tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post7811182335969704015..comments2023-11-05T07:44:07.654-05:00Comments on GeniusboyFiremelon: Sketchblog Week 2: MoebiusTimothy Callahanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-18215745387703430542010-12-06T15:33:59.746-05:002010-12-06T15:33:59.746-05:00Hello there again,
your goal seems clearer for me ...Hello there again,<br />your goal seems clearer for me now you've explained it a bit more.<br />By the way, I'm enjoying your reviews on CBR, and always shared lots of your tips about some of my favorite writers, Morrison on top of all of them. You and chad (I think ...) made the best commentaries on the fabulous series "Final Crisis", witch was, from my point of view, a little misunderstoud. Anyway, I feel like Morrison has found with DC comics a mainstream home to build a very strange and powerfull bat-world, of wich I enjoy every bit.<br /><br />Back to your drawings ! It feels strange for me to read about someone for whom (?)drawing is just a hobby. Didn't you ever tried to work half-time as a teacher. That's what I'm doing myself, and I find a good balance between my two activities. If you progress to slow, won't it be discouraging ?<br />Thanks for answering !le chef de garehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496077600828044876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-83045526981742732102010-12-05T22:48:30.594-05:002010-12-05T22:48:30.594-05:00Pierre, I don't really spend any time writing ...Pierre, I don't really spend any time writing for this blog anymore (other than these weekly posts, which take about 30 minutes, at most, and that includes scanning time), but I DO think about how many hours I work for real (as a teacher and school administrator) and I think: wow, if I worked that hard, for that many hours, on my drawings, I would be so, so, so much better.<br /><br />And poorer. And my wrists and back would probably be in terrible shape.<br /><br />So I don't really dream about it too long.<br /><br />But I do have this weird expectation that when I retire from education, I will devote myself to drawing full time. I have always assumed that will happen. But by then I will be old and will I even feel like drawing any more? I wonder...Timothy Callahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-37445968321021736992010-12-04T16:09:15.321-05:002010-12-04T16:09:15.321-05:00I Tim, without being any harsh or anything, do you...I Tim, without being any harsh or anything, do you sometimes think about the time you spend writing the blog, and that it could be used to make more drawings ?<br />However, of course it makes sense skipping the pencil. You can't learn drawing using a rubber ( is that the roght word ?), but using a pen !<br />Sorry for the poor english, it(s from a french cartoonist.<br />Keep it up, fin an hour a day and you'll progress at lightning speed.le chef de garehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16496077600828044876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-71376568931599212912010-11-29T20:34:59.335-05:002010-11-29T20:34:59.335-05:00Yeah, it's pretty clear from the way Moebius f...Yeah, it's pretty clear from the way Moebius fills his panels that he either did the roughest of pencils or skipped the pencil stage entirely.Timothy Callahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-11285424010918996322010-11-29T19:08:32.946-05:002010-11-29T19:08:32.946-05:00It makes sense to skip the pencils when doing Moeb...It makes sense to skip the pencils when doing Moebius, since apparently he went straight to ink himself, as I found out while digging through the comicscomics archives last weekend. Looks good.Adam Knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-15899124534617499312010-11-29T10:14:45.155-05:002010-11-29T10:14:45.155-05:00I LOOOVE Alex Raymond, and I plan on going around ...I LOOOVE Alex Raymond, and I plan on going around the block with him, definitely.<br /><br />Great suggestion!<br /><br />(I'm kind of purposefully ignoring the traditional path of building up the form and then layering on top of that -- trying a more eclectic barrage of styles up front, but I see your point.)Timothy Callahanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04078183191900311833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22842788.post-71731713768486646512010-11-29T07:42:22.596-05:002010-11-29T07:42:22.596-05:00Hi Tim, I'm really interested in seeing your i...Hi Tim, I'm really interested in seeing your improvement week by week. I like and I undestand your desire to explore the different styler world and it's very important because passion and motivation is the key for learning. On the other side I suggest you to learn from more "classic" artist and move to exlore more stle once your base is solid. I know that probabbly they're not your fave but for istance try to copy Alex Raymond from Rip Kirby or Al Williamson from Agent Corrigan. You maust learn the way a figure is structured and lightening, clothes folds etc...Moebius interpretation of light and shape dowesn't make sense at this stage. Please don't want to sound rude tho it's ust a suggestion palGugliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11399048943082074586noreply@blogger.com