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A Shell of an Update
14 years ago
Actually this isn't really much of an update as nothing of any real importance has happened, but it has been about a month since I posted my previous journal, and as that was nothing but a extremely dry internet MEME without any commentary, I would like to take this randomly selected moment in time to say what little is on my mind before I run back under my rock for about another month or two.[/run on sentence]
1k Views
That's right! I've reached my first significant milestone here on Fur Aff... this account, and I would like to thank everyone who +watched me, and +faved and commented on my crappy little doodles. Your support is much appreciated and I have a gift for a few of you. Speaking of which…
Gift Art
A few months back I decided that I was going to run a secret lottery for my watchers and offer gift art to three or four randomly selected winners. Some of you may already know who you are so if you're reading this here is the reason why it's taking so long to post your gift art is because:
My Tablet Broke
In a stroke of irony I lost my drawing tablet while doing some spring cleaning --is it even spring yet? -- when I finally found it again it wasn't working properly; this compounded by the fact that the software that came with it no longer wants to work on my desktop means that I can't really finish projects in a timely manner. Do note that I do have the sketches done for the contest winners and few more pictures for gallery in are on the way, but they'll have to remain in sketch form until I figure out a way to fix my old tablet or get a new one. Anyway!
Characters Sheets, Color Theory, and Character
'Been trying to make a rough draft model sheet for my fursona and haven't had any luck in the matter. It's the little things that gets to me and because it's a model sheet I want to get it just right. I can't decide on his body type/build, on how many digits will go on hands and feet, whether he has digigrade or plantigrade feet, the size of his feet, the size and shape of his turtle shell, should he even have a turtle shell, how many horns should have on his head, what are the size and shape of his horns etc. Thinking about the minute little details like that drives me crazy , but if anything I definitely want the next batch of pictures to have my model sheet in them. Wish me Luck
I've also been busy creating new characters, or I should say actually drawing new characters that I've had on the back-burner for a while now. And while coming up with a concept for a character is easy, actually sitting down and sorting out the details for characters is a bit tricky. Especially for someone who likes to obsess over things like that. As I've said above one thing that bothers me is the little details that make the character who they are ;and I'm not talking about like personality and stuff like that, that comes easy, I'm talking about physical traits like species, hair style, eye color, build, clothing etc.
The one thing that really is difficult for me to get down is the color scheme of a character. This detail alone can really define a character; blue characters are calm, cool, shy, red characters are fiery and passionate etc. I know I don't have to limit a character's personality by their color, but why mess with a formula that sort of works. And because this is furry the rainbow in the sky is the limit. I mean there are so many colors to choose from and I have a general idea of a character's color scheme, but when I put it down I go "ew that’s ugly, that's not going to work".
I've come up with concepts for over 30 characters and when I finally said "enough is enough, time to put these characters on paper", I couldn't come up with a complete color scheme for not one character… not even my own fursona! Maybe because I don't understand color theory and can't even do a decent shading job, maybe I'm over thinking this a little, but this is something I want to get right and not have individuals that are too similar too each and share color scheme. Which bring me to another subject:
Character Originality
This one is a touchy subject because my first submission was basically a *lol* black and white picture of a character who is essentially a recolor of another character
But don't you just hate it when you come up with what you think is a original creation only to find out that someone else has thought of something eerily similar first or at around the same time as you. And I'm not talking about ideas that are so common around here they've almost become expected like a vixen character with red hair and green eyes, or a otter character who is a buffed out surfing power swimmer, an opossum character with the last name… Opossum. That stuff is conventional, no, I'm talking about a character whose species and gender are rarely used together and who name is even rarer (and very foreign relatively speaking)and has nothing to do with species, personality, or coloration of the character. To think that two people would come up with a character like this around the same time with no contact to each other is kind of cool and simultaneously kind of vexing because the original character that you've came up with, well isn't original XP.
What subject to Draw Next
Yeah I'm not sure what I should draw next well besides a character/ Model sheets. So any suggestions what's subject would you like to see me draw?
Okay this update turned into a tl;dr style rant that no one is likely going to read so I'm going to end it right here. I have more to say but I'll leave that for another journal. Next journal I'll talk about vidiya games and the invasion of Ponies on FA.
