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[astridv]

Today I finished page 6 of my current work project. Page 6/12. Six pages which took three weeks, with two weeks left.

No way in hell that's gonna happen. That is not so good.

And I wasn't loafing - no goofing off online, only looked at fandom longingly from afar, if that. Working on my deadline-free fan comic, I think, has awakened an inclination for perfectionism which I'd been unaware of. The six pages I got so far do look really good (imhoandihopemyeditorswillagree) and I totally think it's worth investing this amount of time... no matter how insanely long it takes me to colour one page. But, okay, as long as the result justifies the time put in... *groan* Still, sometimes it feels like I'm painting round the clock and barely making any progress at all. Sisyphus, only with blank pages instead of rocks. Then I tell myself I feel like this each single time I reach half term during any longish project.

Luckily the deadline has been postponed even without my doing, so I shall be able to scramble together the time for the remaining pages later without having to rush it. Still, don't think I'm gonna be around LJ much. I hope I'll have a new Smile Time comic page next month, though.

In the meantime, here, look at some old comic artwork. That's all I got for now :o)... Man, I really need to clean up that webspace sometime...


hm, I really like this one even though the comic in question has been abandoned. But I must have at least one more page somewhere... gotta scan that one too sometime.

these two were sample illustrations for the xf comic adaptations.






What else... um, I'm totally out of the loop as far as fanfic goes. Usually I manage a page or two from my Japanese 'Prisoner of Azkaban' before falling asleep. But looking forward to the heap of fanfic waiting when I'll have more time.

Comments

[makd.livejournal.com]

gorgeous! and, of course I'm hooked....

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Not hooked on the mammut story, I hope... for that'll forever stay in limbo. But the smile time stuff, yeah. Soon, new page. Really :) Would be good to get it out while folks still remember what it's about.

[lakrids404.livejournal.com]

Was there not a XF episode, where the scene was nearly exactly the same as this page?. I think I can remember that the truck was transporting an alien, and after the light did Mulder and Scully have a lost time episode.

By the way, I like how you uses shadows on the characters faces

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Hey lakrids, long time no see :)

Yes, that's a 1:1 adaptation of the episode EBE. At the time, topps were doing comic versions of some selected episodes and these were just sample pages to show their editor which style I'd choose.

Merely translating a tv episode into comic isn't the most exciting thing, creatively... and putting it mildly... but at the time I was really into the show and I would've done anything to work on the official comics. Besides, it's way easier, obviously, than illustrating an original story, and I was very new to illustration. I relied a lot on screenshots for these two x-files pages, not something I'd do nowadays, but back then it saved a lot of time.

And I still like how some of the light effects turned out. They still didn't pick me though :P

Wow, that's still really nicely done.

[romantic-artist.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. Very professional. As much as I like the story and characters in the Star Wars comics I own, there are some issues where I can't stand the art style. What I'm trying to say is, you outshine some "professional" comics I've seen.

I don't remember if I've asked you whether you are a Star Wars fan at all, but I seem to recall that your fandom is mostly limited to X-files and Buffyverse.

But man, I'm sure you could make a really nice comic outta the Star Wars Prequels I'm re-writing ('cause Lucas's suck).

Re: Wow, that's still really nicely done.

[astridv.livejournal.com]

Wonderful. Very professional. As much as I like the story and characters in the Star Wars comics I own, there are some issues where I can't stand the art style. What I'm trying to say is, you outshine some "professional" comics I've seen.

Thank you kindly. I have to admit that I find the drawing style of a lot of the comic tie-ins, no matter what show, just a little bland. But of course there's always examples to the contrary. Dark Horse posted some Buffy comics on the web and I've been trying to get my hands on the paper version ever since, because the artwork was great - not just good likenesses, but well-done all around.

I don't collect SW, but I have a few comics - mostly drawn by Cam Kennedy (I bought one or two of his comics just for the artwork alone, haven't even read them yet).

I also have the very first issues of the x-files comics. Spent three happy days in London hunting down the first two... I haven't checked how much they're now but they're in mint condition so should be worth a buck or two by now. (But I'm not gonna sell, heh :o)

I don't remember if I've asked you whether you are a Star Wars fan at all, but I seem to recall that your fandom is mostly limited to X-files and Buffyverse.

But man, I'm sure you could make a really nice comic outta the Star Wars Prequels I'm re-writing

Nowadays, my fandom is totally limited to the Buffyverse, even. But actually, I'd like to read those prequels when they're finished.

('cause Lucas's suck)

Don't they ever. I watched ep III the other day and the dialogue, it burned. I mean, it wasn't a waste of money, I could still more or less switch off my brain and watch the movie, but it's damn frustrating to imagine what it would be like to see these fx, coupled with a good script. Ah well. Same old story. I don't get Hollywood at all. When will they learn that the script is the foundation.