Sunday, March 26, 2006

   How Do?
I just noticed that I haven't posted anything at all up on my site for quite a while, so I thought I'd better update with something to prove that I'm still around! Lol.

I spose the reason I haven't posted anything is that there hasn't been much going on! I haven't bought, or watched, much new anime.
The last DVD I bought was the Tenchi Muyo OVA box set, very good, highly recommendend.
Anyway I have just started my new job last week, so whereas my free has suddenly vanished, I now have money coming in, so I can afford to buy new anime (amongst other things, but we'll see how much actually ends up on anime!!! Lol).

With the month or so I did have free before last week, I spent a fair chunk of it trying to finish a project that I've been working on, on and off for the last 7-8 months!! My little animation, a 2 or 3 minute piece, a follow up to a 10 second one I did about a year ago. Erm, this latest one is still not finished, even though it's up to about 550 drawings.

Working on this project, I have gained a great deal of respect and admiration for those artists out there who can draw Original Art and characters, because I can't, especially in an anime style.
My characters are pretty cartoony and odd looking. Recently I think I may have found the influence for the way I draw expressions on my characters.



Yes, there you see on the left (hopefully, knowing my HTML skills there won't be anything there!) an example of my crappy drawings and on the right, 'Percy' from Thomas the Tank Engine!

You may notice a slight similarity, and I'd like to point out that I drew my character before I'd seen that pic from Thomas, well that's not entirely true, I had seen the Thomas pic before, but not since something like 1991! I watched this show and read the books constantly up until about the age of 5 or 6, and is infact the subject of the first fan art I ever drew...A Loooooong time ago, where my love of drawing began!
I'm sure it's had a lasting effect on the way I draw things today, especially people and their expressions, whether thats a good thing or bad thing I don't know, they tend to be quite extreme! Lol.

The point of this post, erm, I'm not quite sure where I was going with it! I spose just to say what I've been up to, and to mention Thomas the Tank Engine. (An all time classic series I might add, narrated by Ringo Starr of 'Beatles' fame! Well, from the episodes that were showing when I were a youngster anyways!) Lol.
Erm, something anime related to finish on! I will finish my animated short soon, when I've recovered from the first couple of weeks at work (I'm knackered!). Maybe I'll post it up here, but it promises to be craptacular, and I fear ridicule! Lol. After that, I can start on some long awaited fan art and purchase some new anime. Any recommendations?

Well, later everyone, cheers for stopping by!
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