones for a long while.

It’s getting late, I should probably try to sleep.  I’ve posted this comic before but not on here. Just that fact makes me feel incredibly lazy!!  Night, folks.

Strawberry Fields Forever.

I went to the city with my mom, my sister, her boyfriend and my boyfriend, for my mom’s birthday.  Our first stop off the path was ground zero, which I actually have never seen. Soon after we made our way to Strawberry Fields and the Dakota building. It was absolutely heart wrenching, there were people all around putting down flowers and taking pictures, not to mention singing. The man in the comic was explaining to his wife who John Lennon was and he started singing.  The whole moment was really quite surreal and I just kept snapping pictures. Unfortunately I don’t have the cord for my camera so those pictures will be on my camera for a while.

It was beautiful.  When we left we had to go to the subway entrance which was right by the Dakota building where John lived and was killed. I had to extend my hand and touch the building as we went down. Damn, that man did such great things, I can only imagine what more he could have done if his life wasn’t ripped away.

Road To Nowhere.

Just finished reading Lucy Knisley’s French Milk, much anticipated after I read Radiator Days.  If you haven’t picked up her work I highly suggest you do, lest I smack you around a little.

So anyway, yeah, we’re pretty much the same age, and while I’m reading it I can’t help but think “Oh my god, I’ve never even been out of the country, let alone the east coast.”  Pauly was playing his Xbox, partaking in a game of UNO, as you can see. This book made me want to pack up my bags right away and go to Paris to eat some yummy food, go the Louvre, eat some yummy food. Oh? I already mentioned that? Whoops.

Anyway, awesome book, definitely made me want to draw. I adore my brush pen, so portable and easy and leaves such juicy lines.

Listening to: People who think it’s a good idea to set off fireworks at 11pm. Smart folks.

They Call Me Lightning.

Being struck by lightning must feel a little bit like  that. I’ve been faintly electrocuted before, and it was not a great feeling. I really don’t remember much more about the dream other than being stuck by lightning. If you haven’t read the Percy Jackson series, I suggest you get on it if you are looking for a nice, quick read. Great characters, great story and lots of little twists and turns. I never thought I knew so much about mythology until I read these books. So I’m sure the lightning came from all the Zeus references, or maybe a part of “Chiggers” that  just got stuck in my head.

Anyway, it was pretty vivid dream, even though I don’t remember much, which kind of stinks since I haven’t really been having dreams as often as I’d like, at least ones I can remember.

I started school so everything has been a bit topsy-turvy for the past week or so, hopefully I’ll get back on my feet soon.

Listening to: Octopus’ Garden- The Beatles

To Color or Not to Color?

As you may have known, I’ve been working diligently on my web-comic Positively Fourth Street. So far I have a bunch of pages drawn, but I’m not sure how to present them?  I was toning them but I wasn’t quite sure I liked it. So I tried coloring it, still not sure, that’s why I come to you.  Which do you prefer?

Tone:

Or  Color:

The color was quick and a bit messy but it is something different. I still enjoy doing tone, and it’s mostly easy to work with. Any ideas? Thanks, folks.

Listening to: Golden Girls theme song? Yes, feel free to belittle me.

It’s Probably Because We Share A Name.

…but I have some sympathy for Tara from True Blood, she always seems to get ragged on, but from what I’ve seen so far (and I haven’t caught up yet) she doesn’t seem so bad. I like Sookie too, I’ll have to try drawing her at some point too, her adorable gap teeth call out to me. I think most of the characters in the show are pretty believable as people and not just characters.  You can blame Paul for getting me into this show, I was super skeptical at first cause everyone who watched it also liked Twilight.  That was a big NO NO for me.  Anyway, so far, I’m really liking the show, I hope it stays that way.

Listening to: All the Young Dudes- David Bowie