hot and bothered

man am i hot. my house is a sauna right now. we're turning on the central AC in my house like tomorrow or something, but for tonight, it's another night on top of the sheets in nothing but boxers. oh yeah!

anyhoo besides that off-handed comment about how i sleep, there's really not much else to report, but i was sick of looking a t the same post every time i come to this site. I need to post some art, but you have no idea how much of a task getting the scanner out is right now. I got a smaller sized sketchbook on the weekend and have been filling its pages with random drawings, and some comics will also go in there. I have a comic to do for friday for school and that's gonna be one hell of an all-nighter on thursday, so i'm looking forward to THAT.

I bought Bryan Lee O'Malley's latest Volume of Scott Pilgrim (vol 3), and it was excellent, i love that series. it's HILARIOUS. go buy it right now. it's only like 18 bucks canadian for a copy. which is good. other than that i haven't been reading many GNs (that's Graphic Novel for all you non-geek folk) lately that are worth me mentioning.

i'll try to post some art soon

currently listening to: Portions of Foxes by Rilo Kiley

rock on

This is what i've been working in over the weekend.
With everything i have to do, it's so hard to prioritize what's more important. And even if i do figure that out, it's not like i'd actually do the important things first.
I'm currently working on a short comic for Heather and Anja's Zine they have to do for Writer's Craft, and it's coming along nicely.
This picture was taken of my desk yesterday and i've since finished the above page, and i'm satisfied. I have a lot of school work to do also, but don't worry folks, i'll fit it in.

A couple nights ago the original Planet of The Apes (1968) was on TV and i stayed up until like 3 am to watch it. I thought it was actually incredibly good. So then last night i watched the 2001 remake by Tim Burton, because i own it ( i found it in a park near my house a couple years ago) and i have to say it totally blew.
This is what i think they should do: take the original 1968 script, add all the latest technologies like cameras, CGI, makeup, sets, and then throw in some GOOD actors (none of this Mark Wahlberg business), and you have an excellent remake. recipe for success baby.

currently listening to: Feel Good Inc. -- Gorillaz (thanks anja)

DaVinci in da house

So i saw the DaVinci Code tonight with my pops (thanks daddio), and i have to admit i had high hopes for it. Despite what the critics were saying I thought maybe, just maybe they were being too hard on it. But I was wrong. It kinda sucked.

It was ok at first, it started out rather well, i didn't even mind the poor casting, but then it just spiralled downhill. Everything was kind of dragged out, I found myself yawning all the time, the funniest time being when I yawned rather loudly just after the climax. And, I thought it was too scripty. Nothing sounded original, people just don't talk like that.
The acting was not that great, in fact I don't really like Tom Hanks in this role, at all. And the history got lost in the fiction, and yes there was some real history. I like gothic arcitechture (sp?), but if i see the inside of another catholic church i'm gonna kill myself
Also, Smart Car chase scenes just look dumb.
I could go on, but i'm tired, and this movie isn't worth any more of my time than what i spent watching it.

A good story, but too much bad acting and cheesy dialogue make this movie a think-about borrowing-it-after-your-friends-rent-it, kind of movie.

The DaVinci Code: 2 out of 5 stars.

If you're looking for a good Dan Brown book though, look no further than "Angels and Demons". It was a MUCH better read than "DaVinci Code":

night fisher

Yesterday i purchased a copy of R Kikuo Johnson's "Night Fisher", a short graphic novella following a Hawaiian prep school student named Loren. Loren and his Friend Shane are in their last year of high school and slowly growing apart. They become wrapped up in crime, and drugs, and their seperation is finalized after one gets arrested.
Although this book took me no time at all to read the art of the interior pages is breath-takingingly simple, yet so provocative you become lost within the brush-strokes. I was a little disappointed by the ending, but upon further evaluation i think it suits it.
It's a great book and a "mature depiction of immature lives." it says that on the back.
it's good so go buy it yo.
i've been thinking fo ideas for part two of "clicks" but that's all at the moment, i just have too much other stuff to do right now.

done

So I finished the comic. i have mixed feelings about it.
I went to kinkos on thurday and got a couple printed just to see how it will look. looks good enough for me. If you want a copy it'll be a buck, and you can see me if you want one. It's called "Clicks", and it's part one of a larger story, that i'll prolly never finish, but if the "public response" is a good one i'll try and finish it. I never posted the cover because i'm going to change it. The final cover will up here next week. I gave a copy to a guy at a yard sale my fam was having today. He bought some of my old superhero comic books so i threw it in, since he bought quite a few. he seemed enthused about it.
Man i sound like i'm trying to be pro or something. I'm not trying to be pro, I'm just trying to get my work "out there", and hopefully people like it.

Currently listening to: This Temporary Life -- Death Cab for Cutie

boredom flies at sea level

So i'm half-way there. 4 out of 8 pages fully inked. (yay).

only thing left now is the cover to be drawn/inked, the rest of the pages to be inked, and the lettering. then i'm off to kinkos or somewhere of that nature. I haven't even thought of a title yet, but i have tentitive ones. I need money too....

Currently listening to: Red house Painters -- Things Mean a Lot

hooray for headway

so i actually pencilled 8 pages of a comic from some thumbnail sketches today. it took about 3 hours, but they're done. it's a short story about two people on a little road trip.
finally some inspiration, although i'm not sure where it came from. i think it came from when i was thinking about last summer, and the flat tire incident during our little camping trip. one thought lead to another, and voila: story.
I'll keep you posted on how it's coming. I'll prolly do some inking tonight, maybe finish the lettering.
more to come.

currently listening to: a lot of the shins for some reason