Don't order the dumplings!!
Friday, October 23, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
October movie quest #07
UH. Haha, I actually don't know what would be the right thing to say about this movie.
October movie quest #06
Ahh the classics! Romero's Night of the Living Dead.
Love that spade action.
Friday, October 16, 2009
October movie quest #05
This is a really minor scene from the Korean movie 'Arang' but I kinda have a thing (as in a BAD thing) for hair in the shower. But really, that much hair in shower is going to be a bummer whether you're being haunted by someone or not.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
October movie quest #04
Perhaps not a 'scary movie' (unless you're afraid of plot holes....) I'm still going to list this one for my October quest. It had a solid monster and that's good enough for me.
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
october movie quest #02
I'm sorry to say that this drawing makes the movie seem better than it is. Apparently this director has some real winners up his sleeve, but Pulse is not one of them.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
OCTOBER QUEST
September all but flew by and now it's week two of perhaps my very favorite month. Inevitably I will not get to the farmer's market as much as I'd like, nor will I be traveling to CT to see the leaves change at my parents house and, with unfortunate honesty, I foresee my Halloween night plans being anything but planned out. So in attempts to put a bit of scheduled fall fun in my October I've decided to cook up a scheme to keep the creative part of my brain and me moving with the month in hopes that it doesn't fly by without me.
The plan is to watch as many horror/scary/monster movies as I can (keeping it in proportion with regular work output of course) and put out a drawing for each movie that I get through. Good or bad, scary movies have a lot to do with what being shown and not shown. The power of an image (or absence of it in some cases) has to be at it's optimum output for a scary movie to work. Kinda like comics, right? Comics are images and words working together and, obviously, strong images and a strong story make for better comic reading. Okok, so scary movies may not be the best example as far as story telling is concerned, but I'm just talking images right now and this is supposed to be a fun exercise here...
Though I'm super excited to see some creepy movies I might note that while I enjoy watching the genre, I actually scare fairly easily when I'm on my own. The hope is that while watching the movie I will be distracted with drawing but seeing as I'll be viewing these solo in my apartment (my dog is my only roomie...) I may be in for a bit of trouble. Fortunately, abusing my over active imagination works into part two of my plan- resurrecting my dream journal.
Way back when, I used to be semi regular about recording my dreams. There probably the only writing I've ever done that I don't mind rereading once it's down on paper. They're also some of the clearest memories I have which is pretty important to me. Some of the images I can recall still make me feel as sick as when I first saw them in the dream. Ugh. So all of October I'll be writing down as faithfully as I can my dreams every night I can remember them. Perhaps I can use them for future comics or maybe they will just be weird picture regurgitations of my day. Either way, they're something I'd like to keep better track of and now seems a good a time as any.
It is doubtful that I will post my dreams here unless they are particularly noteworthy but I'll be putting up every movie drawing that comes out of my trembling hands for sure!
The plan is to watch as many horror/scary/monster movies as I can (keeping it in proportion with regular work output of course) and put out a drawing for each movie that I get through. Good or bad, scary movies have a lot to do with what being shown and not shown. The power of an image (or absence of it in some cases) has to be at it's optimum output for a scary movie to work. Kinda like comics, right? Comics are images and words working together and, obviously, strong images and a strong story make for better comic reading. Okok, so scary movies may not be the best example as far as story telling is concerned, but I'm just talking images right now and this is supposed to be a fun exercise here...
Though I'm super excited to see some creepy movies I might note that while I enjoy watching the genre, I actually scare fairly easily when I'm on my own. The hope is that while watching the movie I will be distracted with drawing but seeing as I'll be viewing these solo in my apartment (my dog is my only roomie...) I may be in for a bit of trouble. Fortunately, abusing my over active imagination works into part two of my plan- resurrecting my dream journal.
Way back when, I used to be semi regular about recording my dreams. There probably the only writing I've ever done that I don't mind rereading once it's down on paper. They're also some of the clearest memories I have which is pretty important to me. Some of the images I can recall still make me feel as sick as when I first saw them in the dream. Ugh. So all of October I'll be writing down as faithfully as I can my dreams every night I can remember them. Perhaps I can use them for future comics or maybe they will just be weird picture regurgitations of my day. Either way, they're something I'd like to keep better track of and now seems a good a time as any.
It is doubtful that I will post my dreams here unless they are particularly noteworthy but I'll be putting up every movie drawing that comes out of my trembling hands for sure!
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
thank heaven for lovely otome
"Arabesque is an aesthetic zine aimed at all things beautiful and refined. Inspired by the Japanese concept of otome, or maiden, it recalls the tiny loves, dreams and fancies that comfort and console the mind. Imagine: a good cup of tea at a cafe you chanced on a rainy day, the delicacy of light playing on an embroidered silk handkerchief, a whisper of music passing through an open window; you walk through the forest, breathe in the crisp and cool autumn air- lost in the wonder of every day life."
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I was lucky enough to be invited to draw a few illustrations for the Arabesque Zine. A wonderful break from my usual, it was a pleasure to exercise my more feminine side in order to put pictures against a translation, provided by An Nguyen and Bronwyn Thomas, of 'Suzuran- Lilly of the Valley' by Yoshiya Nobuko.
I have yet to receive a hard copy of the zine, but the craft and care that's been applied to its creation is plain enough from the layouts I've seen online. I can't urge you enough to check it out!
Edit note: The book will have its debut at Canzine in Toronto this November 1st.
MORE INFO - PREORDER
facebook page
I was lucky enough to be invited to draw a few illustrations for the Arabesque Zine. A wonderful break from my usual, it was a pleasure to exercise my more feminine side in order to put pictures against a translation, provided by An Nguyen and Bronwyn Thomas, of 'Suzuran- Lilly of the Valley' by Yoshiya Nobuko.
I have yet to receive a hard copy of the zine, but the craft and care that's been applied to its creation is plain enough from the layouts I've seen online. I can't urge you enough to check it out!
Edit note: The book will have its debut at Canzine in Toronto this November 1st.
(almost a) Best America Comic 2009
My mini comic 'I Love Love (Too Bad I Hate You)' was shortlisted for this years Best American Comics 2009! It sure feels like love to me.
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