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A lot can happen in 6 years for many peoples lives. A lot can happen in 6 years for anyone and anything. My life changed dramatically within 6 years, from moving from California, back to Washington, to Idaho, then back to Washington again. I gained and lost so many friends in that course of time and the actions that I took along those times. I was once riddled with regrets 6 years ago, I was confined by material wants and needs. I still am, somewhat, but not nearly as heavy and expansive as they used to. What I wanted back then, now in retrospect, seemed impossible to obtain with how I drew and how I used to act. I've since grown up from my more immature wants and needs, I've since grown from my immature ways of acting and reacting, even though sometimes I still have a tenancy to lash out, exaggerate, and become melo-dramatic. We all have our flaws, and I am sure my few current flaws will be with me for the rest of my life, since they seem to be so firmly set into my being.
I have made a struggle of battling my emotions of teenage angst and rage. I have made the struggle of settling internal wars within my family, between me, my sister, my mother, and my father. I have made the struggle of understanding more and more of myself, and more and more of what I wanted to do with my art, guiding myself every step of the way of what I could do and what I wanted to do. I never backed away from taking in new ideas and concepts, taking in new ideals and techniques. It all helped me develop, and it all gave me the power to keep moving forward. Myself, my determination, and the friends I have won and lost.
6 years. I can only hope that the next 6 years will be just as dramatic as the last.
I have made a struggle of battling my emotions of teenage angst and rage. I have made the struggle of settling internal wars within my family, between me, my sister, my mother, and my father. I have made the struggle of understanding more and more of myself, and more and more of what I wanted to do with my art, guiding myself every step of the way of what I could do and what I wanted to do. I never backed away from taking in new ideas and concepts, taking in new ideals and techniques. It all helped me develop, and it all gave me the power to keep moving forward. Myself, my determination, and the friends I have won and lost.
6 years. I can only hope that the next 6 years will be just as dramatic as the last.
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The original drawing style still has merit, character, attention to detail, techno-bionic style… the toes are typical of like cartoon dragons of anime and Pokémon et al. So I can't say the old one is worse or outdated, just in a wilder, raw style and you have a more finished, smooth, synthetic cyber-organic GitS style now. Both can/could've been good fodder for webcomics.
I forgot who it was, but they never threw out ideas, or materials. I think it's actually George Lucas of all people. THX-1138 being such a flop originally, he has this THX sound system, and in Star Wars when they radio Luke in the storm trooper uniform to ask him why he's not at his post, "TK 1138 why aren't you at your post?" is the dialog. Bob Falfa's license plate was THX-1138 in American Graffiti, and on and on…
It is just Lucas' personality here, turning his student film (THX-1138 was his thesis iirc) into a reminder of his roots, an "Easter Egg" if you want, in all the works that followed. I wouldn't be surprised if LucasFilm or some of their holdings doesn't have THX-1138 as a phone number, or 1138 at least as the last 4 digits.
We (his collective fans) may be agitated with George for the prequels, and for the bastardization of the original Star Wars films in his expanded vision Director's Editions, but still aside from Star Trek, Star Wars is one of the few fantasy/SF genre (unfortunately, the two do get lumped together despite their disparate natures) to span decades and still have vibrant fan bases with current generation viewers who were not alive when the original series was first created and screened. We're entering a third generation now for Star Trek, and getting there for Star Wars, which is some 15 years younger approx.
In this digital age, you have the ability to add keywords, tag images, scan things into the computer, take photographs of physical objects which can be digitally catalogued, MP3s, digital film, etc., that it is very literal to archive your (creative) life digitally. Depending on whether you use Filemaker or some other more convenient database, and your organizational and labeling skills, and physical filing talents for the tangibles, you can have a plethora of media and artifacts available and find-able in short order, perhaps even by a few touches of an iPad.
So I advocate not to toss much out, but at least digitize it so you can analyze, categorize, sort, and perhaps find some creative use for something you currently think worthless. It may surprise you what you had scribbled down a week, month, year, or decade ago may be just the stimulus you need to return to a long lost train of thought and put it back on its rails again.
It is just Lucas' personality here, turning his student film (THX-1138 was his thesis iirc) into a reminder of his roots, an "Easter Egg" if you want, in all the works that followed. I wouldn't be surprised if LucasFilm or some of their holdings doesn't have THX-1138 as a phone number, or 1138 at least as the last 4 digits.
We (his collective fans) may be agitated with George for the prequels, and for the bastardization of the original Star Wars films in his expanded vision Director's Editions, but still aside from Star Trek, Star Wars is one of the few fantasy/SF genre (unfortunately, the two do get lumped together despite their disparate natures) to span decades and still have vibrant fan bases with current generation viewers who were not alive when the original series was first created and screened. We're entering a third generation now for Star Trek, and getting there for Star Wars, which is some 15 years younger approx.
In this digital age, you have the ability to add keywords, tag images, scan things into the computer, take photographs of physical objects which can be digitally catalogued, MP3s, digital film, etc., that it is very literal to archive your (creative) life digitally. Depending on whether you use Filemaker or some other more convenient database, and your organizational and labeling skills, and physical filing talents for the tangibles, you can have a plethora of media and artifacts available and find-able in short order, perhaps even by a few touches of an iPad.
So I advocate not to toss much out, but at least digitize it so you can analyze, categorize, sort, and perhaps find some creative use for something you currently think worthless. It may surprise you what you had scribbled down a week, month, year, or decade ago may be just the stimulus you need to return to a long lost train of thought and put it back on its rails again.
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