May
The printed colors are just slightly closer to purple than they appear from the scan. I was skeptical at first, but it’s become one of my favorite months yet.
I’ve decided that I’m absolutely, without question going to get a Cintiq drawing monitor. I’ve also decided that this semester’s schoolwork will somehow involve the animation process that I’ve been trying to learn. I know it might be a side-step from my previous work, but as obsessed as I am with it, I have to incorporate it into my “real” artwork. And I know that I can fuse the two after I get a stronger handle on the animation software and do some real kick-ass digital collages - the kind that people just want to stand in front of for hours. And each collage can have a non-time-based, printed component, for anyone who wants to purchase a still image to have on display. Holy fuck! I’m gonna be awesome!
Speaking of animation, I had another realization today. My obsession with the animation isn’t driven by the animation itself, but rather its potential to visually convey a narrative. The storytelling is my obsession. This is important because I can apply this to more than my current project. I can actually take complete control of the production of the screenplay that I’ve (slowly) (barely) been writing over the past few years. And ultimately after I develop more skill and (dare I say) mastery over this medium I can tackle the Fairy Tale project that I began writing years ago when I decided to use my expressive talents to claw my way out of depression. By then I’ll have a solid idea how to utilize new media like the Internet to make it big, grand, epic like it needs to be! Holy fuck, I’m gonna be so awesome!
Speaking of being awesome, this evening after work I finally scraped the discipline together to start formulating the business plan for my magazine, “Errant Nipple.” Business plans - bleh - they sound boring and stuffy. But it’s actually kind of fun. I get to research things like equipment costs, and anticipate budgets for printing. Ordinarily I’d be bored out of my mind, but it’s fascinating because of its relevance. Ever since Amanda and I began discussing a publication, I’ve always fretted about coming up with the money, and how can I possibly pay for something like that out of pocket? But I’m beginning to see that there are ways to raise funds for such a project (that don’t involve selling illegal drugs or human organs). I still expect to pay most of it out of pocket, but with the help of external funds I can widen the scope of what I’m hoping to accomplish. We’re going International, baby.
Holy fuck. I’m gonna be awesome.