Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Crogan, Sketches ,and some watercolor

First of all, Yesterday when I went to pick up my book (finally after a month reserving on waiting list), I caved and went on a book binge, borrowing books and manga. I also gave a chance to "Crogan's Loyalty" and "Crogan's March", which I surprisingly liked. Chris Schweizer's art is simple, but fun to look at. I love how people draw their characters with interesting shapes, yet give more energy and life to them. What also pulled me in was the story-telling. If you like historical fiction that offers a question of 2 or more sides of historical events, then you'll find yourself asking for more adventures of the Crogan legacy.
Which is why I did a bunch of doodles practicing or trying to dissect the style in Crogan. I plan to make a proper fanart tribute to Chris Schweizer's Crogan.

When really I should have been looking at photos of buildings and environments to practice drawing them. Which I did yesterday. While waiting for my brother to finish class, I went outside, found a spot and a subject, and draw. And here is the fruit of labor...
...not one of my best drawings. Actually it's pretty bad. But that won't stop me!
Sunday, I actually had some fun with watercolors, making a short watercolor doodle. At first I wanted to experiment with these old color markers I found, but after testing them, I went with watercolor. I really need to give a proper fanart tribute to the Wakfu anime also. I didn't understand a single thing in that show, but I loved it. (haven't touched the game in a while though.)
That short comic Candy/Sugar Dominion....still working on page 28, still gotta draw and ink 2 more pages, and the cover...and tone...and letter...I'm getting there. But honestly, it makes me wonder...am I cut out for comics? I'm suitable for illustrations or animation? Or some other niche? I read this post on "How to become a Mangaka", and it brought up some good points about becoming a mangaka. And here I quote:

Let’s say, your story writing skills are top notch but your drawing skills really suck. Do you really want to stick with manga? Because there is a lot of other stuff you can write for. The same goes for drawing, If you are good at drawing manga art it doesn’t mean you are meant to be a mangaka. Maybe you can be a great character designer for videogames or illustrate for a company’s.Maybe you should just stick with fanart?
manga-attemptBut if manga is something you are absolutely sure of then consider this; If you have the passion for writing but suck at drawing, then you can either learn how to draw or work with someone who is more talented in drawing. The same goes the other way around. If you suck in writing story, learn how to do it or let someone else do it. This is very important, know your sunlight and kryptonite, your pro’s and cons, your virtus and glitches!    


So yeah, that did make me wonder, would I be better as a concept artist? Storyboard artist? Illustrator? And that brought up another artist identity crisis, which I'm trying to ignore by working on this short comic.

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