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October 20, 2003
creativity
I created a sketchblog.
It's not because I believe my art is particularly good. It's not. I know I can draw recognizable things. That's about it. I can't do dynamic poses, I can't do backgrounds, and I have no understanding of anatomy, proportion, shading, and color.
That said, I still draw.
Someone recently gave me a sketchbook and wanted to see what I'd do with it. And for all that I don't really like 99% of my art, I'm slowly coping with the knowledge that some people do, despite its flaws.
But...I dunno. The drawing has been around since before the writing. I think sometimes if I ever acquire any degree of success in the fiction-writing field I may try to work my way into the graphic novel arena. I can't stand most superhero comics, but I enjoy the non-standard stuff (Watchmen, Sandman, Invisibles, Preacher, anything by Warren Ellis).
It just seems that if I'm going to faithfully document writing from page one to page three hundred, the drawings have to go in there somewhere. I storyboard chapters, after all, though I doubt I'll ever post any of those. They probably wouldn't make sense to anyone but me (think lots of stick figures and scribbles).
So, to make a long story short: I have a sketchblog, now. Cuz I like to drawr!
Posted by sdshaver at October 20, 2003 02:55 PM