Saturday, June 30, 2018

That's nice, Chris Chan, Now Check out some REAL LIFE SAGAS!

J.M. Sagas:

  • Nicole Cook Saga
  • To Catch a Predator Saga
  • Brian Johnston Saga
  • 9-11 Saga
  • AiFL Saga
  • Cartoon Network Saga
  • Self-Publishing Saga
  • Regular Publishing Saga
  • ASMB Saga
  • YouTube and Twitter Saga
  • Sex Tape Saga
  • Journal Saga
  • End Times Saga
  • Joe's Face Saga
  • Clone Saga
  • Clone Novel Saga
  • Joe Is a Hero Saga

Friday, June 29, 2018

New Format Blog Log

Things built on good intentions can often lack longevity.


When writing fiction, there is

-- the painting of the colors of the setting
-- What the character is doing
-- The action of the plot and World
-- What the character is thinking, his thoughts
-- The character's larger scale spiritual activity and psychic thoughts
-- The Fantasy Magic and Energy
-- The things that tie the story to the real world


Also, There are many different ways to read and interprete the same passage of text. Many different syntactical interpretations.


What makes Good Writing? Though it is a question that only has subjective answers, I'm overwhelmed by the depth of this question. It can be answered numerous ways, many different ways. I could write a whole book on what makes good words and writing. Maybe I will. At the very least it could end up an essay, and maybe a blog and writing site post.

What makes Good Writing?
What Makes Bad Writing?
What Makes a Successful Day of Writing?
What Makes a Successful Day of Drawing?
What makes a Successful Day of Clerical Creative Work at This Desk?

When it comes to YouTube videos, there's something comforting about the process of having a narrator or hosting talking to you, one on one, and directly addressing his or her audience with conversational commentary. Speaking or narrating to us, the viewership, regarding in demand, less well known or more well known topics. There's something comforting about that, something TV has yet to offer us at such an extensive level.


I can turn my private log into a general writing archive IF I stop dating the entries, and just focus on the writing being about general topics and nonfiction if I make it less about me and more about broad general topics. I've been writing fiction and nonfiction this entire time. General writing probably takes less adjustment than I think. This page is a good example of me switching from a private personal log to a general offline blog.

Saturday, June 23, 2018

The Momentum of the Cartoonist: The Dark Side of Industry Pressure

One of my art teachers of animation once harshly chastised the anime style, saying "It's all the same shit", which could be interpreted as "It has a limited range and goes on a specifically limited structural system of design"

Which is not a bad thing. Just because it's using a system and certain components for all artwork doesn't mean it's bad. Especially when it looks as good as it does. Computers are built on a finite amount of parts that are always the same, but does that mean computers are bad? No. All manga is constructed in a certain way that's all based on the same system. Which is good because if you can learn to draw within that structure, you can become a real manga artist.

Comics and animation is kind of scary. There's all this information about getting started, but no options for quitting. That's what is meant by "pressure". The pressure to never stop working, which is not a demand every artist or cartoonist can meet. It's like talking about quitting your job as a successful cartoonist is talking about death, or some other tragedy. But sometimes the momentum has to stop for the cartoonist's sanity and health. Like my breakdowns in 2002 and 2015. My life literally came to a stop temporarily. It's very hard to bail out of continuing once you have a certain amount of fame and commercial and public momentum. Even if you stop moving, others will take your place. It's scary and amazing how much the animation and cartooning industry doesn't give consideration for failure or lack of money, or what an artist should do if he loses his talent or drive or momentum or sanity.

But I saw everything in my life come to a stop, where I was burnout and had to temporarily retire. I HAD to stop. But fortunately I'm getting some of my mojo back today. But it is scary to think about reducing momentum, or worse, stopping yourself from continuing drawing and writing every day. It's scary thinking what happens when you don't meet your quota, but for some of us it happens sometimes. An artist in Japan who is on "hiatus" could really secretly be wishing there was a way to quit his job or bail out of the momentum system" he built for himself by wanting to retire and give up the pain of drawing by never drawing again, but he doesn't know how to.

I find one thing that helps me is drawing while watching Shonen Jump and Japanese manga artist sketching videos and feeding off the momentum of their moving pencil and letting that osmotic motion seep into my pencil.

But momentum and stopping. Difficult dynamic to deal with.

Thos Japanese manga artists. They use the same things to draw I do: Erasers, mechanical pencils, Number 2 Pencils, and sharpie markers. So why CAN'T it produce the same product??

Thursday, June 7, 2018

Butter Battle Book

Count Duckula Intro

Johnny Cash - Hurt (Official Video) HD

Why Goofy Is Disney's Most Relatable Character And The Majesty Of A Goof...

Dan Vs Review Underrated Cartoon

How Jeff Bezos Became the King of E-Commerce

Greatest Anime Battle Ever: Black Dynamite Vs Mr Rogers

The Transition From Analog to Digital Continues!

I've already made the transition from paper pen and pencil writing on a word processor. Which makes sense because I'm more skilled as a writer than an artist for the most part.

But my transition from paper paint and art, to digital, is ongoing. It's still not complete, and that's nothing. There are also new sites like Blurb.com that focus on the digital book and manuscript graphic design of book covers/printing online, to make it easier for authors to do stuff like Kindle the way Adobe Acrobat did. 

I've been trying to adjust to tablets, but every tablet I've bought so far was too cheap to work. It didn't even have a surface big enough to draw on comfortably and efficiently. It's was over elaborate mouse pen and pad, a complete rip-off! I couldn't draw SHIT on it. 

But I'll keep trying and I will be investing more money in my production technology, over time Probably till my dying day. 

Top 5 Best Drawing Tablets - 2018

Ninja Scroll Episode 1 (Eng Dub)