Revised Edition: Volume One, Issue Two
January 31, 2005
Making Progress
Before I go into much depth about my new Phase of art posting, I have something important to cover.
As I begin my screenshot reproduction work(The first pieces will be submitted for approval soon), I have given some thought to a very serious issue that comes up once in a while, and that is duplication of another's art, or in plain terms plaigurism. Now I'll do my best to find not so common screenshots to duplicate(making my own where necessary), but once in a while I may do something that has already been done. I ask that molehills not be turned to mountains if I ever happen to post something that's already up. Just send a polite PM to me telling me which picture looks like a copy and if possible where to find the one it resembles. I'm not very strict on my guidelines, so if it's even remotely similar, I'll more than gladly pull my piece to avoid unecessary conflict. I'll also pull any particular art pieces I post if I get enough PMs about them being similar to existing works. All I ask is that it be done politely.
With that said, I can move on to a basic timetable of things to come this year for me, starting with February.
As of today, I'm still waiting to hear from that Art school I may have mentioned previously. I'll recap if I haven't. In November, I took an aptitude test of sorts for an at home Art school, for them to determine if I'd be able to handle their course. Well, I got thee results back in December with an 85. The accompanying letter said that a score above 80 was enough to get more information on the course, and that someone would be contacting me about it. It's been about two months since then, and I have not heard a thing, even after sending a letter to the school only a week ago, they still have yet to tell me anything. I will only wait until the middle of February, then I'll just have to say [Censored] it and put together my own study course that I can tailor to suit my needs more readily anyway. I've heard it said that patience is a virtue that pays back in dividends, but you know, I can't afford to wait for retirement to reap the benefits of a patient life. I need to make something of myself now while I can.
Assuming I do hear from that Art school, I'll be too busy to submit many works for a while, but I'll sneak one in every so often just to keep things interesting. On the other hand, if I do not hear from the Art school(Aside from being royally [Censored] at them for wasting my time for two months), I'll be submitting repro works on an average of one a week beginning February 14. A lot hinges on whether or not I get that envelope in the mail, or the phone call, or however they try to sell their course to potential students. I can't be more definitive without knowing what lies ahead for me at this poin.
As I said in previous postings, I am moving away from having my "original" works posted here, at least until my art style improves enough for me to be satisfied with what I create. I have already pulled my Original art that was posted here without much fanfare the other day. I think it will be for the best that I stick with repro work until I get a better handle on my style. I have already defined the term Repro, but I'll do it again. I mean reproducing by hand the character(s) seen in a screenshot, or screen capture of an existing anime work. It also applies to pages in Graphic Novels, or parts of pages therein.
Since I'm not sure where I'm going yet, I'll have to leave this post opene ended. I wish I could be more specific, but that's life.
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