What's the video about?

It's a workflow video. Just like what I've been writing my last two journals about.

You should have said about forty minutes long. ;)

Hmmm, havnt gotten a chance to see all of your previous video, so im not sure if you talked bout the line art. how do you make it so smooth and what brush do you use?

wait you do videos? i didnt know this

Only my last two journals have been about them.

havent been reading journals sorry was busy practicing for ether my martial arts tournaments or practicing my color anding tech for my comic

I would love~ to know more about your coloring and shading process. Maybe something on effects as well? How you make the colors look so.... alive.. I think is the best way to put it.

Use of symbols in your comics, Like names for some of them, like the symbol used when fisk's mom is washing his clothes and something trips her thoughts? when looking at his underwear.

I have no idea what you're asking.

http://jaynaylor.com/betterdays/arc.....1/post-61.html.

Symbol name above mom is last panel?

I don't know.

I think he meant this for a link http://jaynaylor.com/betterdays/arc.....1/post-61.html

Looks like a generic 'lightbulb'/'what the ...' comic sign to me. I imagine it would have a 'ding' sound accompanying it, if it was animated :)

I was thinking a burst asterisk. But I wasn't sure if it has a specific name.

Anatomy??

Biology??

Lol

Trigonometry. Most likely misspelled.

what got you into doing Anthro comics?

What and who are your inspirations. Was there a turning point in your life that changed the way you look at/ create art? Such as a sudden rush of inspiration that started it all?

How much wood can a wood chuck chuck??

May I ask you, sorry its personal, but ..

*sighs* how do you feel about trans-gender individuals? I ask for two reasons,..

1) I want to know alittle more about you. As an artist I love your works and own a few books (mostly the series fall of red ridding hood. and your gender bent male character I round amazing. and...

2) I personally am a transgender and well just curiosity I assume on my part.

That doesn't actually factor into my assessment of an individual.

that's good. ^.=.^ thank you fisk will save to buy art form you one day

I gotta say, i really enjoyed watching the workflow videos. I especially loved when you were talking about Original Life in the second video, comparing it to Calvin and Hobbes. That's immediately what i thought of when i first started reading it, a world of highly intelligent yet often immature kids that exist in perpetual childhood. Another thing i liked was how you mentioned that neither Original Life or Better Days is dependent on the presence of anthropomorphic characters. My question would be, was doing a webcomic your first idea for the characters, or did you consider using them in other contexts?

Hello Mr. Fisk. I have a couple of questions in mind.

With your comic. What made you decide to have Fisk look back on his life? What made you want to have the protagonist be guided by a decently
curved (not the best nor the worst) angel through the alternative world that he exists? As Fisk states he is happy with his life, and there is nothing
that is shown in any of your work before this point that would show hesitation.

I guess what I would like to know is where this is heading, is it for personal reasons or just for the story, and what made brought the idea to mind?

Will he go back to see his old war buddy?

I should ask no more. v.v Thank you for your time.

This is actually a good idea...I've wanted to get back into making art videos, but I completely forgot what program to use to do that @u@''

But here's some questions!

1) Personal art pet-peeves?
2) What are your favorite things to draw, theme wise, body type, favored expressions on a character's face?
3) Do you draw more digitally or traditionally?
4) What do you find the most challenging to draw?
5) What makes a character appealing to you?

What is the answer to life, the universe, and everything?

42

Then what is the ultimate question of life, universe and everything?

That is The Ultimate Question. Remember, they asked Deep Thought for the answer to The Ultimate Question, and when she asked them to clarify, they said "You know, Life, the Universe, Everything".

Yes, but they didn't known what the question actually was, that's what they needed Earth for

Ah yes, now I remember.

The ultimate question is "What is 6 times 9?" and if you think about it...it make perfect sense.

That's cool. Doing too much of the same thing over and over can become draining after a while. Now on to the Q&A session you've opened yourself up to here...

Did ever catch the show Mongrels? What did you think of it?

How active an artist community to you have to tap into locally? Are there groups of artists you sit around with and do life drawing sessions with, or are you just some stereotypical loner artist type?

What's comes to mind when you go about creating a character? Are you aiming for a look that fits with a your own ideas of the characters personality, or do you have a personality in mind and then design the character around that?

What do you aim to make when you create a male character? Do you project any traits that you see in people you know, or yourself, onto them?

What do you aim to make when you create a female character? Do you project any traits that you see in people you know, or yourself, onto them?

The worlds you find yourself rending, are they worlds of science and technology, or sword and sorcery?

If you had to choose a pet, what would it be?

As an artist, when it comes to the aesthetic appeal of the human body, when you look at a woman, what's the thing you notice catches your attention first? What's the last thing you look at?

Now when it comes to the aesthetic appeal of the human body, when you look at a man, what's the thing you notice catches your attention first? What's the last thing you look at?

Some questions are deep. While others maybe rather silly. I hope that you find it a worthwhile bit of time to spend processing and answering them as I did coming up with them so spontaneously.

This questions probably a little different from the others,
But it is about art :3

I would love to know which piece of art
You are most proud of/ is your favorite.
Whether it's a "doodle" or an actual drawing.
Or a commission lol

Thought of focusing on a minor char in the comic? Was curious about the male mouse stripper who is well endowed, what or who is he doing?

This may be a dumb question...
But you use a graphic tablet? I'm still painting on paper.......

And thanx for makin this germany friendly. With Proxy Server Youtube is kinda slow.

I have two questions, if that is ok. What made you start your webcomic "Better Days?" And when you get through with Original Life, what other plans do you have afterwards?

Are there story arcs and themes you had planned in Better Days/Original life but decided not to follow? Could you give us an idea of what they were?

I haven't watched the others, but how you got to be so popular would be a fun subject. When did you start noticing that your popularity began to rise dramatically and what do you believe the reasons for that were?

Sadly, I can't do much in the way of video downloading, gets rather expensive just for a you tube visit or two.

But this does sound rather interesting.

Can you talk about choosing colours and how to choose the right color for its shadows. Just look at my gallery and you know what I am talking about. Hahaha I have issues on choosing suitable colours.

I did talk about how color un-coordinated I am, so it's hard for me, too. For shadows, I tend to use a pastel-ish light blue or purple, or sometimes brown, because they tend to blend well with everything.

In what ways have your life experiences affected your work?

The only question I can think of is like, how do you talk about your job with other people? Like if you met someone at a bar, got to chatting, and work was brought up, what do you tell them? Do you just say "art", or do you divulge entirely with a suave, devil-may-care attitude and make unsettling eye contact while you do it?

any new comic projects coming up?