Trance Creativity....All This Time

To think, all this time I've been drawing and writing in pure unconscious trance mode. I've been channeling lines, forms, and letters onto paper for over a decade. And as it turns out, I'm quite prolific at it. But some of my trance art can be very ugly though. Hardly anyone sees that last type...

Fan Blogging for the Creator Day: Today's Blog was Written by a fan named Bob, a BIG J.M. Fan.....

So hi. I'm Bob. I'm a big fan, or may have I say WAS a big fan of J.M. Matthews, till I found out how much he HATES his fans.

I walked up to a table and on the otherside of it was a disheveled bum that hadn't changed his clothes or showered in 7 days. The SMELL COMING OFF OF THIS GUY was RANK. But DAMMIT I was looking to get a J.M. auto from JM, wherever he was, so I soldiered onward. This guy looked like a dishelved bum who hobbled into the convention area and somehow talked his way to the other side of the signing table. Cheater. To my shock, the editor sitting next to him said "Are you looking for JM? Yes, this is him" he informed me. I suddenly found myself overwhelmed by 2 things: His fecal smelling stench and my own dissapointment at this "hero of the people", this insipid hobo who claimed to be J.M.. He then extended his hand. Gimme something to sign, he said in a drunken tone. I am  very drunk, let's get this over with, he muttered. The smell of fecal matter was quiickly chased away by the smell of urin as he began pissing his pants. Whoo doggy, Daddy needs a diaper change, JM muttered.

At this point I gave up on trying to meet my hero in this crowded place. Just keep your comic, J.M., you got pee and poop on it! Gross, I said as I ran towards the exit in fear.

Whatever you do, don't attend a JM Signing. He will soil your comic books....And his pants. All the legends are true-hew. Sob.

My workrate

On average, for my art, I go through around the rough equivalent of a 100 page sketchbook or two a month. So on average I draw 100 to 200 pages of artwork a month.

On Literary and Comic Book Prestige.

There are really only two type of writers and artists in the professional field. Amateurs and Established Pros. Newcomers and Industry veterans. The Will-Haves and the Have-Hads. The former group never gets any fans, press, fame, money, royalties, recognition or appreciation, from critics, fans, the media, press, or even their families, and especially not publishers. They are Have-Hads in the making. Have-Hads are really only being recognized and praised by fans and media because they did some random book or  comic book series a long time ago, hardly ever in the here and now other than a rare few who are the true workaholics. Will-Haves Will Do The Work. Have Hads Have Done The Work.  That's the key difference. It has nothing to do with talent, hard work, laziness, morality, or charisma. It has to do with "Did they finish a manuscript or not?". The press is shallow like that. Unless you're a Have-Had who HAS written and drawn and finished a manuscript nobody wants anything to do with you. It gets to the point of being a little more than ridiculous, how shallow this measuring stick gets. There are talented people on both sides. And Having tons of Talent is not the same as finishing your work projects.

It is essentially the Literary Press and Financial Equivalent of The Haves and Have-Nots, the theory upon which this theory is inspired...

GOOD MORNIN' JAPAN!

Hooray. Happy Mailbag from JAPAN Day!

Hmm. I wonder what it is....


Opens it.....!

HOLY MOLY! LOG HORIZON ART BOOK! COOL UNTRANSLATED JAPAN STUFF. I LOVE THIS KIND OF THING

GOOD MORNIN JAPAN!!

The Wall to My Studio-Room...

Is covered in Image Board Storyboards currently, that's me planning out my next few comics-manga pages...

Hashtag #Busy,Busy,BUSY!

The Under-Structure and Grammar of Visual and Literary Narration and Storytelling.

To write a animation script, comic book script, short stories, and novels...You need to write outlines that organize the action and events, as a way of mapping everything out on paper, not just your mind.

To draw comics, and animation pre-production you need to produce a sequence of thumbnail and storyboard, or thumbnail-storyboard panels and camera shots, draw in boxes no bigger than a postage stamp or sticky note [to start off with].

This is how comics and scripts and novels and fiction get made...

I've recently adapted both these working models and they've literally transformed my productivity and process. Suddenly drawing comics and writing fiction is fun  again when I try these methodology techniques. 

-J.M.