tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post5809261602092917996..comments2024-03-16T00:16:36.318-07:00Comments on Project Waldo: DIY Not?Nate Simpsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00928505378000107341noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-39686149828099724482010-10-14T17:23:56.811-07:002010-10-14T17:23:56.811-07:00Dominic - Yeah, I think the lesson here is to quot...Dominic - Yeah, I think the lesson here is to quote people who have interesting things to say. It's a lot less work than writing something interesting of my own!Nate Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928505378000107341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-85580235828920851022010-10-07T10:51:42.037-07:002010-10-07T10:51:42.037-07:00Interesting post , lots to think about.Interesting post , lots to think about.Dominic Bugattohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12038691868661688196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-38893631402571077482010-10-03T21:22:28.333-07:002010-10-03T21:22:28.333-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.victorholmes02https://www.blogger.com/profile/18081301110584703992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-53586887831019180442010-10-01T11:36:16.410-07:002010-10-01T11:36:16.410-07:00J. - You got me! I wrote that one-year thing back ...J. - You got me! I wrote that one-year thing back when it was true, but it's been longer than that now. The error has been corrected! Thanks for the heads-up.<br /><br />Eagle - Yeah! What he said!<br /><br />Joumana - "We can bear in mind past discoveries of what works and what doesn't, without letting ourselves be bound by them. Isn't that what the great masters did?" This is right on. What a tough balance to hit, but that's why we get a few more decades to figure all of this out. Thanks as always for the astute comment.Nate Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928505378000107341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-31243480209409369302010-10-01T11:31:05.735-07:002010-10-01T11:31:05.735-07:00Eagle - I'm pretty sure your theory about not ...Eagle - I'm pretty sure your theory about not being challenged is the correct one. Maybe you just smelled futility in the whole thing, so you decided to run out the clock. But you're right -- you've got quite a few steps up in your future. Because you are rad.<br /><br />Teuvo - Yeah, everybody I know (including me) has this too-much-preparation problem. I mean, I spent fifteen years preparing for my last project! Ugh. Comics has no shallows -- we just have to jump in and start swimming! Besides, you couldn't be more ready to draw a spectacular comic. Your stuff is amazing! It's time for Teuvo to set the comics world on fire!<br /><br />Hopefully not literally.<br /><br />Dave - Yeah, I felt the same way when I was in school. I just couldn't find the time to work on my own stuff. Then again, you've got the summers!Nate Simpsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00928505378000107341noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-58293481120359272282010-09-30T03:20:51.935-07:002010-09-30T03:20:51.935-07:00Love that you brought this up. It's so true, w...Love that you brought this up. It's so true, when we create without preestablished ideas we are capable of so much more. Although that doesn't apply to everything, of course. We don't want architects and doctors who are figuring it out as they go!<br />One of my jobs is assistant to a calligrapher and he often lauds the very early examples of arabic script we pore over, because there were no rules yet and as a result the early calligraphers took creative freedoms that would be unthinkable today. I think a middle ground is possible, though. We can bear in mind past discoveries of what works and what doesn't, without letting ourselves be bound by them. Isn't that what the great masters did? They mastered the rules, and then went on to work as if they were discovering their medium for the first time.Joumanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11863963310866416974noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-48366705512045018042010-09-30T01:44:53.186-07:002010-09-30T01:44:53.186-07:00Well, the year was for the learning. Now he's ...Well, the year was for the learning. Now he's learned enough to get moving in earnest. Oh, there's still plenty more to learn, but that'll come with more doing.Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16644073673767687343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-8813660133136656602010-09-29T15:34:14.095-07:002010-09-29T15:34:14.095-07:00This is a fantastically entertaining blog to read ...This is a fantastically entertaining blog to read and I think your artwork is top notch (coming from a artistic-lay person).<br /><br />Just a random thought which has less to do with this particular post but more to do with your site in general; Your little bio says you took a year off to give comics a try. Your posts start back in Jan. of 2009. Maybe I'm chronologically challenged, but it seems like you've taken a bit more than a 'year off'. :)Lord Slapdashhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14862436323580677589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-63654380098606221332010-09-29T13:28:26.239-07:002010-09-29T13:28:26.239-07:00Fantastic post.
I love the quote about the school...Fantastic post.<br /><br />I love the quote about the school system, this is something that I've believed for some time. In fact, I've always found it as a bit of a conundrum. I am able to succeed very well in the modern school setting, and as such I find myself propelled along it through high school and now into college where I continue to be constantly preparing. Preparing so much that I find I don't have time to do other things. I've made a point to work on my own creative projects, but I constantly wish that my time could AT LEAST be divided 50/50 between preparing and doing. instead of the 80/20 it seems to be.David Seamanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09639590817325875241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-64799832271958657082010-09-29T02:00:17.003-07:002010-09-29T02:00:17.003-07:00great post !
ive been spending alot of time prepar...great post !<br />ive been spending alot of time preparing a comic, but so little actually making it... ive also noticed allot great artists spending allot of time making up back stories, character line ups etc for their own comics, but... they never get around to making a comic.<br />and thats a trap ive been trying to escape my self. <br />by making one story at a time, and avoiding the 'impossible task' of a massive epic.<br /><br />its really great to read your posts as you create, i can identify so much and find it a great help. <br />peace.Teuvo Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11136579436596775084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-587758133406204752.post-40638733797610739872010-09-28T17:28:21.227-07:002010-09-28T17:28:21.227-07:00Hmmm... Now I'm wondering if what I thought ab...Hmmm... Now I'm wondering if what I thought about my behaviour in school was really what it was. This makes me think that maybe I avoided everything because I was so cripplingly afraid of failing.<br /><br />Well, crap. That completely dashes my idea that I just wasn't being challenged enough. Too smart for anything.<br /><br />I was really just a fearful, wimpy little shit who never took a chance.<br /><br />Thanks, man. It's a bit of a relief, really. I had this idea of having a burden, something to live up to. Now just about anything I do is actually a step up.<br /><br />Cheers.Eaglehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16644073673767687343noreply@blogger.com